Software Engineer
google.com
- Present
Google Video Conferencing - Platform Team (present)
Wrote software to maintain very large conference room hardware fleet.
Experience
Howard University
Adjunct Lecturer, Google in Residence
howard.edu
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Rotation (5 mos.) while working at Google through Google in Residence program
Designed curriculum for and taught Intro to Computer Science (Python) virtually to 135 Howard University students
Managed by Q
Software Engineer
(sold)
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Infrastructure Team (6 mos.) - Contributed to completion of multi-service invoicing system
Internal Tools Team (9 mos.) - Building lean projects for internal clients using Django & Node
CodeCraft School
Lead Instructor
(defunct)
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Lead instructor of full-time 12 week full-stack JavaScript web development course
Created curriculum, led classes, and managed up to three assistants
SNAP! Interactive
Software Engineer
snap-interactive.com
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Growth team - Full stack PHP & JavaScript Development
Engineer on dating app AYI, engineering lead on The Grade for Android
Etsy, Inc.
Software Engineer
etsy.com
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Shipping team - Full stack PHP & JavaScript development
Worked with a team to handle shipping label generation, address validation, etc.
Valley New School
Programming Tutor
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Tutored students in math, English, and programming (Python)
Aspire Public Schools
Web Application Developer Intern
schoolzilla.com
Worked with a team to create Schoolzilla, a test-score reporting application for California charter schools
Bracket Labs
Web Application Developer Intern
bracketlabs.com
Salesforce app decelopment using APEX and JavaScript
Lawrence University
Web Developer & Writer/Cartoonist
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Worked with IT department to maintain the student website, including the campus map
Wrote technical articles and drew cartoons for the student-run newspaper, The Lawrentian
Renewable Choice Energy
Web App. Dev. Intern
(sold)
Worked on a team to create the Mosaic Carbon Accounting application using PHP and ExtJS
Placeways, LLC
Web Developer Intern
placeways.com
Web development in PHP, JavaScript, and Adobe Flash (throwback!)
The Aerospace Corporation
Developer Intern
aero.org
&
Co-author on a federally-funded report on GPS-III ground latency using Java
Purecode Computing, LLC
Owner
purecode.com
- Present
Freelance web development, tutoring, and A/V (event recording and streaming)
Education
Recurse Center
Student
Batch
12-week “writers workshop for programmers” (yet so much more!) in NYC
Lawrence University
Undergraduate Degree
Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics/Computer Science. Final Project: PHP blogging platform
Bachelor’s Degree in English. Final Project: Creative Writing Portfolio
Other Work
Exclamation Foundation
Board Member
exclamation.foundation
- Present
Voting member of organizing board for !!Con and !!Con West
!!Con
Co-Organizer
bangbangcon.com
- Present
“Radically inclusive” technology conference in NYC about the joy, surprise and excitement of computing
Volunteer Teaching
Technical Mentor & Interview Practice Provider at Coalition for Queens (C4Q) -
Teacher at School for Human Rights through TEALSk12 - -
NaNoWriMo
Novelist
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Wrote 50k words in one month to complete National Novel Writing Month
2008: YA fantasy, 2016: Sci-fi/magical realism, 2018: Data structures textbook
Ludum Dare
Game Developer
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Worked with teams to create games for 72-hour online game jam Ludum Dare
Also
… Storyteller and GM for tabletop role-playing games since ca. 2000
… Organizer assistant for Women and Identity in Gaming Symposium
… Founded a video, board, and tabletop gaming club at Lawrence University, ended up with a 23-bed house on campus!
Links & References
Personal references available on request