Seeking Engineering roles where my self-awareness and leadership qualities are appreciated and leveraged in a collaborative co-active way. The companies I am most interested in being a part of are those who empower their users, those that democratize the access and use of technology through scaffolding to educate users so they can help themselves manifest their own success in their business or personal investigations. What I bring to a Customer-facing and Technical role: There are two things that bring me absolute joy and happiness in this world: (1) learning about anything and everything, particularly about technology and people; and (2) sharing information with others through educating/teaching, passing along information that I think might be useful, and helping them with their own investigations. I have a technical background but I am blessed with the ability to explain topics to others after getting a feel for their background and personality through listening to their stories. In fact, it is my own introspective skills and ability to "step outside myself" to envision others' possible experiences and conclusions of a situation that provide such affordances. I have been learning a smattering of JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone.js, HTML/CSS, Ruby, and Ruby on Rails (RoR). See CodeSchool.com and Codecademy.com profile links above for progress. Specialties: C, C++, Java, Android SDK, SQL, Python, Django JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone.js, HTML/CSS, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR) FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, AWS Arduino, Wireless Sensor Ntwks, TinyOS, nesC MATLAB, LabVIEW, TMS320C6701 DSP, Intel XScale PXA27x Cisco IOS, TCP/IP Networking, configuration of Cisco routers and switches Exceptional problem-solving skills Excellent organizational and communication skills Dedication to continued learning and sharing of information MBTI: ENFP/ENTP Gallup StrengthsFinder Top 5: Strategic, Learner, Positivity, Activator, Ideation

Operations Engineer @ Analyze processes and flows and mitigate solutions for All The Things. • Monitored backend server and network metrics • Prepared new and updated existing deployment/management scripts and process documentation • Wrote command line and Slack webhook integrations for service and product metric tracking • Product and Service issues debugging, analyzing logfiles and device queries • Communications liaison between SF & European Engineers, LA Customer Support teams • Mentored Customer Support Interns - Guided them in the processes of structuring ticket request content for engineering teams, both in the fullness of debugging context and the way to present the information. Included supporting documentation. - Provided guidance and examples of conscientious and context-complete written communications with customers keywords: AWS, Python, PEP8, PostgreSQL, Slack webhook integrations From April 2015 to July 2015 (4 months) Technical Consultant @ Research, Discover, Design, Develop. • ASP.NET, JavaScript, jQuery, MS SQL Project: - Updated Change Request Tracking System: correct backend to match business logic, extend user record editing abilities, create new reports • jQuery, Bootstrap, Google Maps, Java Project: - Frontend and Backend Bug finds & fixes for a AJAX site widget to search and display content from Google Maps. • CRM Project: - Analyzed business processes through existing documentation, participated in demonstration and selection process, interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Created mock-ups in Salesforce CRM. • Excel VBA Projects: - Updated wealth management tool with data and display enhancements - Retrofitted a large data workbook with named series for data sets and series formulas, utilizing regex and dictionary classes to streamline the update process for the chart workbook. Created user tool to select points of interest to smooth peaks and valleys in a series, resulting in a modified series to redraw. - Automated numerous manual tasks to convert raw data files to desired output report formatting; ability to archive/send results From November 2013 to January 2015 (1 year 3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSoftware Engineer, Maker of Awesome @ • Impact: Balanced the addition of online receipt-capture for new, trending online retailers and SR partner merchants. Members received novelty of breadth in online receipts in their global purchase history (Customer Experience), while the company equally benefited by that information gain to analyze user behavior in purchase frequency, item popularity, and merchant-spread. • Exclusive responsibility for backend instruction sets to extract textual patterns, with regular expressions, for the ShopRunner Central (SRC) online receipt-tracking and organization membership product. Python and Django, regexes, MySQL queries. • Wrote Django command scripts to interface with MySQL backend to pull collected member data to analyze purchase history at various retail partner merchants and non-partner merchants. From July 2012 to March 2013 (9 months) Application Software Engineer @ • Self-directed learning of Android SDK with test-driven development practices • Wrote and debugged test classes, activities where appropriate to research nuances relevant to Kapsch’s Android application • Assisted team with development of demo app for October 2011 Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress (ITS-WC) in Orlando, FL for company’s WAVE 5.9 automotive technologies for commercial operators and tolling systems. - Fulfilled three-month contract. From August 2011 to October 2011 (3 months) Graduate Research Assistant @ · Research in various Ubiquitous Computing and Human Computer Interaction areas - Physical Computing and Wearable Electronics: prototyping with Arduino Duemilanove and LilyPad Arduino platforms - Participatory Sensing platforms and applications From October 2007 to March 2011 (3 years 6 months) Research Intern @ · Designed and implemented an opportunistic directed gossip protocol for wireless sensor networks, to track or locate mobile objects: - Disconnected stationary network - Dual-purpose mobile network to track objects and carry information. From June 2007 to August 2007 (3 months) Undergraduate Research Assistant @ • Prepared for large-scale social interaction experiment, Fall 2006: - Designed protocol improvements for peer-tracking and interaction storage, - Conducted antenna characterization experiments for range attenuation, - Developed proof-of-concept statistical analysis tool in LabVIEW. • For Fall 2006 large-scale social interaction experiment: - Conducted antenna characterization experiments with enclosures, - Developed protocol and algorithm modifications, - Deployed wireless sensor network motes to student volunteers. • Conducted second social interaction experiment, Spring 2007. From June 2006 to May 2007 (1 year) Internet Application Developer, Engineering Career Assistance Center @ • Design and develop database-powered internet applications. • Manage and maintain online resume system available to engineering students. • Enhanced corporate search options and updated search to reflect more accurate results. • Created online database system for Co-op Engineering Program: - Provided support for the administration, corporate, and student users, - Adapted forums application permitting unique identification, - Secured forums for authenticity assurance of users. From February 2003 to November 2005 (2 years 10 months) RF Intern @ • Drive-tested cell sites for network troubleshooting and frequency channel analysis. • Assisted RF Engineers with cell site hardware shakedown procedure and analysis of actual performance data and frequency reuse for network retune. From May 2005 to August 2005 (4 months) Websphere Portal Development Intern @ • Developed portlet prototypes to display Crystal Enterprise reports and dashboard product scorecards which provided convenient access to business health and trend information. • Held responsibility for installation and maintenance of team development machines. From June 2004 to August 2004 (3 months)

Masters of Science, Computer Science and Engineering @ University of California, San Diego From 2007 to 2012 BS, Electrical Engineering @ The University of Texas at Austin From 2002 to 2007 Vanessa Wallis is skilled in: Python, Linux, Algorithms, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, C++, MySQL, Java, High Fives, Awesomeness, SQL, JavaScript, Django, C, jQuery