ALEXANDRIA PLEWNIAK
Student-Athlete Computer Science Major, National Security Minor
CONTACT SUMMARY
I am seeking an internship opportunity for the Summer of 2026 in software engineering or information technology to apply and expand my skills. As a student-athlete at Virginia Tech pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in National Security and Foreign Affairs, I bring discipline, teamwork, and technical proficiency to dynamic projects.
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Eureka, MO
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
Name of School: Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Minor: National Security and Foreign
Affairs
Expected Graduation: May 2027
Clubs: Girls Club, Girls Code Too, Society for
Women in Engineering (SWE)
Web Development / Technical Intern
Scoreboard Automotive Eureka, MO Summer 2025
● Championed the launch of a new e-commerce platform by collaborating with a marketing agency and contributing to site design, testing, and deployment.
● Configured software for LCD screens on golf carts, including interface setup and content management.
● Created technical documentation and troubleshooting to ensure smooth integration of software and hardware components.
Business Development Manager
Scoreboard Automotive Eureka, MO 2020 - Present
● Expected to study and keep up with the latest industry developments, ensure the dealership’s website is up-to-date and easily accessible, assess client needs, and coordinate appointments with potential customers.
● Experience with Dealer Car Search, AutoManager, and Frazer software systems.
● Daily interactions and meetings held with coworkers, industry professionals, social media managers, etc.
Student-Athlete – Cheerleading Team
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Aug 2022 – Present
● Committed over 20 hours/week to practices, games, and public appearances while maintaining a full-time academic course load.
● Demonstrated teamwork, discipline, and time management in high-pressure environments
● Represented the university at athletic events, community activities, and leadership initiatives
SKILLS
● Core skills: communication, leadership,
problem-solving, organization, teamwork,
critical thinking.
● Hard skills: Python, Java, C++, MatLab,
BlueJ, Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio Code,
Git/GitHub, Xcode, debugging, code
testing, object-oriented programming,
computing basics.
● Soft skills: ambition, focus, friendliness,
empathy, confidence, perseverance,
resilience, coachability, motivation,
adaptability, resourcefulness, positive
attitude, multitasking.
PROJECTS
Credit Card Fraud Detection ML Pipeline
Python, scikit-learn, pandas, matplotlib Fall 2025
● Built an end to end machine learning pipeline to detect fraudulent credit card transactions using Python, handling data loading, preprocessing, model training, and evaluation.
● Addressed class imbalance and evaluated performance with metrics like precision, recall, and F1 score to better capture rare fraud cases.
● Used pandas, scikit learn, and matplotlib to explore data, visualize class distributions, and generate a simple report of model results and plots.