Greg Salmon

Education

Current GPA: 3.85

Relevant Coursework

• Artificial Intelligence - Introductory theory and implementation of artificial intelligence topics such as logical inference, probabilistic & casual reasoning, machine learning, and deep learning
• Algorithms and Analysis - Theory and implementation of programming paradigms including search, heuristic design, memoization, dynamic programming, and greedy algorithms
• Networking and Cloud Computing - Developed understanding of networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, OSI, IP Addressing, and cybersecurity; explored and deployed common cloud services
• Developing Business Apps with SQL - Creation and interaction with relational databases through MySQL; strong understanding of SQL Injection, APIs, and web scraping

Societies and Clubs

• Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society (E-board member) - Assist in planning of events for honors society of top 10% of LMU Business Students
• Unified Sports (Co-President) - Hold weekly meetups providing a space for athletes with mental disabilities to learn the fundamentals of various sports

Work Experience

• Assisted students with classwork, homework, and test preparation
• Taught core Algorithms and Analysis concepts including adversarial search, dynamic programming, and greedy algorithms
• Analyzed and provided suggestions on how to improve code

• Developed license optimization automation to notify admins about unused Miro licenses, saving the company $3300 per week on average
• Created internal facing chatbot prototype used to cut down on basic requests to IT, Legal, HR, and Finance
• Identified gaps in knowledgebase and created three detailed tutorials for license requests and login troubleshooting for Jamf based machines

• Retaught important econometrics concepts such as linear regression analysis, forecasting, multiple regression, and multicollinearity
• Assisted students with homework, Stata coding, and test preparation
• Identified learning gaps and provided guidance on challenging concepts

• Automated report generation using ADP, significantly reducing time spent building weekly reports
• Designed dashboards, custom reports, and metrics to support HR data analysis and decision making
• Assessed data and created charts used in multiple MBRs and the Q3 QBR for HR

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

• Designed and implemented a static website to host a resume and gather visitor counts
• Utilized AWS services S3, CloudFront, Route 53, ACM, Lambda, and API Gateway
• Developed strengths in full-stack and infrastructure engineering

Jarvis AI

• Developed a voice assistant using Python and several OpenAI API services including Whisper, Chat-GPT, and Text to Speech
• Prompted Chat-GPT API with message history, as well as provided feature to automatically export message history to a csv file
• Implemented security features including a .env file to store API keys

ISBA Datathon

• Worked with a team of three to analyze a dataset of 100,000+ records and create a presentation to present our findings
• Utilized Excel to clean and analyze, and visualize the data
• Presented our findings to a panel of judges

LMU BEST Program

• Researched, developed, and pitched Contextify, a startup idea based around providing context specific definitions for web-based articles
• Presented to panel of judges including the dean of the College of Business Administration and the dean of the College of Science and Engineering, winning $500 and 2nd place in competition against other pitches

Rate My Professor Data Collection

• Developed web scraping script utilizing Selenium and Beautiful Soup to scrape teacher data from Rate My Professor
• Designed and implemented MySQL relational database to store data gathered from the scrape
• Visualized and presented key insights to class and professor

Awards and Certifications

LMU Dean's List: Fall 2020 - Summer 2023

LMU BEST Program

Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate (Office 2019)

Statement of Accomplishment: DataCamp Introduction to Tableau

Skills

Python; Java; AWS (S3, CloudFront, Route 53, Lambda); Machine Learning; Web scraping (Selenium, Beautiful Soup); MySQL; Okta; Jamf; Pritunl VPN; Zapier; Data Analysis; Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); Google Workspace