DePaul University, College of Computing and Digital Media
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Chicago, IL
March 2015
COMPUTER & SOFTWARE SKILLS
Experienced with:
Ruby, Java, Ruby on Rails, C#, ASP.NET, Python, HTML/CSS, Git, Amazon Web Services (EC2), SQL, Agile Development Methodologies (Scrum), Bootstrap, Software Project Management, WordPress, Drupal, Heroku Deployment
Familiar with:
Objective-C, C++, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Web API’s, Linux
EXPERIENCE
Basecamp
Programming Intern
Changing the way people find information at Basecamp with Dash, an internal dashboard application
Unifying various internal search tools within Dash into a single source of all the information people need
Chicago, IL
Summer 2016
Young Men’s Educational Network – YMEN
Project Manager & Lead Developer Database Web Application
Collaborated with others to create a private cloud system to store client records and data using Ruby on Rails
Organized and participated in meetings with the client and other stakeholders
Deployed the first Ruby on Rails web application on DePaul’s web servers
Chicago, IL
Winter - Spring 2014
Digital Youth Network and Indiana University
Lead Developer Circuit Simulator Web Application
Created a teen friendly web application working for both organizations in conjunction
Developed an interactive, online circuit simulator to teach pre-teen girls how to create e-textile circuits
Chicago, IL
Winter 2014
Vector Marketing
Senior Sales Advisor
Actively participated in daily intensive sales training conferences
Set weekly sales goals, met with customers, collected payments and managed sales records
Special recognition and letter of recommendation from Albert DiLeonardo, President of Vector East for outstanding sales; selling more than $11K in merchandise
Northbrook, IL
May - Aug 2009
ACTIVITIES & EXPERIENCES
DePaul University Silicon Valley Research Trip
Joined Professor Olayele Adelakun to research and study the Silicon Valley Information Technology Cluster and tech startup culture - Research Trip Class Page
Toured the headquarters of Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, eBay Now, Intel, Square Inc., Freewheel and Evernote
Met with executives, project managers and software engineers to gain a better perspective of the industry
Silicoln Valley, CA
Summer 2013
The Starter League (Formerly Code Academy)
Learning skills at a code boot camp including Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Git, and MySQL
Built business strength web applications, showcased them during ‘DemoDay’ to Chicago’s community
Chicago, IL
Summer 2012
National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
Enhanced leadership and communication skills while experiencing the outback of Australia
Elected Leader of the Independent Student Group Expedition, leading four of my peers through the Outback for five days without instructors, received special recognition and letter of recommendation
Broome, Australia
Winter - Spring 2011
INTERESTS
Certified Rescue Diver
Backpacking and Hiking Expeditions (especially in Yosemite National Park)
