Work Experience

During the summer of 2017, I worked for Medline Industries Inc. as a Manufacturing Engineering Intern, where I wrote software in VBA and Python that increased efficiency throughout their manufacturing processes. The programs I wrote save the company over $1,000,000 annually, stemming from the increased efficiency on placing the correct number of workers on assembly lines and giving the right number of picks to pickers.
During my free time I wrote a Team Selecting program in Java to aid in selecting teams for Insight Wisconsin.

I worked at Target Inc. during the summer of 2018 as an Information Security Software Engineering Intern on the Identity Authentication Management team, where I wrote security solutions in Python, Ruby, and Bash. My main project was a commandline utility that checks for secrets, encrypted data and passwords, in git commits and blocks these commits if a secret is found. This product is slated to be a required install for all 10,000 tech employees and will be automatically installed on all new laptops at Target. This project taught me valuable lessons about Project Management, continuous development, and continuous deployment. Additionally, I worked on a project for the development of a Chef cookbook that would automatically install an OpenID Connect module for an apache server, allowing apps to authenticate with Target's OAuth services.

Campus Involvement

In 2015, I began attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Chemical Engineering major. Ultimately, it was my initial major in Chemical Engineering that gave me my first taste of Computer Sciences and led me down a path to finding my life-long passion for Software Engineering. Because it was not until later in my college career that I found my passion for software, my initial college experiences were primarily Business, Entrepreneuriship, and Leadership focused.

During my Freshman year, I led a team of passionate individuals to found a student organization, called Insight Wisconsin, that addressed a need for more project-based learning on campus. In the coming 2.5 years as President of Insight Wisconsin, I faced challenges in terms of how to create financial security for the organization, motivate and inspire executive board members, and handle myself as the external face of the organization. It is extremely rewarding to see Insight grow to over 80 members, conduct over 15 engineering design projects, and hear stories of how Insight has aided in members getting internships and job offers.

Because of Insight's vision to foster more project-based learning, I was invited to give a TEDx talk on the subject. It was during this experience, that I learned how to effectively relay messages to my peers and speak in front of large audiences. Stemming from this talk, I was selected to be the Undergraduate speaker at the incoming Freshman Engineering Orientation of over 1,000 students to inspire success in and out of the classroom.

Being so involved in Student Organizations on campus, I understood the importance that the University played in enabling student innovation and freedom. Because of this, I ran and was elected onto Student Council as a representative for the College of Engineering. Lending a voice to students on the Engineering Campus was humbling and gave me the experience of fighting for other's values. With a business and leadership skillset, I also was elected to be on the Student Services Finance Committee branch of the student government. This committee is responsible for allocating $50,000,000 in student segregated fees to organizations on campus, like University Health Services. Sitting on this committee taught me important lessons on how to justify my opinions effectively and make decisions based on detailed reports.

Besides school and internships, I also recently began participating in Hackathons and working on personal projects. My team placed top 8 out of 200 teams at HackIllinois with an RFID tracking system. In addition, my team won an Internal Hackathon at Target with the secret-blocking git utility. In terms of personal projects, I have worked on everything from an Automated Stock Selecting/Purchasing program in C++ to an Automated Chemical Flow Controlling software for a researcher on campus.

You can see some of my projects (including Hackathon projects) on my personal GitHub.