Ashlynn McGrattan

Experience

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  Blueprint Boulder

  Jan 2021 - now

  Volunteer

  Blueprint Boulder is a club that strives to make technology accessible and useful for those who create communities and promote public welfare. The club partners with local and international nonprofit organizations to build software solutions for their needs. Serving as a volunteer participating in the following:▪ Developing and executing test plans for the redesigned user interface and database of SafeHouse Denver▪ Developing an Android mobile application and enabling infrastructure for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition Show less

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  Colorado Research Center for Democracy and Technology

  Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

  Research Assistant

  The mission of the Center for Democracy and Technology is to pursue interdisciplinary research that advances democratic values in a technological world. The specific research involves analyzing the effect of disinformation on Twitter users by observing quantitative differences before and after a period of exposure to disinformation. Serving as a Research Assistant participating in the following:▪ Developing Python programs to interface with Twitter API’s to extract user data and Twitter interactions.▪ Performing statistical analysis on user data to correlate the impact of disinformation on user’s Twitter actions▪ Utilizing Excel for data cleansing and aggregation for follow-on analysis and discovery activities Show less

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  Qualcomm

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Intern

  IT intern working with the Digital Value Creation Sales and Marketing department to deploy and enhance sales enablement tools.

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  Lumen Technologies

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Intern

  Member of the Financial Assurance Data Science team creating machine learning models to forecast vendor cost increase.▪ Analyzed and executed complex SQL logic to analyze, cleanse, and prepare data extracts from data warehouses▪ Designed and developed Python programs with ML libraries to run multiple models to generate forecasts▪ Generated pricing model forecasts to identify the most competitive price points for upcoming telecom contract bids.