Ellen Dunn

Ellen Dunn

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Frontend Software Engineer

  • Education

    • Thinkful

      2018 - 2018
      Full Stack Programming

      Expected to complete 6 month full-stack coding bootcamp by December 2018. Curriculum consists of building static webpages with HTML, CSS, and jQuery, server-side programming with JavaScript, Node.js, and Express, and advanced skills in React and data structures.

    • University of Arizona

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor's Degree Biological/Biosystems Engineering, Spanish Minor

      Activities and Societies: Main Campus Farmers'​ Market, Bobcats Senior Honorary, Associated Students of the University of Arizona, Chain Gang Junior Honorary, Tau Beta Pi, Society of Women Engineers, Arizona Ambassadors, Freshman Class Council, Bear Down Camp - Counselor Honors CollegeBiosystems Engineering Outstanding Senior Award RecipientWildcat Excellence Scholarship RecipientFreeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation Scholarship Recipient for two yearsDean's List ScholarSummer study abroad in Alcala de Henares, SpainVolunteer research at the Controlled Environment Agriculture CenterBear Down Camp Counselor leading over 200 incoming freshmen to prepare for college

  • Experience

    • Resolution Copper

      Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
      Engineering Intern

      Designed emergency refuge chamber in AutoCAD for miners one mile underground Created inaugural inventory system in Excel for aeration equipment throughout the mine to improve ventilationGathered details on daily excavation progress and entered into Excel database to be projected into AutoCAD design

    • Associated Students of the University of Arizona

      May 2014 - May 2015
      Senator

      Represent 35,000 students at The U of A by meeting weekly with nine other Senators to discuss and overcome student issues, and work with policy within ASUAFARMERS' MARKET INITIATIVE – Organized a coalition of representatives from various entities at The U of A with the goal of bringing a farmers’ market to the university campusNegotiated with administrators for approval and support and allied local farmers’ market vendors Promoted farmers’ market to the schoolSuccessfully executed markets on campus with significantly high sales for vendorsTransitioned leadership upon graduation; The UofA Farmer’s Market still continues biweekly CAMPAIGN LEADER – Applied social media and effective communication methods to campaign for election; elected by student body on platforms to increase sustainability and start a Farmers’ Market on campusGREEN FUND COMMITTEE MEMBER - Worked with ten members to review grants and allocate $400,000 budget to teams and projects that created a more sustainable learning and living environment at the University of ArizonaAPPROPRIATIONS CHAIR – Lead and facilitated weekly Appropriations Board meetings; reviewed student club proposals and established consensus among 7-member board to allocate funds club programs Show less

    • Signature Models & Talent

      Jun 2015 - May 2017
      Assistant Talent Agent

      ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR – Submitted talent to local and national commercials, films, shows, and print adsFacilitated booking process for concurrent jobs while remaining organized and detail oriented Reviewed contracts and releases to verify legality and approved termsOrganized meetings with potential new models and talentSought new opportunities for talent, including major motion pictures and TV showsCLIENT GENERATOR – consistently created new processes for the Agency to grow and become more efficient.Sold talent and model packages to clients and negotiated rates and termsStreamlined operations by constructing Excel-driven billing models and talent data management programsPromoted from part-time unpaid Intern to full-time paid Assistant after one month of employmentSOCIAL MEDIA LEADER – ran all social media platforms for the agencyStrategized posts to increase followers (Instagram – 500% increase, Facebook – 70% increase)Increased outreach and created heavier social presence for the agency Show less

    • Yelp

      Jul 2017 - May 2018
      Junior Account Executive

      - Optimized client experience through refined, solutions-oriented sales pitch resulting in being one of the first reps reassigned to sell piloted product- Demonstrated ideal veteran work practices to new employees in training- Consecutively exceeded previous month’s revenue when selling new product- Promoted from Associate Account Executive to Junior Account Executive in 10 months by reaching set revenue goal.

    • Thinkful

      Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
      Teaching Assistant

      Facilitate introductory Web Development and Data Science workshops for prospective Thinkful students.Answer questions on concepts, exercises, and opportunities within the industry with goal of educating and motivating students.

    • Accenture

      Jan 2019 - Jul 2022

      Lead Frontend Developer - Main POC for UI decision and architecture, spokesperson to stakeholders for all front-end inquiries in - - Contribute weekly to modernization of global financial forecasting tool with 7,500+ unique weekly users- Designed and implemented lean reusable UI architecture for application’s dashboard utilizing OOP and Angular methodologies, thus reducing feature code by over 50% and load speeds by over 70%- Implemented copy/paste feature using custom AG Grid which increased users’ editing power by over 100x - Discovered gaps in unit test coverage reports in UI pipeline and implemented strategy to cover 41% more code- Proposed and implemented caching and lazy-load tools to reduce dashboard load times by 65%- Lead front-end developers in small, collaborative scrums by delegating and maintaining accountability to successfully deliver features on time- Represent front-end of the application to key stakeholders as technical expert during feature demonstrations- Function as main point of contact for UI decisions and architecture and review PRs for front end code changesTeam Lead - Selected by leadership to be one of two team leads to facilitate integration of the DevSecOps model into project- Lead 11 developers in daily standup calls, delegate DevSecOps tasks as the team cross-trains, and maintain accountability for all team members in each sprint's feature delivery. Knowledge Transfer Initiative- Initiated and lead a 40-person team in cross-skilling for DevSecOps journey, as the pilot application, globally, by holding 29 Lunch & Learns and documenting all learnings in one location for team's future referenceSocial Lead - Organized 40+ weekly social hour series as an opportunity for team members to connect outside of work during the pandemic to boost morale and better work together Show less WEB DEVELOPER- Contributed to first release of brand-new enterprise application to Diamond CMT Client of 19000+ people- Effectively learned Angular to be able to assist in front end development of internal enterprise application for team management- Produce significant contributions to UI repository within sprint deadlines in Azure DevOps for MVP release through Agile process- Complete end to end testing in Protractor for application's UI- Contribute ideas and suggestions to better the user experience and effectiveness of the application Show less

      • Technology Architecture Team Lead

        Jun 2021 - Jul 2022
      • Technology Senior Analyst

        Jan 2019 - May 2021
    • Indeed.com

      Jul 2022 - now
      Software Engineer I
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)

    • ICAgile Professional

      ICAgile
      Jan 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ellen Dunn
      Biosystems Engineering Outstanding Senior Award - Apr 2015