Astrid Countee, M.A.
832-***-**** **************@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/astridcountee/
h#ps://github.com/astridw
I
am
a
problem
solver,
futuris;c
thinker
and
innova;ve
leader.
My
keen
ability
to
strategize
and
understand
data
in
context
gives
me
unique
insight
to
problems,
solu;ons,
and
team
work.
I
plan
to
use
my
technical,
research
and
project
management
skills
in
a
web
development
posi;on.
EDUCATION
The
Iron
Yard
Academy Programming
boot-
camp
where
I
am
currently
learning
web
development
languages
and
soGware
development
principles.
Graduated
December
2014.
University
of
Houston
–
MA
Applied
Anthropology:
training
in
ethnographic
analysis,
field
methods,
cultural
theory,
and
sta;s;cs.
Invited
to
health
fairs
in
the
Houston
area
to
speak
on
my
thesis
topic,
chronic
disease,
in
2013.
Baylor
University
–
BA
Psychology
with
emphasis
on
cogni;on
Coursework
Included:
neuroscience,
society
and
culture,
linguis;cs,
sta;s;cs,
research,
coordinator
for
psychological
experiments
SOFTWARE
SKILLS
AND
LANGUAGES
Ruby
Pry
SQL
• • •
Ruby
on
Rails
JQuery
SSMS
• • •
HTML,
CSS,
Sass
JSON
APIs,
REST
Excel
• • •
JavaScript
Unit
Tes;ng
Access
• • •
Git,
Github
UX/UI
Design
R
• • •
Responsive
Web
Design
Heroku
Project
Management
• • •
Ajax
Agile
Development
Rapid
Assessment
• •
Bootstrap,
Middleman
AWS
• •
WORK
EXPERIENCE
Business
Data
Analyst Technical
Training
and
Development
Williams
Company
September
2013-
July
2014
• Developed
interac;ve
charts
visualizing
data
for
fortune
200
Senior
VPs
• Created
Williams
first
ever
Technical
Training
Database
to
track
company
metrics
across
North
America
• Contributed
to
design
team
for
internal
website,
par;cipated
in
usability
tes;ng
of
eLearning
courses
Astrid Countee, M.A.
832-***-**** **************@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/astridcountee/
h#ps://github.com/astridw
ProducKon
Data
Supervisor
TGS
Geophysical
Company
October
2012
–
September
2013
• 1st
supervisor
for
this
product,
improved
data
warehousing,
managed
soGware
development
life
cycle
• Designed
and
co-
created
UI
for
analyst
team
that
cut
product
delivery
;me
by
50%
• Grew
QA
team
by
200%
within
6
months
• Shortened
turnaround
for
customers
by
70%
by
developing
close
rela;onships
with
sales,
marke;ng,
customer
support
and
development
team
• 1st
mul;-
million
dollar
contract
for
this
product
Jr.
OperaKons
Data
Analyst
TGS
Geophysical
Company
March
2011
–
September
2012
• 1st
analyst
for
new
ground
breaking
product
• Set
the
standard
for
product
QA
and
usability
tes;ng
• Increased
customer
subscrip;ons
by
100%
Upstream
Well
Data
Supervisor
TGS
Geophysical
Company
January
2006
–
March
2011
• Strategically
managed
between
50
and
70
employees
and
coordinators
• Increased
monthly
output
while
cufng
over;me
by
80%
by
implemen;ng
strategic
workflows
• Grew
staff
by
20%
and
trained
all
current
staff
while
maintaining
and
exceeding
monthly
goals
• Created
mentorship
program
to
all
staff
members
to
accelerate
their
careers
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Host
of
New
Books
in
Anthropology,
New
Books
Network
-
I
find
and
interview
authors
of
recently
published
books
related
to
the
anthropology
Trainee,
MD
Anderson
Cancer
Center:
CRMH
(Center
for
Research
in
Minority
Health)
-
I
par;cipated
in
research
and
analysis
of
survey
data
for
health
dispari;es
research
using
SPSS.
During
my
;me
there
I
also
contributed
to
conferences
on
health
dispari;es
in
Texas.
Rails
Girls
Coach,
Rails
Girls
Houston
-
coached
girls
in
a
weekend
workshop
to
create
web
applica;ons
with
ruby
on
rails