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Taran Nelavelli

Taran Nelavelli

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate Application Engineer at Discover Financial Services

  • Education

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      2018 - 2022
      Bachelor of Science - BS History

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      2018 - 2022
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science

  • Experience

    • Mathnasium - The Math Learning Center

      Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
      Employee

    • Library Technology Group

      Nov 2018 - May 2021

      • Assist in university-wide deployments of software and tools• Work with creating and packaging software clients for public deployment• Interact with DevOps testing, development, and production servers, as well as development VMs• Work with full-time staff in finding problems and debugging in commonly-used services• Analyze vulnerabilities in systems and assess solutions to emerging threats • Train new students and perform administrative duties• Work on long-term issues of critical status that impede work for full-time staff• Work with senior staff in creating more effective workflows and formulate new strategies in efficient troubleshooting • Troubleshoot a variety of issues in technology, for both software and hardware• Assisted in coordination of operating system upgrades across 800+ computers throughout each library• Answering phone calls, interpreting issues and determining the resolution for any

      • Systems Student Lead

        Aug 2020 - May 2021

      • Lead Technician

        Dec 2019 - May 2021

      • Advanced Technician

        Nov 2018 - Dec 2019

    • Discover Financial Services

      Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
      Business Technology Intern

      • Contributed to, tested, and reviewed code base of card tokenization process• Created a tool to optimize and automate API creation, testing, and documentation focusing ease of use for product owners utilizing an Angular framework with Spring Boot, Lombok, and Swagger integration• Worked in multiple Agile environments including Scrum and Kanban

    • Discover Financial Services

      Aug 2022 - now
      Associate Application Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Taran Nelavelli
      2nd Place at Chicago Hacks Chicago Hacks May 2017 • Worked alongside a team to create a user-directed weather app, coded in Swift, that informs the user of changes in weather based on set parameters• Created mockups and basic design layouts, and helped produce a working copy within 24 hours• Competed against 60 other teams in a three-minute presentation, selected out of six finalists presenting to three judges