Silali Banerjee
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Rochester, MN 55902 https://www.linkedin.com/in/silali-banerjee-35994018/ Ph: 507-***-****
Employment/Engagement:
September 2022 – Present : Upwork( https://upwork.com ) – Contractor 2022 – Present: Women Who Code ( https://www.womenwhocode.com ) Mentor:
Career navigation coach
Mentor: Mentee completed a data science project on wind energy that involved exploratory data analysis and also involved some machine learning techniques. 2022 – Present: Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented (https://mcgt.net ): Member
Participating in website redesigning and rebuilding team and in community connections team. May 2022 – August 2022: Perscholas( http://perscholas.org ) -- Contractor
Technical Instructor for a Bootcamp on full stack web development that fed pipeline for entry to mid- senior level software engineering positions at major financial organizations
“She is patient and caring and an excellent instructor.” – Immediate supervisor.
Students created a full-stack web application where the back-end was built using Java and Spring Boot.
Covered Junit testing, REST APIs, microservices, CI/CD using Jenkins, in addition to Core Java. March 2022 – May 2022: Explored/worked as a generalist in an early-stage EdTech start-up. April 2017 – December 2020: Independent contractor for tutoring K-12, also for college students and adult learners at Varsity Tutors ( http://varsitytutors.com )(Rating 4.7/5)
Received rave reviews and 5-star ratings from many students lately for tutoring them. Tutored in data structure, algorithms, Java, SQL, Unix, Python, etc. Overall rating is 4.7/5 in 3+ years.
Tutor AP Computer Science on a long-term basis. Students scored 4 and 5 in the national AP Exam.
Had students that were with me for the entire school year, in some cases two years. Oct 2009 --- Mar 2012: Rochester Public Schools ISD 535: Coach/tutor for K-8 after-school activities:
Taught chess. Also coached for Mathmasters(math competition, teams/individuals got top places). April 2006—Sept 2012: Adjunct Faculty: Cardinal Stritch University:
Recruited for teaching MIS Systems at their Rochester, MN location as needed Feb 2002 – June 2005: JERGroup( http://www.jeronline.com ) : Online instructor:
Taught a number of Software Design/Computer Programming courses including Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Web design and programming, etc. using own material. 1995 --- 2000: Worked as a full-time software engineer for various employers: Work involved:
Workflow Systems
Optical Imaging Software System
Financial Software System
Framework type Software Design and Implementation
RDBMS /SQL Programming
Java Programming( JSP, Servlet, JavaBeans, J2EE)
Full-stack Web Development
Skill badges (given to the top 30% of test-takers) September 2022 – Passed LinkedIn assessment in Google Cloud Platform, Front End Development March 2022 -- Passed LinkedIn assessment in Machine Learning, Search Engine Optimization, Eclipse. July 2020 – Sept 2020 -- Passed LinkedIn assessment in C++, OOP, PHP, MySQL, JQuery, Excel June 2020 – July 2020 – Passed LinkedIn assessment in Java, Python, Bash, and Adobe Photoshop Training and certification
September 2022 – HackerRank certification in basic SQL and intermediate SQL. August 2022 – TripleByte Engineering Certificate -- Proficient in Algorithms and Data Structures, Proficient in Data Warehousing/ETL, Proficient in Dev Automation and distributed computing. August 2022 – HackerRank certification in basic Java September 2020 – HackerRank certification in basic problem solving November 2018-- Attended: Bloomberg STEM Returner's Circle --- Selected from a competitive pool. February 2022-Present – LinkedIn Learning courses on DevOps, Scrum, NoSQL, Cloud Computing, and AWS. March 2022 – Machine Learning for Everybody https://coursera.org/verify/UST54MV3PB3C October 2020 – Advanced Data Structures in Java https://www.coursera.org/verify/72E537UB6LSF October 2020 -- Web Design for Everybody: Basics of Web Development & Coding Specialization https://www.coursera.org/verify/specialization/certificate/QVT3N6GAZQNP September 2020 – Graphic Design Specialization
https://www.coursera.org/verify/specialization/certificate/H5ADARD7K9P6 August 2020 -- Web Applications for Everybody Specialization https://www.coursera.org/verify/specialization/certificate/LYSVK43QA83J August 2017 --Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics(ColumbiaX) https://courses.edx.org/certificates/6217402697e14cd3b6d192057264d65c
-- Introduction to Computer Science using Python(MITx) with 99% total score https://courses.edx.org/certificates/51c4187aa4c54a57bb34b93e8185872a June 2017 --Introduction to Cloud Foundry and Cloud-Native Software Architecture( https://courses.edx.org ) SUN certified Java programmer, also passed 2 of 3 levels needed for SUN certification for Java architect Non-degree credit course on Object-Oriented Design Patterns at Winona State University, MN Education:
Master of Technology in Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India Bachelor of Technology in Radiophysics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India Bachelor of Science in Physics, Jadavpur University, India Volunteer Positions:
2001 -- 2005: Time to Time: Rochester Public Schools ISD 535: Parent volunteer/volunteer in education:
Volunteered at schools, did season-long coaching for Mathmasters(math competition). 2003 –-2004: Rochester GATEWay( Gifted and Talented Advocacy Group, Rochester Chapter of Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented http://www.rochestergateway.com/ ) : Board member/Science Fair Chair:
Program/event management that involved running the citywide Science Fair for elementary school children included fundraising and all other logistics, single-handedly. The program did not have any funding other than local sponsors and was about to shut down. Took over at the last minute and made it bigger and better.
Was part of GATEway advocacy group for starting pilot one classroom for highly gifted students within the school district, so that the highly gifted students can be with their social-emotional peers without needing any extra budget for that effort. It eventually materialized and was quite successful and it later expanded to have a few highly gifted classrooms at the elementary and middle school level. 2007---2007: GATEWay newsletter editor/contributor 2004 – 2005 : North South Foundation( http://www.northsouth.org ) : Chapter Coordinator :
Program/event management included running yearly educational contests for school-age children, also conducting math/spelling workshops.
2004 – 2005 : Ed Zelkind( http://www.angelfire.com/games3/zelkindchess/classes.htm ) Chess Camp Organizer :
Program/event management included single-handedly organized weeklong summer chess camps for interested youth/adults in town with an out-of-town FIDE Master chess instructor when neither such instructor nor online instruction options were available in town.