The ‘See Less Negative News’ Filter on Facebook - I wore just about
every hat for this project at Meta, whether it was playing the product
manager who pitched and obtained approval for the project from my team +
many cross-functional partners, building design mockups in Figma,
executing in my software engineering capacity to build and test the
feature, and analyzing the experiment data to justify a launch. The
feature empowers users, via a unit in their feed, to actively remove
negative, polarizing feed content. Newly introduced topic-based filters
are used, suggesting selection of formerly off-limits categories such as
Politics, and Crime & Tragedy. As of late 2022, three million people in
the United States have activated this feature for their Facebook News
Tab experience.
PAC File Automation - I designed and built a full-stack network
automation application from scratch for Capital One’s proxy servers that
saves approximately 200 hours of work per year, utilizing Angular,
NodeJS, Python, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
The Cross Country Crusade 5K: I founded a nonprofit organization where I
regularly communicated with government officials, local and national
sponsors, ran ad campaigns, and led a team of volunteers on race day.
100% of proceeds are donated to Camp Good Days, a Western New York-based
charity that helps children with cancer and their families - and we have
raised over $18,000 so far! I now hold an advisor role in the
organization, which has organized 7 races (and counting). Info on each annual race is routinely posted here.
