Hi, my name is Alex Brockman. I am currently a senior attending Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I am majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Entrepreneurship. I previously attended the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. In school my favorite courses include computer science, history, science, spanish and math. Additionally, I have been active in the sports program having played 12 seasons of sports up to date. These sports include football, golf, basketball, and baseball. I also have many interests outside the scope of school and academics. If you would like to view a copy of my resume please fill out my "Contact Me" form or send me an email using the link below.
My personal interests include:
Drumming/Music
Technology
Cars
Programming
Neuroscience
Robotics
Entrepreneurship/Business
Investing
Sports
Travelling
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Work Experience
AdaptiveApps (now Cloudistics)
I worked at AdaptiveApps (now Cloudistics) in Reston, VA during the summer of 2014. During my time working there I learned a lot about the type of enviornment a start-up is like and I learned CSS, HTML, Python and Javascript during my time working there. Lastly, I worked on a project involving an HWC (Hypervisor Web Console) to view and manage statistics about virtual machines located on a computer. I utilized the libvirt-python library and HTML and CSS to create a working webpage that I presented to my manager.
Sonim Technologies
I also worked at Sonim Technologies in San Mateo (Silicon Valley), California in the summer of 2015. During my time there, I managed the company's social media platforms, specifically their YouTube channel. The work included uploading several videos, many of which I edited myself as well as presenting the content in the company's best interest. I also talked to many of the content producers for the company to learn the best way to present the material. In addition, I also helped to photograph pictures of their devices for use on other social media networks such as their Twitter and Facebook pages. I was the only high school employee amongst many college graduates in the office.
Pinxter Digital
I worked at Pinxter Digital during the summer of 2017 in Alexandria, VA helping to develop a game called Gold Ambush with Kevin Hart. I developed many of the in-game FAQs and I communicated with hundreds of players about their experience during the game's beta testing period using the HelpShift framework. I also worked on a Wiki for the game and I collaborated with other interns to make YouTube video tutorials for new players. I was also able to provide my own feedback on the game after hundreds of hours of testing. I learned about the video game development process, Russian people and culture, how to effectively collaborate with coworkers to create useful tutorials and how to communicate bugs and suggestions to the game developers based on user feedback. I was the youngest of two interns in the office as well.
Clarabridge
I interned at Clarabridge in the summer of 2018 in Reston, VA as a product manager. I improved the company's internal wiki for easier access to frequently accessed documentation that was used by the business development and company support teams. I also implemented a categorization model template to improve the classification accuracy for United Airlines. In my last project I was tasked with developing a visual dashboard for classifying system error codes within the case management and customer support teams. At the end of my internship I presented all of my work to the company executives in a presentation style format.
TeachFX
During the summer of 2019, I interned for TeachFX in Menlo Park, CA as a business development intern. I developed sales pipelines for contacting new public school districts across the United States. I also sent personalized emails to over 500 school district leaders to gauge their interest in the software product. In my internship long project I compiled research on professional development for four weeks and presented my findings to the company CEO and Head of Partnerships.
Work:
Intern at VM-based company, Tier 1 Android OEM, Leading Mobile App Developer, Business Intelligence, Ed-Tech
Programming Experience
I'm an experienced developer with knowledge of several languages and developing environments. I've been using Python most recently in class and for research. In order from most to least experienced:
Python
HTML/CSS (Used mainly to build this page!)
Java and Android (I have written several simple Android applications)
I have been a member of various sports teams throughout high school at the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia and in college at Wake Forest University. They are listed here by season:
Fall:
Club Golf
Intramural Basketball
High School:
JV and Varsity Football (Freshman)
Varsity Golf (Sophomore, Junior and Senior)
Winter:
High School:
Basketball (Freshman, Sophomore and Junior)
Spring:
High School:
Baseball (Freshman and Sophomore)
I have also taken leadership positions within several of my sports teams. The positions are listed here by sport:
Golf:
Captain (Fall 2015)
Basketball:
Intramural Captain (Fall 2016)
Captain (Winter 2014)
Baseball:
Captain (Spring 2014)
Activity:
Sports
Programming Projects
Project based work is an effective way to learn how to program. My GitHub profile contains a more extensive list of projects. Below I have listed just a sampling of the projects I am currently working on or have completed:
I have written several Python applications. One of the scripts I am most proud of is my Python script that sends text messages using the Twilio API
I have written a Windows Form application that functions as a four function calculator
I am currently working on an Android application that will help you find restaurants on the
highway without using a GPS signal
I have already developed an Android application that acts as the framework for a brick-breaker
like game
I am working on a Chrome extension that cycles through backgrounds and shows you the time and
weather of your current location using javascript and HTML/CSS
I have created an HWC (hypervisior web console) that is capable of managing virtual machines
on the Cent OS Linux distribution
Dates:
2010 - Present
Work:
Programming
Community Service
During my free time, I like to contribute to the community as much as possible. Most of my community service hours are spent at the
Computer Program at the Share of McLean foundation in
McLean, Virginia. The Computer Program at Share is responsible for refurbishing donated computers to distribute to people in need. We are able to provide recipients with computers who often are in need of a job so they can help themselves in the future. I started volunteering for the program in May after a rigorous interview process and am one of the four volunteers. I have dedicated 40+ hours to the program and really enjoy giving back to the community!
Date:
May 2015 - Present
Service:
Share of McLean Volunteering
YouTube Channel
I run a successful and independent YouTube channel called "technolockr". On the channel I educate
people about how to use mobile devices in the best way and show off several electronic products that are
popular and useful. I started the channel in January of 2012 at the age of 14 and have gained a respectable
following large enough that I was able to receive a check from Google I made from the advertising on my channel.
Click here to visit my channel
