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Education
B.S. Computer Engineering
Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Database Systems
Software Engineering
Professional Experience
Software Development Intern, Amazon.com
Champaign, IL
Developing a browser extension to detect accessibility of a website and report improper coding practices
Creating examples of W3C accepted rules to accessible web coding practices using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
See dev.oaa-accessibility.org/examples/ for more information
Summer 2014
Developed backend APIs using Java and Spring framework to insert and query seller data from Dynamo DB tables
Built a front-end module in sellercentral.amazon.com to make requests to APIs and load returned data using Perl
Seattle, WA
Hoffman Estates, IL
Summer 2013
Built support website for the portal team using CMS software (DotNetNuke) that was utilized by >20 business teams
Presented results achieved during internship to department heads and VPs throughout the company
Projects
Smart POS (Point of Sales)
Designed a point of sales device that allows mobile payments and in-store mobile ordering using Raspberry Pi and card reader
Developed front-end of mobile app with Cordova framework (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), back-end functionality with Parse framework
Developed a college ride-sharing network (website and iOS application) utilizing PHP and Bootstrap
Led the front-end development and marketing/financial operations of the company, which launched January 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2013
Coded the front-end with use of Bootstrap & jQuery frameworks as part of company-led coding competition
Applied concepts of technical consulting to clearly communicate and present our solution to the client (West Monroe Partners LLC)
Won first place prize in the competition among seven teams from two top-tier universities
Leadership
Co-founder of ITI (Illinois Technology Innovators)
Launching a student club to provide software solutions to technology and consulting firms; requests are delegated as projects to
members
PURE (Promoting Undergraduate Research in Engineering) encourages underclassmen to pursue research early on in their careers
Manage outreach to professors and graduate students and maintain PURE website to ensure full functionality
Technical Skills