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Andrew Mesa

Andrew Mesa

Assistant Chess Instructor and Tournament Director

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Computer Science and Data Science Student at WPI | Prev at LinkedIn | HSF Scholar | NELSAMP Scholar

  • Education

    • Treasure Valley Math and Science Center

      2015 - 2021
      High School Diploma STEM 3.93

      Activities and Societies: FIRST Robotics

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

      2021 - 2025
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science; Data Science 3.81

      Activities and Societies: Fencing, SHPE, ACM

    • Capital Senior High School

      2018 - 2021
      High School Diploma 4.0

      Activities and Societies: Varsity Tennis, Student Council, National Honor Society

  • Experience

    • Vellotti's Chess School

      Sept 2017 - Dec 2019
      Assistant Chess Instructor and Tournament Director

      • Coordinated tournament pairings of around 40 people and acted as an arbitrator for match disputes • Assisted instruction during chess camps with around 30 people, in which I held practice tournaments, taught tactics, and assisted in showing people well-known chess games

    • STEM Forged

      Jul 2020 - Dec 2020
      Development Assistant

      • Improved educational material on the company’s application creating 4 new asset documents and created a customer management system within google sheets• Increased traffic to the website by increasing SEO on all pages to above 95% using WordPress

    • HP

      May 2022 - Aug 2022
      Software Engineer Intern

      • Developed a code interrogator for security logging that automated the collection of hundreds of pieces of security intrusion information, allowing documentation to be updated continuously • Informed other teams of the interrogator by demonstrating it to management across HP Inc. • Ensured the interrogator could be easily understood and incorporated into existing source code by writing it in Python, developing it with VS Code and VS 2017, and using Git for SCM

    • HP

      May 2023 - Aug 2023
      Software Engineer Intern

      • Improved working efficiency of ASIC devices by writing firmware code utilizing circular buffers, which collected data within milliseconds on registers and transferred it into a readable log• Developed effective communication with memory registers and optimized memory usage of the tool by using Linux, VS Code, and the C programming language

    • LinkedIn

      May 2024 - Aug 2024
      Software Engineer Intern

      • Developed a feature flag manager to streamline the management of configuration values, web page banners, and scheduled jobs, enabling quick and efficient feature toggling• Used Golang to ensure the manager implements the API efficiently and operates optimally• Designed API with gRPC for swift communication with the SQL database that contains flags• Font-end user interface developed using React-Remix and the Ant Design (antd) library with TypeScript, enabling rapid development of a user-friendly UI Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Dean's List Worcester Polytechnic Institute May 2024 Awarded to students who received at least 4 As and 2 Bs a semester. The student cannot receive Cs or lower in any classes. I received this award for both my fall semester and spring semester of my sophomore year and Junior year.
    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Capstone Diploma College Board Jul 2021 Earned for getting 4s on the AP Capstone Seminar and AP Capstone Research tests, and getting passing grades on four other AP tests.
    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Outstanding Individual Scholastic Award Idaho High School Activities Association May 2021 Awarded for playing on the Capital High School Varsity Tennis Team while maintaining a GPA over 3.75.
    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Congressional Awards - Bronze Medal, Gold Certificate, Silver Certificate, Bronze Certificate United States Congress Nov 2020 Earned Bronze Medal for completing 100 hours of community service, 50 hours of personal development, 50 hours of physical exercise, and a multiple-night trip exploring the different cultures and history in San Francisco.
    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Eagle City Volunteer of the Month City of Eagle Government Apr 2018 Awarded to me for leading and fundraising the Clean up Eagle and Bike Trail Cleanup projects
    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Eagle Scout Award Boy Scouts of America Jan 2017 Earned for planning, leading, and fundraising a service project for the Idaho Humane Society in which I created a serenity garden for their employees and animals. Also, I earned 21 merit badges and held a leadership position for 6 months to earn the award.
    • Awarded to Andrew Mesa
      Six Eagle Palms Boy Scouts of America Earned 2 bronze, silver, and gold eagle palms for earning an additional 5 merit badges per palm and continued involvement in the boy scout troop.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Eagle Scout, Senior Patrol Leader

      Issued by Boy Scouts of America on Apr 2014
      Boy Scouts of AmericaAssociated with Andrew Mesa

    • Software Programming Instructor for Rookie Teams

      Issued by FIRST Robotics on Oct 2020
      FIRST RoboticsAssociated with Andrew Mesa