Theodore's Resume

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Education

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)

Skills

Experience

Security DevOps Intern – Vantage Data Centers

  • Built internal access platform with systems team, streamlining company-wide identity workflows.
  • Redesigned KPI infrastructure using real-time pipelines to consolidate metrics from distributed systems.
  • Revamped internal operations hub with modular components, improving UX and system scalability.
  • Developed backend automation scripts to drive live KPI updates, reducing manual input by over 90%.
  • Designed a dynamic scoring algorithm to quantify diverse metrics and generate self-syncing site-wide KPI scores.

Software Engineering Intern – ZRM

  • Engineered five custom Zoho CRM systems using Deluge/JavaScript, boosting client lead generation by 20%.
  • Led key projects including implementation for F.C. København (FCK), Denmark's largest sports club.
  • Executed onboarding and training for teams up to 10 people, ensuring 100% adoption rates.
  • Enhanced system performance through optimized algorithms and efficient front-end/back-end development.

Academic Tutor – Wyzant

  • Provided personalized tutoring to students aged 10–22 in AP Physics, Calculus, SAT Math, and Linear Algebra.
  • Helped students improve SAT scores, some increasing from the 50th to the 97th percentile.
  • Maintained perfect satisfaction rating (5.0/5.0) across 60+ student reviews while building tutoring business.

Startup EdTech Intern – Optimem

  • Architected AP Computer Science A flashcard system for iOS app "Optimem," enhancing user engagement by 25%.
  • Implemented Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve-based algorithm that improved knowledge retention rates by 40%.

Projects

Shopping List Web App | PostgreSQL, Express, React, Node.js

  • Built a full-stack shopping list application with persistent item states, custom themes, and responsive design.
  • Developed RESTful API routes and integrated frontend features for create, read, update, and delete operations.
  • Added support for user-specific data, priority flags, and timestamp tracking in the backend.
  • Implemented user authentication and enhanced database querying for multi-user support.
  • Exploring AI-powered features using OpenAI APIs to enable smart item suggestions and predictive sorting.

TCP & Socket Chat Program | C, Git

  • Designed robust application-level PDUs and network functions supporting real-time message delivery.
  • Developed versatile communication protocols enabling unicast, multicast, and broadcast across devices.
  • Created dynamic handle table architecture enabling seamless client-server data synchronization.

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