Hi, I'm Mandy

Ambitious. Bright. Curious. Dedicated.

About Me

Growing up in San Francisco, I was adverse to the idea of becoming one of those Silicon Valley techies that crowded up local coffee shops and filled parking lots with their new Teslas. However, while pursuing a degree in math at the University of Chicago, I took a few computer science electives and unexpectedly fell in love with it. For me, computer science combines the critical thinking skills of math and introduces the creative ability to build innovative programs to solve problems that impact real people. After 5 years in the midwest, I made the move back to California, embracing the Silicon Valley techie lifestyle.

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Research

Large-Scale Systems Group: Cerebras Project

I collaborated with Cerebras Systems and Argonne National Labrotory to explore new applications for the CS-1, wafer-scale engine. This effort included both benchmarking and the design of new applications software. To conclude this research project, and my time as an undergraduate at UChicago, I wrote an honors thesis titled, A Particle In Cell Implementation on the CS-2.

UChicago Math REU

I spent Summer of 2019 attending lectures and problem solving sessions to gain exposure to fields of math not typically covered in the undergraduate curriculum. I chose to focus on Topology, and worked with a grad-student mentor to study Topology from a Differential Viewpoint by John W. Milnor. I wrote a formal expository math paper on the Poincaré-Hopf Theorem and it’s applications to n-dimensional spheres

Work Experience

Site Reliability Engineer @ Google

April 2022 - Present / Sunnyvale, CA

• Designing, coding, and maintaining a plugin integral in adopting a new software rollout platform
• Bring new technologies from development to staging to production complete with testing, monitoring, and alerts systems
• On-call for the operation and upgrades of on-host networking software on millions of machines

Back End Developer @ IBM

July 2021 - March 2022 / Rochester, MN

• Developed a C++ program to retrieve storage device data and present it in an easily digestible format
• Cut workload of RAID analysis team by 50% by designing and implementing a GUI application in Java that allows for quick organization and manipulation of traces for easy analysis
• Improved fault-tolerance of IBMi systems by anticipating future growth and usage when updating existing code base

Software Engineering Intern @ Microchip Technology Inc.

October 2020 - April 2021 / Chicago, IL

• Increased workflow efficiency for millions of customers by designing a bit stream parser that extracts and presents important information for FPGA programmers
• Ensured easy maintenance of company code base through thoughtful object-oriented program design
• Produced reliable programs by testing code frequently and thoroughly throughout development

Web Development Intern @ Code Your Dreams

Summer 2020 / Chicago, IL

• Improved communication company-wide during Work From Home by creating a Slack App that tracks team tasks
• Utilized Python and Slack APIs to build, test, and connect the app to a workspace of 70 people
• Increased traffic to company website by 300% by reimagining its look and layout after researching design schemes

Program Assistant @ Japanese Community Youth Council

Summer 2019 / San Francisco, CA

• Inputted information into Salesforce and Contract Management Systems for thousands of clients
• Coordinated events with a team for over 150 interns and mentors involving catering, photo booths, and games
• Designed flyers and wrote a monthly newsletter to promote programs to youth and parents

Data Analytics Intern @ LifeMoves

Summer 2018 / Menlo Park, CA

• Analyzed fundraising results and donation trends using Excel and the Raiser’s Edge database
• Determined significant factors in large and repeat donations to advise fundraising tactics for the next year
• Wrote a fiscal year fundraising report and presented it in PowerPoint format to the fundraising team

Course Assistant

October 2018 - Present / Chicago, IL

• Explain high-level math concepts (e.g. delta-epsilon proofs) in a clear, concise way to freshman students
• Grade weekly assignments for 35 students in a calculus class in a fair manner and provide detailed feedback
• Assess areas of difficulty for students and communicate them to the course instructor

Projects

Task-It

A Slackbot to keep track of tasks and allow users to publicize tasks to channels. A to-do list within your Slack workspace helps keep you organized. The option to publicize tasks provides motivation and gives your co-workers a better sense of what others are doing and what's happening in the organization in general.

Source Code

Pictionary

Pictionary project in Elm: Created as a class project for CS223 in collaboration with Josh Cruz. A fun, online, multiplayer game of Pictionary to play with friends.

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Audio-Only Pong Game

A reimagining of the classic game of Pong to be accessible for blind individuals. Uses vocal pitch and volume as input to control paddles and output to represent ball location.

Source Code

Pentago

Class project for CS152 at UChicago (Spring 2019). An implementation of the game Pentago in C, played within the Linux command-line.

Source Code

This Website!

I have always been curious about web design and been amazed at what types of sites that people are able to create! I decided to teach myself HTML and CSS in my free time. Here is what came out of it! I would love any feedback on design ideas or code implementation. Let me know what you think!

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