User Experience Front-End Engineer

LORENZ HOOVER

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EXPERIENCE

Lead React Developer – Mars Hill, NC May 2024 – Oct 2024 Mars Hill University

• Spearheaded the development of the MHU Study Lion App, a web-based portal designed to deliver an immersive digital experience, integrating cutting-edge AI tools to enhance student learning.

• Built and optimized the front-end of the application using Vite, React, and Tailwind CSS, ensuring a seamless user experience across student and faculty portal.

• Integrated Open AI Assistants’ API with custom JavaScript functions, enabling class-specific GPT models to access tailored content, assignments, and study tools, driving a data-driven educational environment.

• Collaborated closely with stakeholders, including the University CFO and Executive in Residence, to align project objectives with university goals, secure funding, and meet critical deadlines. Front-End Engineer – Asheville, NC Jan 2024 – Mar 2024 Black Dome Mountain Sports

• Designed, developed, and deployed a new company website, leveraging self-taught skills in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to enhance user experience and improve online presence.

• Collaborated with company owners to ensure the website’s design aligned with strategic business goals, driving a 20% increase in product reservations through data-driven analytics.

• Implemented real-time dashboard analytics to monitor user behavior, improving decision-making processes and conversion rates.

Senior Capstone Project – Granville, OH Jan 2023 – May 2023 Denison University

• Developed and compared machine learning models, including Logistic Regression, Naive Bayes, and Support Vector Machine, for detecting social bots on social media platforms pre-processed text data.

• Analyzed the performance of each model, achieving a mean precision score of 64.33%, and identified that 47.3% of analyzed tweets were likely bot-generated.

• Implemented advanced data preprocessing techniques, including tokenization and normalization, to enhance model accuracy and interpretability.

• Conducted data wrangling on large datasets using Python, refining data for optimal model performance, and contributed to ongoing research in social bot detection.

Product Analyst – Black Mountain, NC May 2022 – Aug 2022 Ingles Markets Inc.

• Co-led a company-wide software transition initiative, optimizing pharmaceutical data management processes with a 25% efficiency improvement validated by advanced data analytics.

• Documented 2,500 Covid-19 vaccination reports for NC State records, utilizing Excel Macros to enhance data processing accuracy and reporting efficiency.

• Conducted detailed data analysis to support strategic decisions, ensuring accurate and timely information flow across departments.

LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Mars Hill University Varsity Men’s Soccer – Mars Hill, NC Aug 2023 – May 2024 Division II Athlete

• Integrated into a new team, quickly assuming a leadership role to foster team growth

• Earned a starting position through adaptability and initiative, demonstrating commitment and drive Denison University Varsity Men’s Soccer – Granville, OH Aug 2019 – May 2023 Division III Athlete

• First-Team All-Tournament, First Team & 2x Second Team All-NCAC, and OSCA NCAA Men's Division III Second- Team All-Ohio 2x

• Led team to first NCAA national tournament appearance since 2009; most wins since 2011 EDUCATION

Mars Hill University, 2023-2024 Aug 2023 – May 2024 Master’s in Business Management GPA 3.85

Mars Hill, NC

Denison University, 2019-2023 Aug 2019 – May 2023

B.A. Data Analytics GPA: 3.23

Granville, OH

HARD SKILLS

• Python, SQL, R, Tableau, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Open AI, ChatGPT API, Project Management, Machine Learning (SVM, LR, NB, KM, PCA, LLM)

• Additional Links: Senior Capstone, GitHub, Black Dome Mountain Sports, Personal Portfolio, MHU Study Lion

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