Experience

Code for Philly

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

• Software Developer (Volunteer) For PHLASK.me Project

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States >> Coordinating PHLASK.me app’s maintenance and improvement with various teams--i.e., with members of civic/management, design, and data-management groups >> Adding, adjusting, and maintaining PHLASK.me app features and functionality >> Programming languages, libraries, frameworks used, and other app/web infrastructure and architectural tools (among others): —>>> Figma —>>> ReactJS —>>> Redux —>>> Material… Show more >> Coordinating PHLASK.me app’s maintenance and improvement with various teams--i.e., with members of civic/management, design, and data-management groups >> Adding, adjusting, and maintaining PHLASK.me app features and functionality >> Programming languages, libraries, frameworks used, and other app/web infrastructure and architectural tools (among others): —>>> Figma —>>> ReactJS —>>> Redux —>>> Material UI —>>> React Bootstrap —>>> GitHub —>>> Storybook —>>> Cypress —>>> AWS —>>> Google Firebase Show less



SDK Alter-Ego

• Founder and Project Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States —>>> To implement the longterm and day-to-day strategies and tactics of the two business divisions of SAE, namely: >> “Higher-Ed-X”: Higher-education advisory services for N.-American-bound international students and their parents and sponsors, and US and Canadian colleges interested in increasing their international student populations; and >> “LLP” video-gaming and IT services.

• Communication Researcher & Project-Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Jan 2023

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States --> Basic & Applied Research, & Project-Management: • Clients include non-profit organizations and local governments. E.g., with Social Contract LLC (Wilmington, DE) I worked on initiatives to improve Latino community quality of life in Sussex county, Delaware, and to troubleshoot the problem of homelessness in Delaware; --> Communication Consulting Services Offered (Among Others): • Speech/presentation coaching • Research and writing special… Show more --> Basic & Applied Research, & Project-Management: • Clients include non-profit organizations and local governments. E.g., with Social Contract LLC (Wilmington, DE) I worked on initiatives to improve Latino community quality of life in Sussex county, Delaware, and to troubleshoot the problem of homelessness in Delaware; --> Communication Consulting Services Offered (Among Others): • Speech/presentation coaching • Research and writing special projects • Web-development • Internal and external communication strategy --> International Education: We provide advisory services for parents and post-secondary school students considering education in the US.



Grand Valley State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor of Psychology

  • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

  Allendale, Michigan, United States Teaching introductory-to-intermediate psychology courses.



Code for America

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Management Fellow

  • Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Helping the “Open Columbus” Code for America (CfA) brigade with implementation of CfA’s impact sprint.



Code for Philly

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

• Project Mgr. & Software-Dev Trainee (For PHLASK Project)

  • Oct 2021 - Sep 2022

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States For PHLASK Project (https://phlask.me/): Working with other managers and developers to create and solve issue tickets; develop and launch V.2 of app; and general scoping out of features, as well as documenting key project components. Languages/frameworks and other tools (among many others): React and Node, Yarn, Material-UI, GitHub, Google Drive, Slack.



The Consortium (https://consortiuminc.org)

• Mental-Health Recovery Facilitator

  • Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

  Philadelphia, PA --> Working with psychiatrists, nurses, and therapists to provide comprehensive mental-health support services to members; --> Equipping members with coping techniques and general life skills to enable successful community re-integration.



Vanguard

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Client Relations Associate (Contractor)

  • May 2021 - Sep 2021

  Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States Helping clients with maintenance of, and troubleshooting of issues related to 529 college-savings plans.



Fort Hays State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor Of Communication Studies

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  Hays, KS Teaching and conducting research in communication studies.



University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Linguistics Researcher (at UPenn's Linguistics Data Consortium)

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2019

  Philadelphia, PA Execute research and analysis for various linguistics research projects.



Kean University and Wenzhou-Kean University

• Lecturer & Adjunct Instructor of Communication and English

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2017

  Union, NJ and Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Classes Taught: • Sept 2015 to Dec 2017: Speech Communication as Critical Citizenship • Jan to May 2016: Business and Professional Communication • Sept to Dec 2016: Listening (Communication Special Topics Course) • Sept to Dec 2016: English Composition • Sept to Dec 2015: Senior Capstone Course / Communication Research Methods • Sept to Dec 2011: Communication and Conflict Resolution



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2015

  Philadelphia In the Department of Culture and Communication Classes Taught: • Principles of Communication • Intercultural Communication • Introduction to Sociology



Temple University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor (Dept. of Strategic Communication)

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  Philadelphia Class Taught: • Intercultural Communication



Kean University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Select and review instruction material, e.g. textbooks, multimedia aids. • Teach and assess students’ Comm 1402 and 3525 competency • Prepare long-term strategies for Comm 1402 and 3525 instruction improvement



Power Consulting Group, Inc.

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development and Communications Specialist

  • Apr 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Assist in the resolution of IT consulting issues • Look out for, and exploit relevant business development opportunities • Documentation; write manuals, reports, and other relevant internal literature • Marketing; write, revise website copy and other marketing literature, create and follow marketing plans, etc.



Kean University/English Dept.

• Graduate Assistant/Supervisor

  • Sep 2008 - May 2010

  • In charge of IT labs and lab assistant recruitment/training • Assist faculty with course planning, research and advisement • Execute special projects as assigned by the department chair