Brianna Ta

Herndon, VA · [email protected]

I am a passionate software developer and am currently pursuing my MS in Data Science at Columbia University. I love developing websites with JavaScript frameworks and analyzing data with Python, Tableau, and D3. I thrive on tackling complex challenges and learning new skills. I am seeking opportunities in data science or software engineering in the RTP area or remotely. Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].

Experience

Software Engineer

Cisco Systems
  • Automated security report generation using Python for Cisco CyberVision
  • Developed JavaScript analytics dashboard for monitoring facilities across 15 data centers, including the US Navy and Air Force
  • Managed Cisco High 2022 Program with 140+ externs across 9 sites nationwide
  • Presented on IoT Application Servers at Cisco Live to 20,000+ attendees

Software Engineer

TTeK
  • Developed educational admin website in React for teachers to track student's learning achievements and receive learning reports
  • Integrated with a dynamic and functional backend database using Google Firebase

Software Engineer

Kenari Adaptive Learning
  • Developed a gamified educational Angular website for elementary school students, focusing on grammar, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and spelling
  • Elevated UI/UX design and efficiency by implementing Angular components and integrating Google Firebase

Backend Developer

Sirch
  • Used Node.js and Twilio to create an alternative browser for meeting domain experts through search queries
  • Integrated with a MongoDB database, Bootstrap front end widget, and iOS app

Education

Columbia University

New York City, New York

MS in Data Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

BS in Computer Science, Highest Honors

Dean's List

GPA: 3.98/4.00

Projects

Computer Science Experience Labs Website
UNC Chapel-Hill

Collaborated with a team of 4 and developed a fully functional web application with a dynamic Angular front-end, a Python RESTful server-side API, a SQLAlchemy relational database that stores back-end application data, and an ORM layer to access data in the database

Used by over 16,000 Computer Science students at UNC to explore organizations, events, courses, and the CSXL.

Feather (1st Place)
Pearl Hacks

Built a React Native app to capture and share bird photos for training ML models on species' migration patterns

Used a SQLite database to store image and location data and Cornell's eBird API for gathering bird data

Used Auth0 for user login and authentication and Redis Cloud for storing user profile data

Awarded Most Creative Use of Redis Cloud

Kiwi (1st Place)
Pearl Hacks

Created an automated budget tracker in React and CockroachDB, which used the TaggunAPI for scanning receipts

Integrated with the Twilio API via JavaScript to send text notification reminders for budgeting

Awarded the Most Creative Use of Twilio

OTIS (2nd Place)
Cisco Webex Hackathon

Developed a MERN stack web application for autonomously tracking building occupancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Used OpenCV to build an image classifier for detecting occupants and image motion vectors to track entry and exit

Awarded 2nd Place among over 100 teams participating globally

Taxi Traffic (1st Place)
HackTJ 7.5

HTML web interface displaying a data analyzation and prediction algorithm for taxi demand in Washington DC using Python and the Google Maps API

Skills

Programming Languages
Technologies

Awards

  • 1 st Place - Pearl Hacks Most Creative Use of Redis Cloud
  • 2 nd Place - Cisco Webex Virtual Hackathon
  • 1 st Place - HackTJ 7.5
  • 1 st Place - Pearl Hacks Best Use of Twilio
  • UNC Chapel-Hill Graduation with Highest Honors
  • UNC Chapel-Hill Dean's List