TL;DR

Brittany Kozura

Professional Experience

  1. UWorld

    Technical Program Manager/ Prinicipal Software Engineer

    Program Manager and Lead Developer of Web & Special Projects

    • Managed remote team of 6 developers and 4 QA engineers, split between Dallas and India offices
    • Acted as technical point of contact for non-tech teams, reporting directly to CTO and C-level leadership
    • Conducted 40+ cross-departmental training with data, design, product, and marketing teams
    • Instituted inter-department JIRA workflow and documentation initiatives reducing impromptu coordination meetings and information request tickets by 50%
    • Directed, trained, and oversaw all engineering and QA efforts, procedures, and documentation for Web Development and Special Projects efforts
  2. UWorld

    Web & Special Projects Lead Developer

    Senior Developer & Team Lead

    • Mentored and directed junior developers, and created comprehensive onboarding/ training program for new developers, reducing common questions and roadblocks during training period
    • Implemented 16 website speed optimizations resulting in 67% average improvement in site speeds
    • Coordinated QA overhaul, improving average QA score across all sites from 40% to 95%— 'largest improvement ever witnessed' by the business partners team at SiteImprove
    • Revamped workflow, remote communication guidelines, and sprint retrospectives for agile best practices, increasing team production 15%. Consistently ranked 'most productive team'
    • Developed a private, secure intranet system utilized by more than 500 employees to access benefits, company events, performance reviews, and general information
  3. UWorld

    Lead Devleoper for Microsites & Migration Project Manager

    Software Developer

    • Owned large site migration project, leading a team of 4 content developers on content migration, analytics, and quality assurance of over 8000 pages & blogs
    • Researched and advised on alternate solutions to third-party tools, reducing API license costs 25%
    • Developed and maintained 6 responsive microsites, and dozens of custom APIs and microservices, implementing new automated change tracking and documentation standards
    • Introduced an Accessibility in Design initiative, informing all product, design, and dev teams on accessibility and brand standards for products and web
    • Collaborated with marketing teams to redesign website using best UX practices and user interaction data, increasing conversion rate by 42% quarter-over-quarter

Education

  1. Western Governors University

    Master of Science, Data Analytics

    Emphasis in AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision

    • Western Governors University

      Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

      Emphasis in Data Structures & Algorithms and Software Development

      • Texas Christian Unviersity

        Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics

        (Incomplete)

        Academic Work

        1. Western Governors University

          MSDA Graduate Capstone

          Integrated skills and knowledge from graduate program domains into a single project:

          • Created classification model based on the ‘AlexNet’ convolutional neural network architecture
          • Assessed 21B+ data points, resulting in 98% test set accuracy
          • Performed with R and Tensorflow utilizing Advanced Memory Management & Multithreading
          • Project acts as a precursor to NLP for ASL
        2. Western Governors University

          Undergraduate Computer Science Capstone: Student Learning Platform, Web-based LMS

          • The Computer Science Capstone allows the student to demonstrate their application of the academic and professional abilities, integrating skills and knowledge from all program domains into one project
          • Key features: single sign-on integration with complex user roles, multiple testing modes & accessibility settings, real-time analytics dashboards and alerts, and a question recommendation system

        Research

        1. UT Southwestern

          Precision Medicine: Using AI to Predict Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Outcomes

          In coordination with UT Southwestern Medical Center Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Department’s MS & Neuroinnovation Program, and MS-Link.

          • UT Southwestern

            Harnessing Computer Vision For Better Diagnosis And Classification Of Multiple Sclerosis

            In coordination with UT Southwestern Medical Center O’Donnell Brain Institute’s Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Imaging Program and the MSBase Foundation.

            • Lockheed Martin / TCU

              Material Properties of Steel Rapid Prototyping in Aerospace Engineering

              Research Consultant

              • In partnership with Lockheed Martin, analyze rapid prototype steel parts for adherence to Materials standards of aircraft grade steel.
              • Results: Following specific steps, able to switch to CAD library and decommission dozens of warehouses nationwide. Estimated savings of over $12M/year.
              • Presentation of “Material Properties in Rapid Prototyping” won the TCU Engineering Research Award at the 2013 Student Research Symposium
            • Simanek Research Group / TCU Chemistry

              Manufacturing of Organic Compounds for Cancer Drugs Feature Diversity

              Undergraduate Researcher

              • Dendrimer research for cancer drug manufacturing processes in an organic chemistry laboratory
              • Examined multi-step mechanism for branching bases for chemical compounds
              • Analyzed organic and inorganic compounds to determine their chemical properties
              • Undergraduate research published in Organic Letters, American Chemical Society’s Research Magazine
            • Aura Optical Systems

              Retroreflective Materials Engineering

              Full-time Research Chemist Intern

              • Worked in multiple roles at a local retro-reflective production company, researching and manufacturing highly reflective materials for use in multiple markets, such as transportation and safety.
              • Performed organic chemistry practices to track and maintain ideal tank chemistry in electroforming processes.
              • Analyzed for quality control and industry standards of materials, recording test results to industry standards
              • Assisted chemical engineers in new processes and product development.
            • TCU Office Of Sponsored Research

              Research Grant Coordinator

              Publications

              1. Organic Letters, ACS Research Magazine

                Dendrimers Terminated with Dichlorotriazine Groups Provide a Route to Compositional Diversity.

                Patra, S.; Kozura, B.; Enciso, A.; Sun, X.; Hsieh, J.T.; Simanek, E.E. Org. Lett. 2013, Submitted.

                Awards

                1. Texas Christian Unviersity Student Research Synposium, 2013

                  Engineering Department Research Award

                  Awarded for “Material Properties in Rapid Prototyping.” Students: Kozura, B. & Grebel, K.; Advisors: Gong,S. & Cote, R.

                  Skills

                  • Python / Django, Flask
                  • Javascript / Typescript
                  • Node.js, Express.js
                  • React, Angular, Vue
                  • C# / .NET
                  • C / C++
                  • PHP / Laravel, Wordpress
                  • Java / Spring Boot
                  • SQL / PostgreSQL
                  • Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
                  • Data Analytics & Modeling
                  • Machine Learning
                  • NLP
                  • R / RStudio
                  • Keras / Tensorflow
                  • Agile, Waterfall

                  Certifications

                  • CIW Web Development
                  • CompTIA Project+
                  • ITIL Foundations