Experience

Girls Make Games

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Programs & Business Development

  • May 2022 - Present

• Business Development Lead

  • Sep 2020 - May 2022

• Program Manager

  • May 2020 - Sep 2020

• Tech Lead | Girls Make Games

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020



Girls Make Games Scholarship Fund

• United States
• Education

• Secretary to the Board

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  We believe in giving every girl and woman the opportunity to discover their potential through gaming and game development. We believe in giving every girl and woman the opportunity to discover their potential through gaming and game development.



Bitsight

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2019

  Collaborated on the BitSight team to build first of its kind standardization ratings that translate complex cybersecurity issues into business context. Role: APIs, Middleware, Cloud Engineering Was an early member of the Raleigh engineering team. Collaborated on the BitSight team to build first of its kind standardization ratings that translate complex cybersecurity issues into business context. Role: APIs, Middleware, Cloud Engineering Was an early member of the Raleigh engineering team.



Girls Make Games

• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curriculum Support & Operations

  • Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Girls Make Games is a series of workshops, game jams, and summer camps that teaches middle & high school girls video game development Girls Make Games is a series of workshops, game jams, and summer camps that teaches middle & high school girls video game development



Oculus VR

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Launch Pad Fellow

  • May 2016 - Jun 2016

  Participated in Oculus's first Launch Pad Bootcamp for developing VR content. Participated in Oculus's first Launch Pad Bootcamp for developing VR content.



RapidSOS

• United States
• Public Safety
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Series A startup, early engineering team member. Python web backend + VoIP integrations Series A startup, early engineering team member. Python web backend + VoIP integrations



MIT Media Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Academic Researcher

  • Feb 2015 - May 2015

  Analysed dataset of 2 million users to study how a block based programming platform lends itself to users. Tech: data extraction, unsupervised Machine Learning and Natural Language analysis Co-authored a research paper published in the ACM Digital Library as part of PROMOTO 2015 - Programming for Mobile Technology Conference. Analysed dataset of 2 million users to study how a block based programming platform lends itself to users. Tech: data extraction, unsupervised Machine Learning and Natural Language analysis Co-authored a research paper published in the ACM Digital Library as part of PROMOTO 2015 - Programming for Mobile Technology Conference.



iXperience

• South Africa
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Full Stack Web Dev Mentor

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Taught students with little to no programming experience to create web applications in Ruby on Rails within a 2 weeks timeline. Taught students with little to no programming experience to create web applications in Ruby on Rails within a 2 weeks timeline.



Indiegogo

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Authored and developed a tutorial platform that helps users get accustomed to Indiegogo's Outpost feature. Authored and developed a tutorial platform that helps users get accustomed to Indiegogo's Outpost feature.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Advisor

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

  2013-2014 - Associate Academic Advisor for Professor Harold Abelson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Abelson Provided strategies on academic choices, career paths, and workload management. 2013-2014 - Associate Academic Advisor for Professor Harold Abelson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Abelson Provided strategies on academic choices, career paths, and workload management.



edX

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Course Coordinator

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

  Remote Undergraduate TA for 21w.789 - Communicating with Mobile Technology, Spring 2014. Assisted in building and managing course material for the edX version of the course. Was responsible for content creation, solving IP issues, forum moderation, and grading students. Remote Undergraduate TA for 21w.789 - Communicating with Mobile Technology, Spring 2014. Assisted in building and managing course material for the edX version of the course. Was responsible for content creation, solving IP issues, forum moderation, and grading students.



AVEA

• Türkiye
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• App Development Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Worked on a collaboration project between MIT Mobile Experience Lab and Avea - Turkish Telecom. Developed a Soccer app in Android and demonstrated to Avea Labs in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Worked on a collaboration project between MIT Mobile Experience Lab and Avea - Turkish Telecom. Developed a Soccer app in Android and demonstrated to Avea Labs in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.



MIT Information Systems & Technology

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Residential Computing Consultant

  • Sep 2012 - May 2013



Columbia University Irving Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher (Cell Biology)

  • Jan 2012 - Feb 2012

  Researched with Dr. Leonard Chess, Head of Rheumatology at Columbia University Medical Center, to study the effect of autoimmune diseases like Type I Diabetes in mice. Researched with Dr. Leonard Chess, Head of Rheumatology at Columbia University Medical Center, to study the effect of autoimmune diseases like Type I Diabetes in mice.



MIT Admissions

• Cambridge, MA

• Admin

  • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010