Michelle

Tham

Software Engineer | Los Angeles, CA

626.757.6749
mtham101@gmail.com
mtham8.github.io
github.com/mtham8
linkedin.com/in/michelletham1

Technical Skills

Strong: JavaScript (ES6, Angular, Node/Express, Gulp, React/Redux, D3, Knex), HTML5, CSS3, SASS, Electron,
TDD (Jasmine, Chai, Mocha), Databases (MySQL, MongoDB/Mongoose, NeDB)
Experienced: Socket.io, Git, JavaScript (Backbone, Ionic, Nightmare), Python, Pair Programming

Recent Projects

Acura Connected Living Wheelstand | Front End Engineer | Spinifex Group

Kiosk application for international auto shows
- Created 360 view slider with custom animations for each car model, with exterior and interior color options
- Designed parallax scroll effect throughout the application, using SASS mixins
- Implemented pub/sub design pattern to mediate events between admin panel and main application
BetterU | Full Stack Engineer | Team Lead | betteru.pro
Single page application that

incorporates game design techniques to motivate users to achieve their goals

- Assembled the betting system feature within the application, allowing users to
bet on other users goals and motivate each other to fulfill their goals
- Implemented server-side routing and scheduler to update user points and store user input
data, using a RESTful architecture
- Designed animated data visualizations to display users physical activity and nutritional intake trends
Notesee | Backend Engineer | github.com/MKS-PostgreSQL/notesee
Mobile application for students to share and upload images of notes to a specific classroom
- Designed MySQL database schema and queries to support functionality of classrooms and notes feature,
allowing students to upload notes and tags into individual classrooms based on subject matter
- Implemented server-side routing to handle app requests using Node.js/Express
Dynamic Visuals of US Energy Consumption | Frontend Engineer | mtham8.github.io/DVUSEnergy
Browser application for users to interact and visualize energy consumption data by sector
- Assembled interactive data visuals for US Energy Consumption by Sector for YR2015, using D3.js and EIA API

Professional
Experience

Front End Engineer | Spinifex Group | Torrance, CA | 2016

- Built kiosk wheelstand applications from scratch, using Angular and Electron, based on wireframes from designers
- Focused on responsive design and delivered applications within a 3 week development lifecycle
Hacker In Residence | Hack Reactor | Santa Monica, CA | 2016
- Taught students full-stack JavaScript fundamentals, advanced computer science concepts, and modern
JavaScript libraries and frameworks
- Mentored the technical development and well-being of over 50 students
Technology and Standards | Consumer Technology Association | Washington, DC | 2015
- Published research A Genealogy of Standards: Thirty Years of Advancing Connectivity,
in Standards Engineering: The Journal of SES
- Conducted an international country-by-country market analysis on the UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
industry, with an emphasis on regulatory technicalities, terminologies, and future implications

Education

Hack Reactor | Advanced Immersive Software Engineering | Santa Monica, CA | 2016

American University | B.A. Political Science: Policy Analysis | Washington, DC | 2015

Personal Interests

I love finding patterns in data, from processing/modeling to visualizing. Ideally, I would be living in The Shire gardening perennial polycultures and designing an algorithm that accurately evaluates energy consumption.