Experience

Hoist

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Aug 2022 - Present



BenchPrep

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Software Engineer

  • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  Remote • Improved application performance and decreased page load times by locating and optimizing inefficient database queries using New Relic performance monitoring • Implemented an internal webhook system for external developers to subscribe to; managed through a public GraphQL API or frontend web GUI built with Nuxt JS • Handled support issues by investigation and/or data manipulation and proposed improvements to documentation to standardize processes for new engineers •… Show more • Improved application performance and decreased page load times by locating and optimizing inefficient database queries using New Relic performance monitoring • Implemented an internal webhook system for external developers to subscribe to; managed through a public GraphQL API or frontend web GUI built with Nuxt JS • Handled support issues by investigation and/or data manipulation and proposed improvements to documentation to standardize processes for new engineers • Collaborated with Product, QA, and Design in an agile workflow to add features and maintain consistent code across applications • Experience with MVC and knowledge of data modeling in a Postgres relational database • Worked in a containerized development environment using Docker • Wrote code with test coverage using RSpec and Jest testing frameworks. • Refactoring, debugging, pair programming, and writing code using object oriented programming principles • Member of the diversity and inclusion group Show less



Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Associate, Product Development

  • Aug 2020 - Nov 2021

  Remote · New Drug Application preparation and submission · Managed and collaborated with vendors assisting with NDA preparation in order to deliver highly accurate clinical documents on a tight deadline · Acted as a cross-functional liaison on multiple clinical research studies · Lead and prepared data for data monitoring committee meetings for ongoing clinical trials · Detailed QC and review of clinical documents

• Research Assistant, Product Development

  • Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

  Plano, Texas



Mary Crowley Cancer Research

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regulatory Specialist

  • Oct 2018 - Sep 2019

  Dallas, Texas · Monitored regulatory change required by new and revised laws and regulations, communicating complex protocols into informed consent forms and determining operational impacts. · Completed regulatory submissions, prepared for QA and FDA audits, organized protocol training for staff to ensure timely opening of clinical trials, worked with finance to create tiered pricing for amendment processing based on effort tracking, trained new employees.



UT Southwestern Medical Center

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

• Clinical Data Specialist - Phase 1 Oncology

  • Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

  Dallas, Texas · Reviewing inclusion/exclusion criteria, reading medical charts, and entering data on new subjects; if they meet registration requirements in research study, enrolling subjects and instructing them in protocol procedures. Submitting confidential records and research materials to study group reviewers at other institutions when applicable. · Working on a team with two coordinators to manage the dynamic and complex nature of Phase 1 studies. · Obtaining informed consent from subjects… Show more · Reviewing inclusion/exclusion criteria, reading medical charts, and entering data on new subjects; if they meet registration requirements in research study, enrolling subjects and instructing them in protocol procedures. Submitting confidential records and research materials to study group reviewers at other institutions when applicable. · Working on a team with two coordinators to manage the dynamic and complex nature of Phase 1 studies. · Obtaining informed consent from subjects per GCP guidelines. · Assessing and documenting subjects' response to treatment through physical assessment and/or data analysis; reporting any evidence of toxicity to drugs or chemicals used in treatment of subjects. · Reviewing data to determine treatment modifications and alterations between research study plan and actual subject care with physicians. · Educating clinic nurses on managing patients according to study procedures per protocol. · Managing timely query resolution with CRAs. · Attending study-related weekly meetings with physicians to discuss patient care, adverse events, SAE’s, and to update RANO/RECIST forms. · Purchasing office equipment and laboratory supplies maintaining inventory and expense records.

• Research Assistant

  • May 2017 - Nov 2017

  Dallas, Texas • Determined that there is a relationship between virus propagation and the catalytic activity of an antibiotic resistance gene, TEM-1, using Phage Assisted Continuous Evolution technology. • Optimized the PACE technology to avoid common problems

• Research Technician II

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  Dallas, Texas



OU Health Science Center

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States • Studied leukemia by successfully creating transgenic zebrafish models that are susceptible to lymphocytic cancer by microinjecting embryos with transgenes. • Used CRISPR technology in human cell culture to modify a cohesion protein, ESCO1, for the purpose of ascertaining if it has a different function than the similar protein ESCO2. • Created a knock out protein to determine that the mitochondrial transport protein MICU1 decreases stem properties of ovarian cancer cells.