Rachel Ng

Research Associate at WITI at UC
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San Francisco Bay Area, US
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Chinese Professional working proficiency

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Credentials

  • Professional Data Engineer
    Google
    Aug, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Professional Machine Learning Engineer
    Google
    Jul, 2021
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • Research Associate
      • Jan 2020 - Present

      - Currently working on a decal course that aims to increase accessibility of pathways into tech fields for underrepresented communities- Generating a landscape analysis for mentorship programs across UC's- Worked under Professor Anita Balaraman and Jill Finlayson to pilot a start up which optimizes job searches - Support Algorithm testing to find best methods for analysis and ontology techniques- Create publications for sharing on social media - Currently working on a decal course that aims to increase accessibility of pathways into tech fields for underrepresented communities- Generating a landscape analysis for mentorship programs across UC's- Worked under Professor Anita Balaraman and Jill Finlayson to pilot a start up which optimizes job searches - Support Algorithm testing to find best methods for analysis and ontology techniques- Create publications for sharing on social media

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Back End Developer
      • Feb 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Professional Development Chair and Marketing Chair
      • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

      - Responsible for planning and executing professional development events for the sorority. - Ensure connections between alumni and actives in the sorority by carrying out networking events. - Responsible for reaching out to professional organizations and corporate sponsors for the sorority. - Responsible for marketing resources including managing of social media accounts, press releases and maintaining databases. - Responsible for planning and executing professional development events for the sorority. - Ensure connections between alumni and actives in the sorority by carrying out networking events. - Responsible for reaching out to professional organizations and corporate sponsors for the sorority. - Responsible for marketing resources including managing of social media accounts, press releases and maintaining databases.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Strategic Cloud Engineer
      • May 2021 - Aug 2021

    • Singapore
    • Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Information Technology Intern
      • Jan 2021 - May 2021

      - Used Blue Prism Automation to create processes which saved administration time of 200 hours a year- Created an API using C# to pull data from a secure SQL server into automation processes - Worked alongside end users to understand their needs and craft an automation process around their use case - Used Blue Prism Automation to create processes which saved administration time of 200 hours a year- Created an API using C# to pull data from a secure SQL server into automation processes - Worked alongside end users to understand their needs and craft an automation process around their use case

    • Singapore
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software Engineer Intern
      • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

      - Worked alongside DevOps Engineers to develop a container stacks architecture- Built dashboard to enable ease of monitoring the health status of multi-cloud services - Spearheaded creation of user documentation by testing CI/CD on-boarding processes

    • Data Science/Cybersecurity Intern
      • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

      Main Outcome: Created tagging and classification tool for improved email security- Carried out NLP on email dataset to generate insights on potential security threats - Analyze email headers to generate new features - Created tool that ascertains if email is spoofed- achieved F1 score and accuracy ~33% above baseline accuracy

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant (Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory)
      • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020

      - Working under Professor Daniel Kammen researching optimization of sustainable energy investments in Laos- Responsible for maintaining database and finding appropriate data to populate tables required by model- Wrote python script to automate filling of CSV files - Working under Professor Daniel Kammen researching optimization of sustainable energy investments in Laos- Responsible for maintaining database and finding appropriate data to populate tables required by model- Wrote python script to automate filling of CSV files

    • Retail
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Business Development (Data Analyst) Intern
      • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

      Key Projects: - Creating auto-updating monthly reports on brand performance; including filterable tables and graphs- Automation of weekly reports: Extract CSV file from Apache Superset and automate sending of report to managers- Respond to data extraction request of Operations team by obtaining data from Apache Superset- Organized Focus Group for improving user's on-boarding experience and other feedback collection Key Projects: - Creating auto-updating monthly reports on brand performance; including filterable tables and graphs- Automation of weekly reports: Extract CSV file from Apache Superset and automate sending of report to managers- Respond to data extraction request of Operations team by obtaining data from Apache Superset- Organized Focus Group for improving user's on-boarding experience and other feedback collection

    • Singapore
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Community Management Intern
      • May 2019 - Aug 2019

      - In committee responsible for recruiting, selecting, managing and empowering the potential and current volunteers and interns who drive JGIS- Responsible for creating content which enables and inspires a deeper desire to learn about socio-environmental issues - Heavily involved in the planning of large-scale upcoming events such as Volunteer appreciation and Volunteer information sessions- Lead a committee in reaching out to sponsors and coordination with external companies - In committee responsible for recruiting, selecting, managing and empowering the potential and current volunteers and interns who drive JGIS- Responsible for creating content which enables and inspires a deeper desire to learn about socio-environmental issues - Heavily involved in the planning of large-scale upcoming events such as Volunteer appreciation and Volunteer information sessions- Lead a committee in reaching out to sponsors and coordination with external companies

    • Singapore
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern
      • Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

      - Speaking to patients to update daily condition- Successfully assisted consultant during ward rounds - Speaking to patients to update daily condition- Successfully assisted consultant during ward rounds

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science, Biological and Physical Sciences
    2018 - 2021
  • University of California, Berkeley
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Data Science, Domain Focus in Environment, Resource Management and Society
    2018 - 2021
  • National University of Singapore
    2020 - 2020
  • St Joseph's Institution (SJI)
    International Baccalaureate
    2016 - 2017

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