Aidan Denahy

Experience

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  PlanetLabs.Earth

  May 2019 - Jun 2019

  Director

  Led a multilingual and international teamTaught English to over 200 studentsDesigned a content-based curriculum in sustainable technology

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  Bates College

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Research Assistant

  Assisted Professor Jiyoung Ko in a report on China's leadership.Translated Chinese government documents.

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  SupChina

  Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  Editorial Intern

  Assisted in newsletter and website contentEdited and published six stories, which can be found here: https://denahyaidan.wixsite.com/website

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  Manhattan Mandarin

  Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  Mandarin Teacher and Westchester Head

  Built Westchester branch from ground upTaught and ran after school programsApplied research on best practices for language education

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  Queens Borough Public Library

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Academic Researcher
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  EF Education First

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  English Teacher
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  The Fulbright Program

  Aug 2021 - May 2022

  English Teaching Assistant

  Taught ESOL at two schools in rural TaiwanActed as ambassador for the U.S. in those communities

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  Queens Borough Public Library

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2023

  Teacher and Technical Specialist

  Serving as a teacher for immigrants looking to learn English for daily life.Author and editor of an organization-wide newsletter.BEST plus certified

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  Fullstack Academy

  Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

  Software Engineer

  A 5 month immersive software engineering program built to help students master fullstack JavaScript, develop applications on the NERP(Node.js, Express.js, React, PostgreSQL) stack, create testing frameworks, and manage group projects through github. To cap the program off, I built a site to help web users access political information, see the attached video for more.

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  Polimorphic

  Sept 2023 - Feb 2024

  Software Engineering Intern

  Developed and integrated an OpenAI email generator into the site, increasing user task management speed 4x.Integrated Haskell with relational databases using esqueleto, optimizing SQL queries and reducing database response times by 30%.Collaborated closely with UX/UI designers, translating design mockups into responsive user interfaces, achieving a 90% accuracy rate.

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  Self-employed

  Dec 2023 - now

  Contract Software Engineer

  Achieved a 15x increase in data entry speed for a local business through web scraping automation in Puppeteer, saving 20 hours of manual work per week.Managed and delivered 3 AWS cloud projects on time and within budget, achieving a 100% success rate in meeting project goals and stakeholder expectations.