Education:
Tufts University, Medford, MA
- BA, May 2009
- Double majored in Computer Science and Political Science
- Magna cum laude
- Sample coursework: Human-Computer Interaction, Computational Theory, Open Source Software Development, Algorithms, Comparative Politics of the Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Study Abroad at American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
- February 2008 to June 2008
- Sample coursework: Development Studies Seminar, Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic
Employment History:
Near Infinity Corporation, Reston, VA
Software Engineer, December 2009 to Present
- Create and maintain new features for dashboard web app analyzing big data system (Hadoop, Hive, Lucene, Apache Blur)
- Design and develop an ASP.NET MVC application to allow the tracking of government security clearances on an agile development team
- Improve upon legacy code originally written as a custom SharePoint application
- Demo product to potential customers, installed hardware and software, and respond to specifications from end-users
National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC
World Movement for Democracy Intern, June 2009 to August 2009
- Created budget proposals for grant application based on contractor estimates
- Analyzed best-practices of online forums to increase the number of participants, range of opinions, and geographical diversity of respondents
- Wrote monthly newsletter concerning human rights violations and the activities of grantees for distribution to 3,000 subscribers
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
Middle East Program Intern, June 2008 to August 2008
- Crafted proposal to produce cultural intelligence education tools for Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
- Synthesized regional news reports and orally briefed director and senior fellows
- Researched foreign investment legislation and edited several draft chapters for a monograph
Intel Corporation, Folsom, CA
Technical Intern, May 2007 to August 2007
- Enabled user tracking and reporting for Sales and Marketing Operations web portal
- Assembled usage statistics to evaluate success of portal and distributed results to regional teams
- Assisted in development of an RSS feed containing industry news and product specifications to increase efficiency of information distribution
McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD
Web Programmer, July 2005 to September 2006
- Led team of developers enabling grade submission and other tools for community of 1,500
- Gathered and analyzed system requirements from stakeholders in administration and faculty
- Built dynamic website systems per the evolving requirements of the school
Technical Skills:
Programming Languages/Technologies:
Ruby on Rails, Ruby, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, SQL, MySQL, jQuery, AJAX, CSS, HTML, Java, LINQ to Entities, ADO.NET Entity Framework, ColdFusion, SharePoint 2007
Software Development Tools:
RubyMine, Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE, Git, SVN, Jira (Agile development), Photoshop, MS SQL Server, MySQL Workbench
Web and Online Design:
Website graphics, web forms, online publication
Operating Systems:
Windows, Linux
Research:
Directed Study in Comparative Politics: Middle East,
Medford, MA
September 2007 to December 2007
- Researched opinions of democracy among politically radicalized individuals in Middle East
- Produced research paper accepted by Tufts' New Initiative for Middle East Peace Magazine
Computing Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUSP),
Medford, MA
September 2006 to Present, funded by the National Science Foundation
Activities and Awards:
- Latin honors magna cum laude
- Dean's List
- Best Technical Lightning Talk at 2011 NIC-U Fall Conference
- Rho Omicron Chapter of the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
- Tufts' Women in Computer Science
- Macromedia Innovation Award
- Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship
- Central Scholarship Bureau
- Sam Walton Community Scholarship