Education & Employment

Completed May 2018

Concentration: Business Intelligence and Analytics

GPA: 4.000

August 2017 - May 2018

Executed network and system administration functions for Data Infrastructure Buildings Blocks for Intelligence and Security Informatics project to provide open source research data as RA in Artificial Intelligence Lab

Tutored 80 graduate level MIS students on computer networking concepts and python programming as TA for Business Data Communications course in Management Information Systems department

June 2017 - August 2017

Developed custom WordPress website, improved SEO, performed content migration, and integrated blogging, sales pipeline, email marketing, and customer support features

Programmed UI/UX features including login, tooltips, and dynamic cell highlighting for Hivemetric’s startup financial modeling application using CSS/Less and React/JSX, on Nodejs and MongoDB platform

Completed May 2017

summa cum laude

Majors: Management Information Systems, Entrepreneurship

Minor: Spanish

GPA: 4.000

August 2016 - June 2017

Sensor startup that crafts cutting-edge radar sensor technologies and advanced driver assistance systems for self-driving cars

Finalists in Rice Business Plan Competition 2017, ASU Innovation Open 2017, and UA New Venture Competition 2017

June 2016 - August 2016

Boosted claims acceptance rate by developing performance improvements and bug fixes on Java and PL/SQL programs

September 2014 - May 2017

Recipient of National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Grant

Conducted cybersecurity big data research by developing regular expressions and Java parsers to crawl the dark web and derived insights from international hacker forums, reducing man hours by 95%

Headed full-stack development of cyber threat intelligence and educational web application to host 6 million+ assets from hacker forums and provide preemptive analysis of malware trends for use by cybersecurity researchers

Skills & Expertise

Development
Business
Cybersecurity
Design
Tools

Languages

Web Front End: HTML, CSS, Javascript
Web Backend: PHP, SQL
Software: Java, Python
Machine Learning: Python, R

Experience

I have worked as a developer for 5 years. I have experience in full stack web development working for startups and consulting for companies. I have developed in MERN, LAMP, and Java stacks and utilized technologies like Squarespace and WordPress depending on client needs. I have also worked for Fortune 500 companies on enterprise database programs and machine learning applications. At the University of Arizona, I worked as a teaching assistant for graduate level courses teaching computer networking in python as well as web development fundamentals.
Fields of Study

Business Acumen: business communication, business consulting, business ethics, finance, financial and managerial accounting, marketing, micro and macroeconomics, sales
Entrepreneurship: customer development, finance for new ventures, industry analysis, innovation strategies, marketing research, new venture development
Management and Security: agile project management, information security and risk management, operations management, organizational behavior and management, product management, systems security management
Technical: business data communications, business intelligence, data mining, data structures and algorithms, enterprise data management, information systems analysis and design, social and ethical issues of the internet, software design and integration, statistics, web computing and mining

Experience

I graduated from the University of Arizona with a Master of Science in Management Information Systems and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, both with a 4.0 GPA. I double majored in Management Information Systems and Entrepreneurship where the U of A has the #1 national ranking for public MIS programs and has the #6 national ranking for public Entrepreneurship Programs.

In my career, I have worked as technical consultant and entrepreneur. As a consultant, I have worked for client companies where I was responsible for agile project management, technical implementations, and consulting on novel applications of machine learning to improve business processes. As an entrepreneur, I was responsible for developing strong relationships with partner organizations, transforming a company vision into a tangible product, and bridging the gap between business and development teams. I have created both digital and print marketing materials for tradeshows, as well as developed competition-winning pitch decks and presentation designs.
Certificates

CNSS 4016: National Information Assurance Training Standard for Risk Analysts and Risk Management
NSTISSI 4011: National Information Assurance Training Standard for Information Systems Security
CNSS 4012: National Information Assurance Training Standard for Senior Systems Managers
CNSS 4013: National Information Assurance Training Standard for System Administrators

Experience

As a cybersecurity researcher with the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Arizona, I developed a cyber threat intelligence web application that utilized data mining techniques to provide proactive cybersecurity insights from dark web data. I published my work in the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics.

Samtani, S., Chinn, K., Larson, C., Chen, H. (2016). AZSecure Hacker Assets Portal: Cyber Threat Intelligence and Malware Analysis. IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics.
Tools

Graphic Design: Illustrator, InDesign
Photography: Sony a6000, Photoshop, Lightroom
UI/UX: InVision, Marvel, XD, Figma
Video and Motion Graphics: Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Fusion

Experience

I am passionate about design and have worked in different creative mediums as a hobby ever since competing in art competitions as a kid. I enjoy graphic design and illustration and use knowledge of layout, composition, typography, color theory, balance, and hierarchy in my work creating business presentations and web design.

This passion for design led me to understand that effective design can lead to better user experiences and is why I approach work with a design thinking methodology. Majoring in Entrepreneurship and MIS, I studied user driven development and systems analysis and design.
Productivity and Management

Asana, Google Analytics, HubSpot, MailChimp, Microsoft Project, Slack, Trello, Visio

Technology

Amazon Web Services, Git, Google Cloud Platform, Linux, Tableau, Vmware, Wireshark, WordPress, Windows