Leadership
This section of my portfolio reflects off the leadership I have completed in my resume. I'm a big believer in self- growth and one step towards that is productive reflection on the experiences I've had. Leadership
After taking the Clifton Strengths test, the 5 top strengths I portray are:
1) Restorative
2) Relator
3) Individualization
4) Arranger
5) Analytical
The common theme around these strengths is the team dynamics - the ability to take the various strengths of others on my teams to drive for a solution towards our end-goal, project. Being able to voice opinions considering different perspectives is a strength I bring to a team dynamic. With the added strength of problem-solving, analytical sense of an engineer.
FlyUC President
My job as president is to look at the project in a systems perspective and make sure the propulsion system, hardware, and software cohesively connect together. Through this challenge, I conduct recurring Technical Design Reviews to make sure we meet our system requirements in every iteration of the design process. I also oversee communications and paperwork for the organization with our college campus and help bring in sponsors for our project. This role has allowed me to grow my knowledge in the business and technical area. It has also showed me how to balance innovative thinking with reasonable budgets and timelines based on the team's skills and available manpower. Designs have to acknowledge nontechnical constraints in order to be successful.
FlyUC Electronics Team Lead
Before taking on the role of President, I oversaw the Electronics subteam, ensuring we have constant communication with other subteams and oversee the hardware and software portions of the project. The biggest lesson I learned from this role was the ability to find resources and people to help you solve the toughest design problems.
Academic Coach
This job helped me gather a unique skillset of motivational interviewing. In this job, I was trained to help students from various backgrounds (first time college students, nontraditional college students, students who struggle with studying, etc.). Using motivational interviewing allowed me to help students learn about their strengths and weaknesses and cultivate various habits to be better students. Using my problem solving and debugging methods I learned through my engineering classes helped me find the underlying problems/habits students struggled with to help find personalized solutions based on their needs and situation.