alexandra.beautyman@gmail.com
267-240-3081
Github: https://github.com/AlexandraBeautyman
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-beautyman/
Javascript, PostgreSql, Node, Express, Sequelize, React, Redux, HTML, CSS
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
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
Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy, New York City, NY – 2019
Yale University, New Haven, CT – BA in Physics & Philosophy, 2011