Khayyon Parker
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Michael Kissel
During the time I worked with Khayyon, he was reliable, hardworking, willing and eager to learn new skills, and a well liked member of the team. He enthusiastically took on and completed a variety of tasks including REST API development, implementing automated API and Angular tests, and DevOps. I enjoyed working with him and would welcome the opportunity to do so again in the future.
Hitesh Shah
Khayyon joined my team as a junior developer in January 2020. He came in with enthusiasm to learn and contribute. He quickly got up to speed on the various technologies that my team was using. He gladly volunteered to learn new technology, tools, and processes that he hadn't had exposure to before. His eagerness to learn and adapt to new circumstances continues to impress me. His contributions have certainly helped the team be successful.
Michael Kissel
During the time I worked with Khayyon, he was reliable, hardworking, willing and eager to learn new skills, and a well liked member of the team. He enthusiastically took on and completed a variety of tasks including REST API development, implementing automated API and Angular tests, and DevOps. I enjoyed working with him and would welcome the opportunity to do so again in the future.
Hitesh Shah
Khayyon joined my team as a junior developer in January 2020. He came in with enthusiasm to learn and contribute. He quickly got up to speed on the various technologies that my team was using. He gladly volunteered to learn new technology, tools, and processes that he hadn't had exposure to before. His eagerness to learn and adapt to new circumstances continues to impress me. His contributions have certainly helped the team be successful.
Michael Kissel
During the time I worked with Khayyon, he was reliable, hardworking, willing and eager to learn new skills, and a well liked member of the team. He enthusiastically took on and completed a variety of tasks including REST API development, implementing automated API and Angular tests, and DevOps. I enjoyed working with him and would welcome the opportunity to do so again in the future.
Hitesh Shah
Khayyon joined my team as a junior developer in January 2020. He came in with enthusiasm to learn and contribute. He quickly got up to speed on the various technologies that my team was using. He gladly volunteered to learn new technology, tools, and processes that he hadn't had exposure to before. His eagerness to learn and adapt to new circumstances continues to impress me. His contributions have certainly helped the team be successful.
Michael Kissel
During the time I worked with Khayyon, he was reliable, hardworking, willing and eager to learn new skills, and a well liked member of the team. He enthusiastically took on and completed a variety of tasks including REST API development, implementing automated API and Angular tests, and DevOps. I enjoyed working with him and would welcome the opportunity to do so again in the future.
Hitesh Shah
Khayyon joined my team as a junior developer in January 2020. He came in with enthusiasm to learn and contribute. He quickly got up to speed on the various technologies that my team was using. He gladly volunteered to learn new technology, tools, and processes that he hadn't had exposure to before. His eagerness to learn and adapt to new circumstances continues to impress me. His contributions have certainly helped the team be successful.
Credentials
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Data Science NanoDegree
UdacityJan, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Data Science Professional Certificate (V2)
CourseraJun, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Mar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Feb, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Notary Public
Essex CountyApr, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Complete Python Master Class Certification
UdemyAug, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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DISH Media
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Data Scientist
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Jan 2022 - Present
• Translating predictive insights from complex analytical frameworks to marketing investment optimization. • Support daily reporting on core business functions. • Use visualization tools to present complex data in a simple, engaging manner via Tableau • Preparing presentation materials and formal business case documents for use with senior management to promote findings and drive science-based decision support recommendations. • Broadening and strengthening knowledge of analytical methods, vendors, and tools. • Identify opportunities for new data projects. Ask smart questions, diagnose the real problem, and develop a long-term solution. • Combine data from multiple data sources for usable analysis when completing requests • Process, clean, and validate the integrity of the data being ingested for incoming requests • Build Data-intensive applications using Python, Athena, EC2, EMR, and AWS Data Pipelines to create python applications that fulfill the request of the clients and other internal teams that leverage the data when interfacing with perspective and long-term clients Show less
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FINRA
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
• Build full-stack software applications using AngularJS and back-end systems using 6+ Java (Spring), Javascript(Express) REST APIs, and Postgres in an Agile fashion with 2-week sprints. • Championed software testing for the group, writing 88% of the UI and API tests in various frameworks(Protractor, Cucumber, JUnit). Increased overall test coverage to 94% (Prev. 53%) and built various toolchains to automatically publish test results, provide visibility to leadership, and test the Postgres database layer. • Active contributions to the project and the advanced testing paradigms were immediately responsible for this project receiving over $30 Million in funding. • Developed 93+ Cucumber Automated Functional Tests to validate all the REST APIs. • Created 45+ Protractor Automated Tests to validate the UI. • Created Cucumber Automated Functional Tests for My Matter List REST APIs. • Update Projects to send automated test results to JIRA using the Jira publisher tool and in-house custom software. • Generated Documentation for Data Automation Tool. • Assisted in setup and creation of Splunk logging. • Consistently in delivering and commonly over-delivered during Sprints. • Perform Code Reviews and Peer Reviews for features in development • Participated in daily stand-up meetings with Engineering Manager and Client-facing demo with Stakeholders Show less
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Colorado College
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Computer Science Grader
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Oct 2017 - May 2019
For Computer Science II - Java Data Structures, Graded Programming Assignments and Theory Assignments (i.e. Memory Address Tables and Space-Complexity papers) Class exceeded capacity and as a result it requires shell scripting skills and grading automation via Python For Computer Science I, Grade assignments and quizzes submitted by students taking Computer Science I, an introductory course to programming concepts and Java. Requires advanced knowledge and understanding of computer science topics. Show less
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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
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United States
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Hospitality
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Solution and Integrated Technology Intern
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
One of the First Intern for the new Wyndham Hotels and Resort Company after the acquisition of La Quinta • Generated an inventory of 1000+ data points of third-party tags, identified 200+ of these causing bottlenecks (over 600ms load time) using BlueTriangle, and presented results to leadership, potentially saving $1.2M/year. • Ideated a ’smart room’ concept using Amazon Alexa skills with a cost of approx $500/room. Presentation to management was met with excitement due to the highly innovative concept (Powerpoint, Excel). • Inventory is currently being used to enforce new Data Governance Policy being developed Show less
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University of Notre Dame
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Intern
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May 2017 - Aug 2017
10 week long paid research internship for the Data Intensive Scientific Computing Program at Notre Dame, where me and 8 other interns work with faculty from a variety of departments ranging from Economics, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Physics, Limnology, and etc, with an emphasis on HPC (High Performance Computing) • Developed Topological Models for a Data Set of over 10k entries, manipulating over 60 large differential equations for Modeling. • Spearheaded the migration of multiple C, Fortran, and GIS based system into pure Python, increasing maintainability and developer-friendliness by over X%. • Applied error-boundaries to account for the variability in the model for 5 months (in the simulation). • Model ran several thousands of times using notre dame's CRC cluster to run all the simulations simultaneously. • Attended lot of workshops on Deep Learning, Distributed Systems, Neural Nets and other computer science special topics. • Attended Lectures from guest professors, and attending conferences in many different disciplines (i.e. hydrology, astronomy, Computer Science and etc), and more. Show less
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Project U.S.E.
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Pedal Farmer
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
I was a Project U.S.E. Participant in the Pedal Farmers Program this summer. This program taught and required agriculture skills. It also fostered Entrepreneurial skills through price manipulation of organic productions, planning and marketing and presentations to donors and consulting groups alike. I was a Project U.S.E. Participant in the Pedal Farmers Program this summer. This program taught and required agriculture skills. It also fostered Entrepreneurial skills through price manipulation of organic productions, planning and marketing and presentations to donors and consulting groups alike.
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Education
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2015 - 2019
Colorado College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science -
2015 - 2019
Colorado College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Discrete Math
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