KALEN JO'EL BEACHAM
Committed to Achievement and Professionalism
Welcome to my website! I am an avid learner who seeks to investigate the underlying technologies that shape digital art, and always open to challenges. I have done work with multiple forms of media, but I am most passionate about software development and harnessing VR as a tool for narrative experiences. I have graduated from Yale College as a member of the Class of 2020 with a B.A. in Computing and the Arts and pursuing my MBA at Yale School of Management as member of the institution's Silver Scholar program.
Currently, I have finished my first year of the MBA program and per Silver Scholar program, I am taking a couple of years off to work as a Product Manager for Microsoft.
I hope to conjoin my technical, artistic, and business-related ambitions to pursue a career at the intersection of the technology and entertainment industries.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
MICROSOFT
July 2021-
Product Manager - Microsoft Create
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
July 2020 - August 2020
Software Engineer
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Designed and programmed the user interface of an app for the Perot Museum utilizing React Native, and conducted user experience research through several iterations of the app to ensure optimal tooling that would meet consumer needs
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Joined back-end and middleware task owners in connecting the database to the user interface, so that users can retrieve data for all 11 museum exhibits and guides can regulate the 1,000-guest capacity limit mandated by the board of the Perot Museum
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Worked with stakeholders of the Perot Museum to brainstorm and identify technological solutions needed for the museum’s reopening amid a pandemic, resulting in a mobile app that would provide users information about exhibits and ability to contact museum guides for assistance, all while adhering to social distancing guidelines via tracking app usage in an embedded database
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Organized creation of app into three task forces - front-end, back-end, and middleware - and assigned roles among fellow engineers
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO.
June 2019 - August 2019
Corporate Analyst Development Program - Data Analytics
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Conceptualized and created an iterative algorithm with Small Business Data Domain Team using Statistical Analysis System and Excel to automate data ingestion processes for over 100,000 bank accounts, making analysis of accounts more efficient
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Collaborated with software engineers and managers on release of Jupyterlab 1.0, a notebook interface, by improving CSS handling to make code more customizable for future developers and to fix errors on the notebook’s user interface
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Authored user story and designed a more organized interface with Adobe XD for a web frontend that parameterizes notebooks from Jupyterlab 1.0, effectively compartmentalizing functionalities that were originally on one screen into multiple tabs
ACADEMIC HISTORY
YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
August 2020 -
Silver Scholar MBA Candidate
Expected Graduation Year: 2025
YALE UNIVERSITY
August 2016Â - May 2020
Major: B.A. in Computing and the Arts
Graduation Date: May 18, 2020
GPA: 3.7
Relevant Courses:
Data Structures and Programming Techniques
Mathematical Tools for Computer Science
Introduction to Computer Science
Introduction to Computing and Programming
3D Modeling
Data Visualization
Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics
Digital Animation
Computational Intelligence For Games
Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
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WASEDA UNIVERSITY
June 2018
Yale Summer Session in Tokyo
Course: Humanities in Tokyo (English program)
GREENHILL SCHOOL
August 2009 - June 2016
Graduated Cum Laude