Fulfilled a dream of seeing the world while living out of a backpack! Traveled to 8 US national parks and 18 foreign countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Cogo Labs is a unique incubator, creating new businesses from our own internal experiments, and then growing them to profitability through the efforts of our top-notch engineering, analytics, and design teams.

• As part of the Web team, contributed to planning, building, and maintaining web applications for proprietary internal tools and external sites, including www.hausily.com and www.cogolabs.com

• Primary technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, CSS, styled-components, Jest, Git, ZenHub

• Gained familiarity with tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Travis CI, and Codecov

• Collaborated with UI/UX designers, API engineers, and stakeholders to complete projects efficiently

• Planned application architecture based on requirements and designs, managed timelines and expectations, assisted with sprint planning and task delegation, completed detailed code reviews

• Served as the Engineering Mentor for a 5-month intern and managed the hiring of our summer interns

• Used Stack Overflow, technical documentation, and colleagues to learn new skills and solve problems

• Initiated a collection of training materials to support learning and standardization within our team

Stafford House International is a group of English language schools that offer courses for general, academic and professional purposes. Our mission is to educate, inspire, and help our students enjoy our cities, empowering them with confidence, to realize their personal potential.

• Increased prospect conversion and client retention rates by simplifying, communicating, and managing complex immigration and travel procedures for hundreds of international students

• As key liaison to booking agents worldwide, increased sales and expanded company relationships

• Improved team efficiency through development of standardized procedures, streamlined communications, and improved collaboration between departments

• Tracked student enrollment numbers to support resource optimization and management goals

• Closed sales by issuing accurate invoices, then processing cash and credit card payments up to $20k