EDUCATION

Master of Science, Computer Science + Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Business Analytics GPA: 4.0 Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL August 2021 - May 2023 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science GPA: 3.91

Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX August 2016 - May 2019 TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Python, Java, C++, SQL, R, HTML, CSS, Javascript Data Mining and Visualization Tools: R, Excel, Python, Tableau, Jupyter Notebooks, MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint Environments: Visual Studio, VSCode, IntelliJ, Eclipse, Anaconda, Netbeans WORK EXPERIENCE

CIBC First Caribbean Bank, Barbados

Data Scientist Intern June 2022 – August 2022

● Leveraged expertise in Tableau and Python to develop interactive and informative dashboards and reports that allowed high-level executives to easily navigate and analyze complex data.

● Saved significant time and resources by slashing runtime and complexity almost 50% through the creation of streamlined data pipelines and integrated data using Alteryx.

● Recognized the need for data analysis to identify key trends and factors contributing to data patterns, and took the initiative to develop an analysis plan using regression and cluster analysis. Intermediate Software Developer February 2021 – July 2021

● Developed and maintained Java-based APIs that enabled seamless integration of payment gateways into the mobile app, enhancing user experience and increasing customer retention.

● Utilized JIRA to track and resolve user issues and service interruptions, ensuring seamless user experience and minimizing downtime.

● Collaborated with cross-functional teams during daily stand-ups, weekly sprints, and retrospectives, contributing to code reviews and providing constructive feedback to improve code quality and maintainability. Software Development Intern June 2018 – August 2018

● Collaborated with MasterCard to initiate the wire payment project, leveraging their expertise in payment processing to develop a scalable and secure solution.

● Developed a prototype mobile app for wire payments, resulting in a cost savings of millions of dollars for the bank by reducing transaction fees and processing time.

● Conducted rigorous testing of the wire payment product, using live testing environments and test cases to ensure its reliability and performance.

● Effectively communicated the value of the mobile app feature to key stakeholders by presenting well-researched project proposals, a functioning prototype, and comprehensive roadmaps. City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX December 2019 – December 2020 IT Analyst/Programmer

● Worked collaboratively with city departments to understand their filing process needs and created customized workflows using Laserfiche to meet their specific requirements.

● Designed numerous bright-sign players and screens/projectors for various city departments, resulting in improved public information, advertising, promotions, and reservations for the city.

● Effectively managed the project to successful implementation, ensuring that all departments were aligned and the project was completed within the designated scope, and timeline. PROJECTS

Software Engineering & Development

InnoWire

● Mobile app to enable users to send wire payments from their mobile devices using MasterCard APIs.

● Team lead. Planned sprint & retrospectives, created presentations for the project proposals & roadmaps, created test cases & code for automated testing & transmitted information between project manager and team members.

● Ionic, Java, SQL, PowToons, Powerpoint, Selenium, Docker. StalkerApp

● Mobile app to view location of friends, display routes to any friend’s location & instant message friends.

● Implemented instant messaging feature, worked with camera implementation & firestore database.

● Ionic, Javascript, Firestore, GitBash, Github, Visual Studio Code. NFL Statistics

● Scrapes NFL website for a list of all games played since 2009 & gets the statistics from each game to calculate various categories such as longest running yard etc.

● Scraped NFL website to get the game IDs then saved statistics in JSON for each game from liveupdate website & used data to calculate specific statistics.

● Javascript, Python, Beautiful Soup, Visual Studio Code. Rate My Professor

● Mobile App which allows MSU students in Computer Science to view their professor’s information such as teaching techniques, area of research, etc.

● Created user stories and presentations for the proposal & contributed to database schema & population.

● Ionic, Firestore.

Database Management

Echo Shipping

● Application to track shipments to & from a company. Keeps track of employees, customers & their orders, status

& types of shipments & the associated carrier(s).

● Created an orders frame to connect to the database allowing the user to view all orders & insert, update or delete an order from the database.

● Languages & Tools :SQL, Java, MySQL Workbench, PHPMyAdmin, Netbeans. Web Development

Cycling Foundation

● Website to inform users about the purpose of the foundation and what it has to offer.

● Created a website using a Wordpress template to display the foundation’s information and images.

● HTML, CSS, WordPress.

CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

● Upsilon Pi Epsilon Member, Computer Science Honors Society

● Association for Computing Machinery Student Chapter Member

● Midwestern State University Student Ambassador

● Midwestern State University Redwine Honors Program

● Midwestern State University Math Club, President

● Caribbean Students Organization, 1st Vice President & Webteam Chair

● Lions Club, Public Relations Officer

● LIME Volleyball Club Member, Captain

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