Iris H.

CMSC389O: The Coding Interview • Led a class of 30 students with a co-facilitator • Taught concepts in data structures and algorithms to improve students' performance in coding interviews • Conducted mock interviews and graded weekly assignments

• Hierarchically reorganized file defining user permissions; reduced lines of code by 1/3 (600 lines) • Improved and added internal tooling around the product’s core authorization system to address visibility and usability shortcomings—saving many hours of engineer time spent on understanding, testing, and debugging permissions related issues • Reviewed bug bounty reports: reproduced the bug, determined impact, investigated root cause

• Reduced account lockout and improved user experience by building several recovery features on the desktop client to be used in case of lost access to Two-Factor Authentication codes • Improved password safety by implementing encryption and decryption libraries to address key security concern of accidental plaintext password logging

• Undergraduate TA for HACS100: Foundations in Cybersecurity under Dr. Jan Plane • Graded and designed homework and quiz problems, offered office hours to reinforce concepts taught in lecture

• Visited a local Prince George’s County school once a week to educate and expose more students to computing through hands-on activities • Developed curriculum and attended outreach and professional development events

• Eliminated bugs and added features to Capture the Flag (CTF) Scoreboard used at company-sponsored events, NCP training, and the Maryland STEM Festival • Drove initial development of web app hosting groups called ”Zazzys” that help to incubate innovation, enable collaboration, and drive greater speed and agility • Leveraged the Salesforce Chatter platform to add coordination and leadership to best connect business-relevant ideas with resources via crowdfunding • Demo of the web app prototype by Leadership Council in front of Parsons CEO secured $75,000 of project funding on the spot

• Tutored middle school student in math 2-3 times a week • Encouraged development of critical thinking to help solve harder problems similar in structure to previous ones • Helped with additional Kumon (after school math program) work; assigned homework weekly

• Worked with another intern to code the frontend of a program aimed to prevent multiple files from being hacked • Learned how to properly use version control and merge code • Presented our work in front of mentor, other APL employees, and head of internship program

Minors: Linguistics, General Business Member of University Honors College: Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES)