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Alexandra Beautyman's Resume

Contact Information

[email protected]
267-240-3081
Github: https://github.com/AlexandraBeautyman
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-beautyman/

Stack

Javascript, PostgreSql, Node, Express, Sequelize, React, Redux, HTML, CSS

Software Projects

Lead Developer, NYRA (March 2019–present)

Web app for the New York Review of Architecture: https://www.nyra.nyc

  • Designed and implemented strategy for handling event date storage and display to meet client requirements

Developer, Punchabug (March–April 2019)

Whack-a-Mole style web game: https://punchabug.herokuapp.com

  • Synced guest high score with backend user data upon login
  • Relied upon by teammates for identifying and resolving difficult bugs, repairing broken features, and UX testing

Sole Developer, Nina (March 2019)

Carpooling web app: https://github.com/AlexandraBeautyman/nina

  • Leveraged Google Maps API to minimize added time to routes

Experience

Teaching Fellow, Fullstack Academy, New York City, NY (April–July 2019)

  • Provided technical mentorship in software engineering to student project teams, evaluated program candidates, and taught whiteboarding exercises
  • Coached student pairs through learning workshops for the NERDS stack and held office hours weekly with six students to provide individual support

Lead, Walet Kiten, Bomet, Kenya (November 2015–April 2018)

  • Managed eight infrastructure projects, including water collection systems and a solar power installation benefitting the Mutai family and their neighbors
  • Employed dozens of people in village of Chemaetany
  • Raised almost $18,000 in month-long crowdfunding campaign for infrastructure
  • Funded the launch of five small businesses in rural Western Kenya

Entrepreneur, ActualFood, New Haven, CT (September 2013–May 2015)

  • Restructured workflow for remote team of 7, introducing planning and accountability
  • Researched Lean Startup techniques later deployed on clean cookstove project for Walet Kiten

Associate Director of Research, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT (January 2013–January 2014)

  • Provided comprehensive pre-award support for faculty and students
  • Recruited for this role after developing registration model that more than doubled fundraising associated with alumni reunions

Education

Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy, New York City, NY – 2019
Yale University, New Haven, CT – BA in Physics & Philosophy, 2011

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