Sep 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Remote

• Led research and strategy development for GitHub Issues, securing team expansion and funding. Created and prioritized a product backlog for a 25-person remote and cross-functional team of engineers, PMs, and designers. Managed partnerships for a beta program and the successful go-to-market launch of the table view for GitHub Projects.

Aug 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

Aug 2016 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Azure DevOps (formerly Team Foundation Server / Visual Studio Team Services), Agile work management product for teams to plan and track their software projects from idea to completion.
• During my time at Azure DevOps, I focused on iteratively improving the existing user experiences for a work item web form and data query experience. Projects included web experience redesign to modernize engineering stack as well as user interactions, REST API design for partner integrations in the DevOps marketplace, and leading a prototyping team for 0-1 ideas.

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos

• Improved Visual Studio Team Services Kanban board user experiences by designing, articulating, and ensuring quality development of user stories in 10-person team and interacted with customers through feedback forums, on site visits, and user studies to develop desirable features for a Kanban board that are now in production.

Mar 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr

• Represented 350 students to Rice University Dean of Undergraduates, managed executive board of 10 other students to run the daily affairs Sid Richardson College, and oversaw the spending of a budget of $45,000 on student life improvements.

Aug 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Mentored students in self-run sessions on computer science topics such as graph theory, algorithm design, programming practices, and basic Python skills, aided students during in class assignments that challenged students’ creative problem solving skills and provided feedback on all graded activities, problem sets, and exams.

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · Redmond, WA

• Designed solutions to common customer pain points in Visual Studio Online, developed the specification, and ensured the quality of the feature through careful testing.

May 2013 – Dec 2013 · 7 mos

• Implemented K-Redundant Maximum Leaf Spanning algorithm for graduate student in C, collected data using the MSP430 based robots, maintained and repaired robot hardware, and co-authored a research paper for ISRR under Professor James McLurkin.