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Hector Suazo

Apprentice Software Engineer

@ Gridiron Survivor

• Working with a team to build an AI powered Secret Santa web application.
• Participating in scrums and sprint planning meetings to understand the Agile workflow
• Collaborating with other engineers to share knowledge and solve problems in a team environment.
• Assisting in resolving known issues and writing unit tests for improved code reliability.
• Gaining hand-on experience with the full development lifecycle, including debugging, testing, and deployment.

Volunteer Software Engineer

@ Tails Adoption

• Worked with a team to convert an existing PHP WordPress site to a React.
• Converted the existing WordPress endpoints to a PHP RESTful API to be consumed by the React frontend.
• Reintegrated the existing Google OAuth login to the API.
• Built a privately signed image upload system with AWS S3 buckets, to allow images to be viewed only by logged in users.

AWS Certification

• Earned my AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.

Travel/Career Break

@ Home

• Worked on building personal projects and learning new skills.
• Earned an AWS certification.
• Traveled to multiple countries.

Backwaiter

@ Bea (Restaurant)

• Assissted in both front and back of house operations, ensuring sufficient and timely order delivery.
• Expedited food orders and prepare plate presentation before serving.

Sales Associate

@ Walgreens

• Provided customer service, managed inventory, and ensured a well-organized sales floor to support store operations.

• Joined the Extreme Goers club. A club that organized a variety of outdoor activities such as snowboarding, white water rafting, and paintball.
• Two work-study positions as a [1] receptionist in the study abroad office, and [2] restoring damaged books in the library.

• American Museum of Natural History after school program studying brain neurology.
• Cross Country Club.
• Spent a summer at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology's Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP).