Experience
Peek Into My Background

An in-depth breakdown of my professional and personal work.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
American Express
Software Engineer, Android
May 2022 – Currently
American Express is an American bank holding company and multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards.

  • Creating elegant solutions in a rapid and agile development environment with continuous delivery.
  • Developing, designing, maintaining, and architecting American Express' Android app.
  • Working closely with product and design teams to customize the American Express experience for Android.
  • Leveraging the latest technologies from Google and staying up-to-date with Kotlin’s evolution.

Nitro Moving Company
Software Engineer, Generalist
May 2021 – May 2022
Nitro Moving Company is a moving company based in San Bernardino, California. It is ranked as a top 3 moving company in San Bernardino on the Great Guys Moving Website.

  • Rebuilt and modernized company website leveraging Javascript, React, Bootstrap, and Material-UI.
  • Increased web traffic by 83% & customer engagement by 47% utilizing Google Analytics & search engine optimization.

Bhala
Software Engineer, Android
March 2021 – April 2021
Bhala is an African startup featuring a multilingual keyboard that learns your writing style and makes writing in African languages faster by leveraging artificial intelligence designed for African languages.

  • Doubled number of downloads on Google Play Store by implementing a sticker clipboard feature and integrating the WhatsApp Stickers API.
  • Increased library compatibility and device performance by migrating codebase from Java to Kotlin.

Wala Digital Health
Software Engineer, Full Stack
October 2020 – February 2021
Harvard and MIT alumni-founded startup featuring a SaaS Software connecting hospitals and donors for critical life-saving transfusions.

  • Developed a single-page application for online blood management through the software development life cycle, utilizing the React framework on the front end, and MongoDB and Strapi on the back end.
  • Built core features & functionalities for minimal viable product based on client needs and feedback
  • Unit testing and REST API endpoint testing using Jest JavaScript testing framework.
  • Software and system design, documentation, and integration.

Bantucracy
Software Engineer, Front End
August 2020 – November 2020
Boston research-based tech & tech policy startup company with a strong focus on ubuntu ethics, technology and human rights.

  • Built the landing page and main features of a minimal viable product from concept to deployment as specified by the UI/UX team and customer.
  • Developed front-end components and assisted in back-end development of RESTful web service utilizing Bootstrap 4, React, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Next.js, Material-UI, Strapi, and Docker.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Software Engineer, Back End
July 2019 – August 2020

  • Large-scale enterprise software design and feature development utilizing C++, Java, and Python in both Linux and Windows virtual environments.
  • Graphical user interface tool development with Java Swing, JavaFX toolkits, & C++ QT Framework.
  • Continuous integration pipelining, test automation, and version control using Bitbucket, Jira, & Jenkins.
  • Coding sprints, team standup meetings, and peer code reviews leveraging Scrum Agile Framework.

INTERNSHIPS
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Intern, Machine Learning
Spring 2019

  • Utilized high-speed sensor data to train neural networks to predict the amplitude of aperiodic signals.
  • Visualized engine and neural network performance data to serve as a baseline for future development.

Florida Hospital, Advent Health
Intern, Backend
Summer 2018

  • Developed SQL based program (Cerner Coding Language) to mine the Cerner API for data on mothers and their newborns to track hospital acquired infections (HAI) and cross-contamination rates.
  • Visualized and analyzed data with Power BI and Oracle BI for Clinical Applications team.

Information Consultants
Intern
Fall 2017 – Spring 2018

  • Built input forms and designed back-end workflows to automate business processes and push data to client databases.

Information Inclusion Institute
Intern
Summer 2017

  • Utilized Python to mine for JSON data on the Twitter API & performed analysis utilizing R-Studio to measure the impact of a major social event through social media platforms in real time.

PERSONAL PROJECTS
Khumbula - Image Matching Game for Android
Software Engineer, Android
January 2021 – Currently
Khumbula, meaning 'remember' in the Zulu language, is an open-source African themed matching game that serves the goal of sharpening our user’s short-term memory by finding pairs of tiles in the shortest number of moves.

  • Developing main activities & XML layouts for my published app utilizing Kotlin & Android Studio.

Check On Them - Cross Platform App
Software Engineer, Flutter
June 2021 – Currently
Check On Them, a cross platform app, is designed for people who struggle with keeping up with or following up with other people. My app simply selects people from your contacts and gently suggests that you ‘check on them’.

  • Developing main activities & XML layouts utilizing Flutter & Android Studio.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
National Society of Black Engineers
President
Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

  • Tripled volunteering efforts, community involvement, and chapter membership by 266%.
  • Secured sponsor for chapter, doubled fundraising efforts, and raised chapter budget by 100%.
  • Launched long-term partnership with STEM Lab at local Boys & Girls club for engineering mentorship program.

African Student Association
Vice-President
Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

  • Doubled volunteering efforts, community involvement, and chapter membership by 100%.
  • Collaborated with local universities and shops to secure sponsors, authentic food vendors, fashion designers, and performers for our annual African Culture Showcase.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Information Inclusion Institute
Researcher
Summer 2017 – Summer 2018
iConference 2018 – Research Paper & Poster

  • Cognitively Salient Wayfinding Aids for Emergency First Responders

Information Inclusion Institute
Researcher
Summer 2018 – Winter 2018
iConference 2019 – Research Paper & Poster

  • Firefighters’ Strategies for Processing Spatial Information During Emergency Rescue Searches

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Alabama Association of Colleges and Employers (AACE)
Outstanding Intern of the Year
Spring 2019
Recognizes the AACE college member who, through specific achievement(s) or combined contributions to AACE, has exemplified outstanding professionalism, commitment, and cooperation.

    Oakwood University
    Dean’s List
    Spring 2016 – Fall 2019

      Oakwood University
      Dr. Carmen Wright & Chandler Foundation Scholarship
      Spring 2018

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