PROJECTS | SKILLS | EDUCATION | EXPERIENCE
A junior software engineer with a passion for solving puzzles, building things, and using data to tell a story.
My goal is to build a career in software development, where I can be challenged daily to solve problems and build exciting things.
Before starting Makers, I worked for 8+ years in Corporate Finance, using VBA to build Excel macros every chance I could. I left finance to start an e-commerce business, where I did basic front-end design for my website. Eventually I started experimenting with A.I. to create a tool from my business and that's when the programming bug really bit me!
| Name | Description | Technologies |
|---|---|---|
| Bank & Guilded Rose Tech Tests | Practice tech tests demonstrating my mastery of OOP and TDD. | Ruby, RSpec |
| Catbook | Facebook clone built as a group project over two weeks. Demonstrates my ability to work as part of a team in an agile environment to produce a product. | Ruby, Rails, RSpec, HTML/CSS, Heroku, Rubocop, Travis CI |
| News Summary App | Individual challenge to build a single page Javascript app (with no frameworks) connected to two APIs. Built my own testing framework. | Javascript, HTML/CSS |
| FinBot | Chatbot focused on personal finance. We challenged ourselves to learn a new language (Python), two new frameworks (React, Django), and a new field (natural language processing/machine learning) in two weeks. | React, Python, Django, CSS, Heroku |
I studied business in university and have worked in various corporate roles during my career. I love working cross-functionally. I enjoy learning how each part of the business operates. Understanding their unique needs and challenges is key to using my role to most effectively help the company achieve it's goals.
I am a highly analytical person. I get really excited about spreadsheets and data sets. I love using numbers and data to help tell a story that everyone can understand.
I love using technology to solve problems. I taught myself VBA in order to build Excel tools to automate repetitive tasks for my team. I wanted a tool to analyze wedding dress pictures and return personalized bridal accessories. Nothing like that existed, so I built one.
I have started two businesses in the past two years. The first was a company that held virtual reality events at bars around New York City. The second, and most recent, was an e-commerce store focusing on wedding accessories. In both cases, although I knew nothing about the industries, I saw a market need and learned all of the skills I needed along the way.
- OOP, TDD, MVC, DDD
- Agile/XP
- Ruby, Rails, JavaScript
- RSpec, Jasmine
- Bachelors of Science in Business Administration
- Major: Accounting
Affiance Collection (Jan 2019 to Present)
Co-founder/CEO
- Launched an e-commerce store for wedding accessories after identifying a gap in the online market for mid-priced bridal pieces.
- Use basics of HTML, CSS, and Liquid on Shopify website.
- Built an A.I. tool, using Google Vision and Firebase, to analyze an image of the user’s wedding dress and give them personalized recommendations for wedding accessories sold by my store.
- Handle all aspects of the business including strategy, advertising, financial management, web development, customer service and negotiations with suppliers.
Omnicom Diversified Agency Solutions (Jan 2014 to Sep 2018)
Senior Financial Analyst
- Taught myself VBA in order to build Excel tools to reduce manual data manipulation and increase time available for analysis.
- Support CFO in management of $1.2B Public Relations division and act as liaison to agencies.
- Track and analyze trending across 154 global agencies to detect potential risk or growth opportunities.
- Manage agency process re-engineering by evaluating current operations, identifying issues and roadblocks, and creating plans for optimize and automate various processes.
Raytheon Company (May 2010 to Dec 2013)
Business Manager / Proposal Analyst
- Proposal pricing lead supporting a cross-functional team, including Engineering, Sales, Contracts, HR, Supply Chain, and Finance, on a range of business development proposals totaling over $1B.
- Business Manager of $10M DoD Program. Perform post-contract award start up tasks including forecasting and baselining and monthly management of the budget, schedule, and internal reporting.
- Volunteering: On the weekends I run production for a non-profit organisation (lights, sound, videos, etc.)
- Cooking & Baking: I make a mean white chocolate caramel fudge brownie.
- Podcasts: Stuff You Should Know, Hidden Brain, CodeNewbie, Freakonomics & more