Drew Medina

Growth Platform

Growth Platform

Worked on a Borg team @ Cloud (ML, Systems, & AI) + Authored comprehensive design documentation to streamline system improvements, establish best practices, and support cross-team collaboration for Borg, Google's globally renowned cluster management system foundational to operations. + Drove a cross-functional project on Trusted Partner Cloud to implement privacy-compliant solutions for Borg, enabling regulatory compliance and secure cloud operations in key international markets. + Improved and maintained legacy systems in C++ to enhance Borg's scalability, reliability, and efficiency, ensuring the seamless functioning of Google's infrastructure, which supports billions of global users. + Optimized data workflows, utilizing SQL to evaluate performance metrics and ensure precise reporting for one of the most critical infrastructure systems in modern cloud computing.

Worked on a Core Analytics team @ Fitbit + Built and optimized scalable data pipelines using Python and SQL, enabling seamless processing and analysis of Fitbit health metrics for millions of users. + Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and integrate Fitbit analytics into broader health research initiatives. + Developed robust analytics tools to deliver accurate insights for features like activity tracking, sleep analysis, and heart rate monitoring.

Worked on an Adwords Conversion Tracking team @ Ads + Designed and implemented solutions to improve the scalability and privacy compliance of conversion tracking systems, addressing complex technical challenges. + Developed and maintained backend systems in C++ and Java, enabling accurate and efficient tracking of conversion metrics for large-scale advertising campaigns. + Enhanced data processing pipelines using Dart and SQL, improving reporting efficiency and reliability for advertisers.

Worked on a Core Analytics team + Built and optimized scalable data pipelines using Python and SQL, enabling seamless processing and analysis of Fitbit health metrics for millions of users. + Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and integrate Fitbit analytics into broader health research initiatives. + Developed robust analytics tools to deliver accurate insights for features like activity tracking, sleep analysis, and heart rate monitoring.

Worked on the Cybersecurity & Technology Controls team Developed and improved internal tools, streamlining secure software development workflows and enhancing system efficiency.

Worked on the Internal Tools team + Designed and implemented an ML-powered chatbot using Salesforce and AWS, streamlining internal workflows and improving operational efficiency. + Independently led a full-cycle development project, from design to deployment, demonstrating strong ownership and technical expertise. Note: I eventually received a return offer for a full-time role Technologies: Kendra, Lex, Lucidchart, Salesforce (Apex)

+ Developed and tested backend services in Python, improving functionality and reliability for web and mobile platforms. + Enhanced the recipe importer’s accuracy, doubling parsing efficiency and optimizing Eat This Much’s Google Chrome extension. Note: this was during my full-time undergraduate career @ Columbia

Integrated Fox’s core API services into Disney’s infrastructure post-merger, using Java to unify systems and ensure seamless operations. Note: I left this job to complete my BA @ Columbia

Worked on the API Profiles & Personalization team + Built and maintained a request module using Node.js and React for handling multiple clients on Fox’s core API services, streamlining data requests and processing + Contributed to a team of six engineers/product managers to handle all web services + Developed and integrated user profile features like implicit favoriting and bookmark handling, enhancing personalization for Fox’s web services + Merged Optimizely’s user profile service with Fox’s for improved AB testing of content Note: my role transferred over to Disney due to its merger with Fox Technologies: Charles, Postman, Splunk

+ Collaborated directly with the CEO (ex-PayPal) to drive product strategy, translating business needs into technical solutions and streamlining development workflows. + Designed and implemented critical features in JavaScript, enhancing the functionality and performance of a digital marketing assistant for small to medium businesses. Technologies: Google Cloud (Compute Engine), Social Media Marketing

The Natural Language Processing (NLP) track is for students to gain expertise in NLP technologies and applications. NLP technologies are of central importance in automating the analysis of text and speech databases and in enabling man-machine interactions through natural language. This track helps students develop leading edge knowledge of these technologies. Relevant coursework: • Advanced Topics in Spoken Language Processing (Python) • Analysis of Algorithms I • Artificial General Intelligence (GPT-4, Python) • Elements of Data Science (Python, SQL) • Fundamentals of Speech Recognition (Python) •.Human-Computer Interaction (Python) • Networks, Crowds, and the Web (Python) • Programming Languages & Translators (Assembly, C) • User Interface Design (CSS, HTML, JavaScript) • Visual Interfaces to Computers (Python)

Focused on machine learning, robotics, and systems capable of exhibiting “human-like” intelligence Relevant coursework: - Advanced Programming (C, C++) - Artificial Intelligence (Python) - Computational Aspects of Robotics (Python) - Computational Linear Algebra (Python) - Computer Science Theory (LaTeX) - Computer Vision (MATLAB) - Data Structures (Java) - Developing Accessible User Interfaces (JavaScript) - Discrete Mathematics (Python) - Fundamentals of Computer Science (LaTeX) - Introduction to Databases (MySQL, Python) - Literature in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Natural Language Processing (Python)

•News and Opinions Copy Editor at "The Student Life" (2017 - 2017) •Committee Member at Disability and Mental Health Advocacy Committee (2016 - 2017) •Sponsor at Chicano Latino Student Affairs (2016 - 2017) •Head Officer, Social Event Chair, and Treasurer at Claremont Caballeros (ΣΘΧ) (2015 - 2017) •Life & Style and Sports Copy Editor and Sudoku Puzzle Creator at "The Student Life" (Fall 2016) •Data Science Planning Team Member at TEDx Claremont Colleges (2015 - 2016) •Layout Editor at "The Claremont Independent" (2015 - 2016) •Player and Scorekeeper at Claremont Men's Lacrosse (Spring 2016) •Bass I Vocalist at Pomona College Choir (Fall 2015) •Senate Brief Writer at "The Student Life" (Fall 2015) Note: I left school to pursue software development.

Based at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the program includes six weeks of intensive, personalized instruction in Chinese language classes that emphasize the specialized vocabulary, jargon, linguistic styles, and appropriate behaviors used in a professional setting. Private tutorials and daily practice with a language partner chosen from local university students supplement class work. During the final four weeks of the program, I had field placement in the Shanghai office of a national company, which gave me an invaluable opportunity to apply my classroom learning of Chinese in a professional setting. I attended meetings, assisted in projects, translated, researched, and observed how the Chinese do business. Program instructors met weekly with me to answer questions concerning language and linguistics. As final term projects, I wrote an analytical account in Chinese of my experience as an intern and gave an oral presentation in Chinese to instructors and fellow students.