💼 Professional
Technical Program Manager
Microsoft
- Lead cross-organizational programs & products within Windows + Devices & Windows Engineering Systems that help developers work more efficiently with AI to empower over 1.2 billion monthly active Windows users
- Streamline onboarding experiences across Windows + Devices, building data-driven dashboards that track success & engineering systems health
- Coordinate across teams to get the right tools & resources into the right hands at the right time
Technical Program Manager Intern
Microsoft
- Developed a 0→1 MVP status dashboard centralizing Azure & Windows service health, performance, & outage history into PowerBI to improve developer productivity & experience
- Interviewed 25+ developers, coordinated with 10+ internal team partners, presented to 4 VPs, & integrated 28 Kusto Queries
- Iterated feedback from UI/UX designers across 3 dashboard iterations & created 5 future web-based Figma mockups
- Established short-term (12-week) & long-term (6 & 12-month) project timelines through goals & deliverables; completed initial scope in 7 weeks & began expansion into separate business groups
- Co-founded an Intern Co-Creation club centered around sustainability & upcycling to foster community amongst interns
Machine Learning Engineer Intern
HP Inc.
- Won 1st place at HP Vancouver site-wide intern presentation fair - "Does That Seem Right? Pipelined Telemetry Event Forecasting + Alert System for Big Data Quality Assurance"
- Created & trained ML telemetry forecasting models using Prophet & Pandas within Databricks Warehouses for big data quality assurance among millions of daily-collected records; developed, tested, & deployed models through AWS cloud service data pipelines on live services
- Completed initial forecasting project in 8 weeks, then expanded into two separate business areas including models for another business group/organization
- Created schema & started shifting a data warehouse with 15M+ records from 1NF to 3NF, reducing compute resources by ~35%
Senior Software Engineer Intern
Lockheed Martin
- Peer-elected AI/ML Software Team Lead on an intern project team of 12+ multidisciplinary engineer interns (Mechanical, Electrical, Software, etc.)
- Generated ML models via PyTorch & NumPy in Kubeflow to predict & detect structures within a wildfire path via images; achieved ~87% accuracy using hyperparameter tuning & Bayesian classification
- Aided 4 team members on multiple projects utilizing Linux & C++
- Granted secret-level security clearance
🎓 Education
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Master of Science (M.S.) - Computer Science; Minor in Mathematics
Additionally obtained an 18-credit Graduate Certificate in College & University Teaching (GCCUT)
📜 Thesis
Impacts of Professional Development on Knowledge for Teaching Computer Science
Committee: Dr. Jennifer Parham-Mocello, Dr. Mary Beisiegel, Dr. Mike Bailey, Dr. J. Nicole von Germeten
Unanimous pass with no edits, defended June 4, 2025.
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President (Engineering) for Out in STEM (oSTEM) · GCCUT · Leadership Empowerment & Purpose (LEAP)
📚 Major Coursework
Advanced Artificial Intelligence · Advanced Software Development · Human-Computer Interaction · Intro to Computer Graphics · Algebraic & Geometric Transformations I, II, & III · Intro to Theory of Computation
🎓 GCCUT Coursework
Theories of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education · Course Design & Methods for College & University Teaching · GCCUT Internship · GCCUT Capstone · Advanced Active Learning & Equitable Mathematical Instruction · Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
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Honors Bachelor of Science (H.B.S.) - Computer Science; Minor in Mathematics
Concentration in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Dean's List 15/15 academic terms.
📜 Honors Thesis
Teaching Fundamental Computer Science Concepts Utilizing Manipulatives
Committee: Dr. Jennifer Parham-Mocello, Dr. Mary Beisiegel, Dr. Robin Hess
Defending a year early in June 2023.
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Secretary for Out in STEM (oSTEM) · Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) · Leadership Academy Alumni
📚 Coursework
Data Structures · Honors Analysis of Algorithms · Machine Learning & Data Mining · Operating Systems I & II · AI Principles · Software Engineering I & II · Cloud Application Development · Parallel Programming · Database Fundamentals · Computer Networks · Mobile Software Development · Web Development · Usability Engineering · Programming Language Fundamentals · Computer Architecture & Assembly Language · Computer Graphics · Social & Ethical Implications · Discrete Mathematics · Calculus I, II, & III · Linear Algebra · Algebraic & Geometric Transformations · Mathematical Statistics
🔬 Research & Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Spring '25: CS362 Software Engineering 2 - held weekly grading demos, meeting with 40 students each week for 10 min to grade & provide feedback on programming assignments. 198-student class
- Winter '25: CS362 - Product manager for 5 teams of 8 students each; met weekly to track progress & provide feedback on each group's unique term-wide project. 133-student class
- Fall '24: ENGR 100 Honors: The Oregon State Engineer - designed 3 hands-on computational thinking studio activities & provided a lecture on research opportunities for undergrads. 147-student class
Undergraduate CS Research Assistant
- Conducted CS education research under Dr. Jennifer Parham-Mocello for 3+ years - see all publications & research →
- Appointed to assist, develop, manage, & optimize computer science curriculum, observations, & research publications
- Defended undergraduate honors thesis one year early (Spring 2023) - centered around developing & implementing three innovative practices to increase student engagement with CS at the middle school level
- Participated in NSF-funded CSforALL Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer 2021, working towards making CS more equitable through game-oriented curriculum & a new functional programming language
- Presented data analysis section of co-authored publication at SIGCSE 2023 in Toronto, ON - the largest ACM technical symposium (~30% acceptance rate, CORE A-ranked)
- Presented synthesized Master's thesis publication at IEEE FIE 2025 in Nashville, TN
- Research focused on empowering K-12 CS teachers & making CS more accessible through innovative, game-based approaches
Undergraduate Learning Assistant
Oregon State University - College of Engineering
- Assigned CS261: Data Structures & ENGR 10x Intro to Engineering; supervised classes with 150+ undergraduate students
- Delegated entire responsibility for teaching 30+ students & administering quizzes during weekly recitations for Data Structures
- Supported students through in-person office hours with problem-solving, project debugging, & conceptual understanding
🎤 Presentations
oSTEM 2024 National Conference - Workshop Host
Portland, OR
- Hosted "Improving Meeting Attendance: Recruitment and Retention" workshop with 50+ attendees
- Highlighted how Oregon State's oSTEM chapter netted a ~250% increase in club engagement over the 2023–2024 year
Family & Community Health Spring Conference - Poster
Bend, OR
- Presented undergraduate senior capstone project poster: "Food Hero Calculator: Fun and Informative - A Nutritional App for Middle School Students to Understand Their Food Choices"
Oregon State LEAP Summit - Top 5 Presentation
Corvallis, OR
- Presented "LinkedIn Workshop for Queer Individuals" - selected as one of the top 5 out of 46 total LEAP participants
ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium - Conference Presenter
Toronto, ON
- Presented the data analysis section of a co-authored publication at the largest ACM technical symposium (~30% acceptance rate, CORE A-ranked)
🌟 Leadership & Involvement
Out in STEM (oSTEM) - Member → Secretary → President
- oSTEM empowers LGBTQ+ people in STEM to succeed personally, academically, & professionally by cultivating environments that nurture innovation, leadership, & advocacy
- Elected to co-orchestrate bi-weekly club meetings & represent 550+ members at university-wide administrative meetings
- Member of the 4-person committee that worked with a $10,000 budget to send 9 club members to oSTEM 2023 national conference - the first national conference attendance in the chapter's history
LEAP - Leadership, Empowerment, & Purpose (2× Graduate)
Oregon State University - College of Engineering
- Two-time graduate of the LEAP program - a year-long leadership development experience designed to help students discover strengths, develop leadership skills, & build meaningful connections with industry mentors
- Summit project "LinkedIn Workshop for Queer Individuals" - selected as one of top 5 presentations out of 46 participants
College of Engineering Ambassador
- Selected as 1 of ~35 representatives of over 10,000 College of Engineering students through engagement with industry partners & alumni via college-wide events
- Memorized a 15-page script & provided weekly tours to prospective students; answered a wide range of factual & anecdotal questions
Out 4 Undergraduate (O4U) - Campus Ambassador
- O4U's mission is to help high-achieving LGBTQ+ undergraduates reach their full potential through a fully funded trip to an annual conference to connect with peers & network with working LGBTQ+ professionals
- Created marketing & promotional material to advertise the Out4Undergraduate conferences to OSU LGBTQIA+ students in STEM
- Met monthly with campus ambassador coordinators to relay updates & coordinate with ambassadors from across the country
Purdue GradTrack Scholar (GTS) Participant
Purdue University - Virtual Program
- Partook in an online mentoring program designed to help undergraduate seniors from underrepresented identities apply to graduate school in engineering through mentorship & professional development
- Member of an 8-person team of undergraduates from across the United States to assist each other with graduate applications
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Oregon State University - NSF-funded Program
- Member of the LSAMP program - an NSF-funded initiative to diversify the nation's STEM workforce by increasing degrees awarded to underrepresented populations
📋 Professional Development
Graduate Certificate of College & University Teaching
- Obtained an 18-credit certificate in College & University Teaching; completed coursework on theories & applications of adult learning theory, along with a capstone seminar & internship
Columbia University EngAGE
New York, NY
- One of 23 students selected from 120+ applicants across the U.S. to participate in Engineering Achievers in Graduate Education (EngAGE) - a weekend-long prospective engineering Ph.D. mentorship program for high-achieving STEM students from historically marginalized backgrounds
Conferences & Symposiums Attended
Various Locations
- ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium - Portland, OR (Mar 2024)
- SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference - Portland, OR (Oct 2023) - Self-advocated to acquire $750 in funding through the OSU Honors College
- Out 4 Undergraduate Digital Conference - New York, NY (Oct 2023)
- oSTEM 2023 National Conference - Anaheim, CA (Oct 2023)
- Out 4 Undergraduate Engineering Conference - St. Paul, MN (Oct 2022)
Certifications & Honors
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Graduate Certificate in College & University Teaching
18-credit GCCUT from Oregon State University - completed alongside M.S.
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Summa Cum Laude
Graduated with top honors from OSU Honors College (3.96 GPA)
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Dean's List: 15/15 Terms
Every single academic term during undergraduate studies at Oregon State
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oSTEM Leadership
President (Engineering) for Out in STEM during M.S., Secretary during B.S.