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Brittany L. Walentin

(541) 233-3600
brittany.walentin@gmail.com
brittanywalentin.com

Overview

I am a glass half-full person, with a strong desire to learn and continuously improve, who enjoys bringing people together for the common goal of improving the human condition.

  • Ability to get quickly up to speed in languages and on projects
  • Strong organizational mastery, problem solver, efficient in multitasking, great attention to detail
  • Extensive experience working and communicating with third parties and international teams
  • Analytical experience in varied scientific environments

Coding Projects

  • GitHub Repository

  • Penny Walk - Facebook Seattle Women Hackathon
    Ruby on Rails, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Google geolocation API

    Penny walk is ideal for people who want a little bit of spontaneity in their walks. This app will create a unique walking path on the fly for the user as they are walking.

    • Winner of best idea award
    • Coached our team of Ada students through scaffolding, white boarding, and deployment phases

  • Oh My Beats - Ada Developers Academy Capstone project
    Arduino microcontroller, Arduino IDE (C++ like), and Python

    Oh My Beats is a wearable technology that will compliment any person who wants to share their music with people in a novel way. Oh My Beats aims to be a gender neutral accessory so as to be an inclusive as possible.

    This project is a top hat that will display a live-view of your music using LEDs. The color-changing LEDs show up as equalizer bars.

  • League of Legends (LOL) Killuns
    Ruby on Rails, LOL API, will implement javascript.

    This project displays the 10 most recent LOL game statistics to players. This can help in the character (champion) selection and character build types.

Technical Skills

  • Languages and Frameworks: Golang, Ruby on Rails, Python, HTML, Java, JavaScript, C#, JQuery, CSS, Sass, Sinatra, FTL

  • Tools: Git, Phabricator, Jenkins, GitHub, Stash, Perforce, Rspec, microcontrollers, SQLite 3, Heroku, Trello, Slack, Ajax

  • Methodologies: agile, pair programming, service oriented architecture, entity-relationship diagramming, test-driven development

  • Software: Visual Studio, IntelliJ, Arduino

Experience

Software Engineer, Uber, May 2016-Current

  • On Software Networking team, dealing with Layer 7 software networking

Software Development Apprentice, Expedia, November 2015 - April 2016

  • Created health check dashboard and alerts using Splunk for a service that was running blind
  • Working on middle-tier bug fixes and view layer A/B testing to improve conversion

Software Development Student, Ada Developers Academy, May 2015 - April 2016

  • Rapidly implemented 20+ projects over 7 months from white board design and scaffold to deployment utilizing Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and RSpec
  • Cooperative and helpful team member, amenable to completing tasks across the stack
  • Ada Lead Activity Committee member

Scientist, Analytical Sciences Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories, May 2014 - May 2015

  • Development and troubleshooting of analytical methods for our client Amgen

  • Authored technical protocols and qualification documents for transfer to Quality Control (QC)

  • Received Impact Award for remediating a method for a commercial development project

  • Earned Inspire Award for suggesting cross-training of staff to retain viability during site transition and closure

Research Chemist/Lab Manager Bend Research, January 2010 – April 2014

  • Formulation development, physical and chemical characterization for hard-to-solubilize or chemically unstable pharmaceutical compounds
  • Dialog with clients on a weekly basis, including meetings, presentations, reports and memos
  • Performed troubleshooting, maintenance and method development on HPLCs and UPLCs
  • Trained interns and new employees on analytical techniques

Research Assistant University of Melbourne, Dept. of Geomicrobiology, April 2009 – August 2009

  • Improved accuracy and precision of colorimetric assay for detection of sulfur-cycling bacteria

Research Scientist, November 2006 – June 2008 University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography, November 2006– June 2008

  • Previous positions held were Lab Technician and Student Lab Assistant
  • Promoted as lead scientist to manage algaculture experiments
  • Trained students and performed maintenance on analytical instrumentation

Education

  • Ada Developers Academy, Seattle WA, expected completion April 2016
  • Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2007
  • Study Abroad, University of Melbourne, Australia 2006
  • Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA 2003
  • Analytical data training from vendors such as Agilent, Thermo, Waters, and Wyatt.

Volunteering and Community Engagement

  • Specialist mentor for teen tech hackathon finalists (November 2015)
  • Tutor, Ada Developers Academy (October 2015)
  • Mentor, Ada Developers Academy (October 2015 - current)
  • Introduction to Unity Game Development Attendee (September 2015)
  • Advancing the Careers of Technical Women (ACT-W) Attendee (May 2015)
  • AlterConf Attendee (May 2015)
  • Inventerprise Judge (2011 & 2013)
  • Science Fair Judge (2011)
  • High Desert Science Exposition Judge (2011)
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