Niki Chittela
Vice President at GEECS Umich- Claim this Profile
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GEECS Umich
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President
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Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Coordinated and built relations between the organization and companies to gain funding for the organization. Hosted and organized logistics for multiple weekly company events presented both virtually and in-person.
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Amazon
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer Intern
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May 2022 - Aug 2022
Seattle, Washington, United States Worked on a team that builds and optimizes sortation facility software that’s used to route millions of packages. Built a new service from the ground up with backend and frontend that displays optimized container information to on-floor employees in sortation facilities to increase package delivery accuracy and provide direct information. Set up a AWS EC2 Instance to host application and organized relevant CloudAuth authentications. Designed database schema and API to consolidate… Show more Worked on a team that builds and optimizes sortation facility software that’s used to route millions of packages. Built a new service from the ground up with backend and frontend that displays optimized container information to on-floor employees in sortation facilities to increase package delivery accuracy and provide direct information. Set up a AWS EC2 Instance to host application and organized relevant CloudAuth authentications. Designed database schema and API to consolidate container information from backend services to display in UI. Built the UI in React based on mock-ups and managed feedback from multiple stakeholders to finalize and implement the design. Show less
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VOID Tech
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Developer
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Sep 2020 - May 2022
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Partnered with a local bookstore business to build a custom-tailored application solving their need for an updated database and website Built the application from the ground up using PHP, HTML, and CSS with the WordPress CMS Worked with customer and design team to formulate the web app design, aiming for approachability and easy navigation
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Ford Motor Company
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer Intern
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May 2021 - Aug 2021
Dearborn, Michigan, United States Updated thousands of lines of code as part of conversion from JUnit 4 to JUnit 5 testing framework to achieve consistency and ease of readability while gaining experience in assertion testcase format, GitHub, and Jenkins Wrote and deployed a program to optimize access to CCS Check API via Postman; the output of this program is significantly more readable and prevents further delays in downstream services for a better customer experience Best Presentation Award in Ford IT Intern Innovation… Show more Updated thousands of lines of code as part of conversion from JUnit 4 to JUnit 5 testing framework to achieve consistency and ease of readability while gaining experience in assertion testcase format, GitHub, and Jenkins Wrote and deployed a program to optimize access to CCS Check API via Postman; the output of this program is significantly more readable and prevents further delays in downstream services for a better customer experience Best Presentation Award in Ford IT Intern Innovation Challenge – presented project work to top Ford executives Show less
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GEECS Umich
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Professional Committee and Outreach Committee
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Sep 2019 - May 2021
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Led engineering and computer science workshops for middle- and high school program participants with the aim of increasing their interest and knowledge in the STEM field, personally focusing on teaching web development Adapting to the pandemic, organized a series of virtual workshops in partnership with UofM professors Engaged with the STEM community through professional, academic, and social events including coding tutorials, TED talks, with the intent of improving professional work… Show more Led engineering and computer science workshops for middle- and high school program participants with the aim of increasing their interest and knowledge in the STEM field, personally focusing on teaching web development Adapting to the pandemic, organized a series of virtual workshops in partnership with UofM professors Engaged with the STEM community through professional, academic, and social events including coding tutorials, TED talks, with the intent of improving professional work skills Show less
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Ford Motor Company
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Information Technology Intern
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Dearborn, Michigan, United States Built production-deployed tools for assessing application health and monitoring live metrics for the Ford Diagnostic Service Platform (FDSP). Developed insights on application performance that were presented to executives. Won Judge’s Choice Award in IT Intern Innovation Challenge (an 8-day challenge using design thinking to develop solutions to business problems); presented the winning design to Ford executives. Developed new skills in interacting with business users, user-centered… Show more Built production-deployed tools for assessing application health and monitoring live metrics for the Ford Diagnostic Service Platform (FDSP). Developed insights on application performance that were presented to executives. Won Judge’s Choice Award in IT Intern Innovation Challenge (an 8-day challenge using design thinking to develop solutions to business problems); presented the winning design to Ford executives. Developed new skills in interacting with business users, user-centered design, agile development, and collaborating in a virtual environment Show less
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Canton Public Library
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United States
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Libraries
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1 - 100 Employee
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Library Page
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Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
Canton, Michigan Along with the basic duties of shelving books, sorting books, assisting patrons, and keeping order in the library, I also helped with setting up at monthly programs and contributing ideas to help the library run more smoothly.
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Education
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University of Michigan College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science