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Technology Intern

Stealth-mode Security Technology Startup

I automated device startup with a custom Bash script and improved onboarding by training new engineers on RF device usage. I also conducted competitive intelligence research to support product development strategy.

IT Operations Intern

Energy Impact Partners

I worked across IT, DevOps, and Finance to streamline operations for a $4B AUM investment firm. I built API-integrated tools and security audit workflows that saved 100+ hours annually and enhanced data handling across portfolio companies.

Research Assistant, Digital Kormantin

University of Rochester, History Department

Built an educational game in Unity and C# to help students explore a historical site in Ghana. Enabled dynamic data visualization to support historical learning. The work was presented at multiple XR conferences.

Teaching Assistant, Social Implications of Computing

University of Rochester, Computer Science Department

Graded assignments and supported 30 students in discussions on the ethical and philosophical impacts of computing. Helped facilitate classroom engagement and critical analysis.

Teaching Assistant, Data Structures and Algorithms

University of Rochester, Computer Science Department

Supervised and mentored 40 students, holding regular office hours to review course material. Designed and distributed a Java autograder using custom test cases.

International Happiness of People (IHoP)

Created multiple visualizations in D3 and Mapbox to visualize world happiness data and mental health data. Developed the the project using Observable Framework

Surf N' Turf

My team and I used Game Maker Studio 2 to develop full-fledged game, wrote scripts in GML, met twice a week, and worked as a group to overcome development obstacles

Program Confinement

A C program with the primary objective of optimizing resource usage by limiting the power consumption, and time of a specific software application

Planet Guinea Pig

In 36 hours, our team created a guinea pig city-building game in Processing, totaling over 1000 lines of code, winning the prize for second-best video game

QuikiWiki

Our team created a portable search engine in just 2 days using Python, with a GUI built in Tkinter and backend powered by BeautifulSoup4, winning the prize for Most Accessible