AI/ML Intern
Merill Manufacturing
September 2025 - Present
Researching and configuring AI/ML solutions while evaluating ethical considerations, data security, compliance standards, and performing SWOT analyses of existing tools.
Database Administrator Intern
Uline
May 2025 - August 2025
Responsible for optimizing SQL Server scripts, deploying database updates, and managing access permissions to support secure and efficient business operations.
- Optimized 2–3 SQL Server queries weekly, achieving up to 42% reduction in execution times, collaborating with the Senior DBA on ongoing performance tuning.
- Created stored procedures to detect log reader agent failures and partnered with the ESM team to integrate alerts into Nagios, improving replication visibility.
- Handled 20+ database operations including permission management, backups and UAT restores, stored procedure deployments across SYS/UAT/PROD, SSRS uploads, and automated tasks.
Lead Computer Science Tutor
Iowa State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Aug 2024 – May 2025
Tutored six different courses: Python, OOP, Data Structures, Discrete Math, Computer Architecture, and Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
- Assisting other tutors with help if needed.
- Providing support for students in core CS subjects, enhancing project completion rates and exam performance.
Computer Science Tutor
Iowa State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Aug 2023 – Aug 2024
Assisted over 100 students in core computer science concepts such as Data Structures, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and Discrete Mathematics.
- Created examples for students to use and study for upcoming exams, improving their exam grades.
- Provided comprehensive help in various languages such as Python and Java, leading to better project scores.
- Tutored 4 different courses: OOP, Python, Data Structures, and Discrete Mathematics.