Katie Perkins

(515) 554-8717 | kayjperkins@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Iowa State University, Ames, IA August 2016 – Present
B.S. in Software Engineering, Minor in Music Technology Anticipated graduation date: May 2020
Cumulative GPA: 3.97/4.00
Johnston High School, Johnston, IA August 2012 – June 2016
Cumulative GPA: 4.19/4.00 Graduation Date: May 31st, 2016

WORK EXPERIENCE
Zirous, West Des Moines, IA May 2019 – August 2019
Application Development Intern
• Extracted location, geofence, hardware, and network data from mobile devices via an Android application
• Evaluated the use of cross-device matching technology for marketers to develop unified views of customers
• Defined and implemented a data pipeline using Android Studio, Android Volley, and AWS products such as RDS
(MySQL), Lambda, and Sagemaker to solve the problem of cross-device matching

Application Development Intern May 2018 – August 2018

• Implemented a business definition on a blockchain network using Hyperledger Composer, which was used as a
backend for a Spring Boot/Thymeleaf Java web app
• Evaluated the usefulness of blockchain technology and its platforms and identified the industries in which it would be
most effective
• Learned the concepts and purpose of DevOps and Microservices and the popular tools used to implement them,
including Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Jenkins

Application Development Intern May 2017 – August 2017

• Collaborated with a team to create a web app geared towards improving marketing strategies through the use of
business intelligence (BI) tools and tracking KPIs by making API calls to social media websites
• Evaluated two different BI tools, Jasper Studio and Power BI, to be integrated into a Java web app
• Created and maintained documentation for the use of BI tools and the beta client on-boarding process

Iowa State University, Ames, IA

SE 329 Teaching Assistant June 2019 – July 2019
• Assisted in developing students’ skills and knowledge in software project management

SE 339 Teaching Assistant January 2019 – May 2019

• Reinforced students’ understanding of essential software architecture concepts as a lead TA for recitation
• Collaborated with teaching team to develop assignments that challenged students to apply their knowledge of
software architecture to real life situations

SKILLS
• Programming Languages (most to least experience): Java, C, SQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript/JQuery, C++
• Completed classes involving the following concepts: Software Architecture, Software Project Management, Software
Construction & User Interfaces, Data Structures, Databases, Embedded Programming, Computer Architecture &
Assembly Programming, Operating Systems

HONORS
• Iowa State University Dean’s List (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019)
• Highest 2% Engineering (Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018)

ISU ACTIVITIES
• Photo Club (President January 2019 – Current, Activity Chair January 2018 – December 2018)
• Concert Band
• Digital Women
• Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering Leaders