Valerie Shantal Mac Comish Ripa
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CS Master's @ UPenn
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
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Head Teaching AssistantUniversity of PennsylvaniaJan 2023 - Dec 2023 (1 year)CIS 5530 Networked Systems, CIT 5950 Computer Systems Programming: - Headed a team of 7 Teaching Assistants by planning and delegating course logistical tasks. - Debugged 150+ student programming assignments during one-on-one office hours and online discussion posts. - Held instructional recitations to teach technical concepts and contributed to the course project’s code base related to software architecture.- Production (DevOps) Engineering FellowMajor League HackingJun 2021 - Aug 2021 (3 months)- Collaborated with a team to develop a Python/Flask full-stack web app aimed at enhancing coders’ typing speed by providing practice opportunities and keeping track of their stats. Used Git for version control. - Utilized PostgreSQL to store user login information and high scores. Used AWS EC2, Docker, and CI/CD principles and practices to containerize, deploy and maintain the application with its database. - Participated in design and code reviews with peers as well as daily stand-up meetings following the Agile methodology to ensure best practices and code accuracy, testability and efficiency. - Part of a 90 student cohort, chosen from a total of 3,000 applicants for a 12 week Production / Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps Fellowsh
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- Master of Computer and Information TechnologyUniversity of PennsylvaniaAug 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 5 months)Electives: - CIS 5210 Artificial Intelligence - CIS 5500 Database and Information Systems - CIS 5530 Networked Systems - CIS 5470 Software Analysis
- Bachelor of Arts in ManagementCIty University of SeattleJul 2012 - Jun 2014 (2 years)Double Degree with CETYS University
- Bachelor's degree, Mechanical EngineeringCETYS UniversityAug 2010 - Jun 2014 (3 years 11 months)Multidisciplinary Specialization
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- Foodi AppUniversity of PennsylvaniaMay 2023 - Aug 2023 (4 months)Built a full-stack web application that provided the user with information about the diversity and quality of restaurant options in a given area. The relational database was populated with Yelp and UberEATS datasets.
- Search EngineUniversity of PennsylvaniaJan 2023 - Apr 2023 (4 months)Implemented a Peer-to-peer search engine that runs on the Chord Lookup Protocol for Internet Applications in the form of a Distributed Hash Table. Implemented a Peer-to-peer search engine that runs on the Chord Lookup Protocol for Internet Applications in the form of a Distributed Hash Table.
- COVID Data AnalysisUniversity of PennsylvaniaMay 2021 - Aug 2021 (4 months)Built a program using Java/Spring that parsed data sets with COVID vaccination statistics and property market values from selected zip codes to analyze population health trends. Implemented singleton and strategy design patterns as well as memoization to improve program efficiency.
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- Grace Hopper Celebration ScholarAnitaBorg, GoogleSep 2022Awarded a Google Conference Scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration taking place in Orlando, FL from September 20-23, 2022.