Resume

Brigid Overton

21182 White Horse Lane
Huntington Beach, California

Objective: To find a job that I can make an impact in at the intersection of business, technology, and humanity. To gain knowledge and experience, further my career, and to hopefully leave a positive mark on the world.

Relevant Skills:
  • Object-Oriented programming
  • Data structure and algorithm design
  • Agile software development methodologies
  • GIT version control
  • Linux command basics
  • Java, C++, Python, and Assembly language programming experience
  • HTML/CSS/Javascript
  • Bootstrap/Node.js Frameworks
  • Data Modeling
  • Human-centered design strategies
Employment Experience:
Research Assistant Summer 2018

Created the program for an automated study on reading comprehension, analyzed a large dataset using R to research the interaction of behavior and personality

RAMP Engineering Intern, Western Digital Summer 2017

Tested hard drives and SSD’s on different operating systems and configured the BIOS for testing environments. Worked with Lenovo servers and collected and organized metrics on drive performance.

Cashier, Kokomo’s Surfside Grill Summer 2016
Cashier, Northwood Pizza Summer 2015
Coach, Skyhawks Sports Camps Summer 2014
Education:

University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr
La Jolla, CA 92093
Major: Cognitive Science w/ Specialization in Neural Computation and Machine Learning
Minor: Computer Science
Graduation: Fall 2018
GPA: 3.3

Extracurriculars:
Global Ties Birch Buddies Project 2018

Creating an interactive display which overlays data such as bathymetry, currents, swell, temperature, and salinity onto a window overlooking the ocean. Currently using MATLAB to write the software for the data to display and toggle between information.

Participated in HackXX 2017

UC San Diego’s women’s hackathon. Worked with HTC Vive virtual reality headsets and programmed miniature VR game using Unity and C#. Our project consisted of 4 virtual rooms, each with different interactive objects that could be picked up and played with, thus transporting the user to a new room to experience.

Member of Alpha Omicron Pi 2016 - 2018
UCSD Women’s Soccer Team 2014-2016

Honors and Awards:

Eleanor Roosevelt College Sophomore Honors Project: Selected to assist professor in researching student diversity and political opinions. Used basic R programming language to analyze data.
UCSD Athletic Director’s Honor Roll

Relevant Academic Coursework:
CSE 110 - Software Engineering
Introduction to software development and engineering methods, including specification, design, implementation, testing, and process. an emphasis on team development, agile methods, and use of tools as IDE’s, version control, and test harnesses.
COGS 118A - Intro to Machine Learning
Two-course introduction to machine learning. Topics include regression, nearest neighborhood, decision tree, support vector machine, ensemble classifiers, maximum likelihood estimation, Bayesian parameter estimation, clustering, principal component analysis, and some application areas
COGS 120 - Interaction Design
An introduction to the fundamental methods and principles for designing, implementing, and evaluating user interfaces. Topics include user-centered design, rapid prototyping, direct manipulation, cognitive principles, visual design, and social software.
ENG 100D - Design for Development
An introduction to the practice of human-centered design and team engineering within a humanitarian context. Includes a group project designing a solution for a local or global nonprofit organization. Topics include design process, project management, needs and capacity assessment, stakeholder analysis, models of leadership, sustainable community development, and social entrepreneurship.