I am a UI Engineer at Google working on the community team for Kaggle. I'm also a Georgia Tech alum with an MSCS focused on Human Computer Interaction. My interests are deaf tech, web accessibility, and online education. Right now, I work primarily in React, but I love learning new things!
"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?"
Working on the community team for Kaggle
Building and improving upon the user interface for MongoDB University
Developing flexible reusable components for the University team
Writing Python functions to manage data and connect Django backend to React app
Collaborating with product managers and designers to execute projects from mocks to release
Redesigned a frequently used page in Evergreen, a continuous integration tool
Interviewed developers to understand their current pain points with Evergreen
Implemented mocked designs from Sketch using React.js and Typescript
Wrote a Javascript client library to wrap calls to the Evergreen API
Designed new database and content management structure to better suit team needs
Automated database migration and field manipulation in Python
Developed brand logos and websites iteratively using team feedback
Developed software in a proprietary language using agile methodologies
Devised solutions to existing bugs in ‘single code line’ payroll software products
Delivered ‘fix-it’ tasks to developers and customer support technicians
Verified and committed code for integration in to Workday’s master branch
Learned C++ on the job to remove hardcoding and add flexibility to an ongoing project
Confirmed viability of a Python based project through extensive research and testing
Managed application development entirely from the back end to the user’s graphical interface
Hold office hours to provide homework help to students
Design rubrics for homework assignments
Evaluate and score student programming assignments
Built a term ontology to categorize search queries made by schizophrenic individuals
Used machine learning techniques to analyze search queries for signs of psychosis
Collaborated with psychiatric professionals and their patients to understand results
Designed a smart home simulator to remotely test device discoverability algorithms
Automated smart home interactions to demonstrate that discoverability algorithms need improvement
Utilized elements of game design for procedural generation of house floor plans
Lead recitation sessions to reinforce important concepts and practice problem solving
Conducted office hours to provide homework help and explain concepts to students
Designed questions and grading rubrics for midterms and final exams
Adapted human recognition software from C++ to be used in Python applications
Designed and tested more effective human body recognition software using OpenCV
Advising undergraduate and graduate students working on ASL gaming research
Collaborating with students from Georgia Tech and NTID, staff at Google, and other domain experts
Improved an existing mobile game in C# that helps teach American Sign Language to adults
Conducted an effectiveness study to understand how improvements have impacted the game
Observing a political meme subreddit to understand how the community operates
Interviewing moderators and regular users of the subreddit to learn about their experiences
Performing coding analysis to extract major themes from interview transcripts
Co-founded and worked as the sole back end engineer within a startup project
Designed data structures for visually representing guitar chords as sequences of lights
Built Firebase web application to wirelessly deliver content to Arduino devices
Researched and applied elements of game design to procedural generation of house floor plans
Automated smart home interactions to demonstrate discoverability algorithms need improvement
Relevant Courses: Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Principles of UI Software, Qualitative Research Methods, Design of Online Communities, Human Computer Interaction, Information Visualization
Relevant Courses: Software Design and Implementation, Operating Systems, Algorithms, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Mobile and Web Development, Personal Informatics, Information Security, UX Design, Engineering Communications