Hi, my name is Vanessa and I'm a software engineer living in San Francisco!
I've always loved solving puzzles and problems. In the first years of my career, I enjoyed solving
retail problems like growing or revitalizing a declining business,
developing best practices to improve forecasting and replenishment accuracy or launching a business
in a new market.
During the pandemic, I thought it would be fun to learn a new skill and I took an introductory Python course. Since
then, I've been hooked!
Since then, I have pivoted to become a Software Engineer. As a Software Engineer, I love the new
challenges that I
encounter, I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment from solving a problem and I am excited to learn
about new technology.
Improved usability and increased efficiency for non-technical staff by implementing
a new front-end feature to add educational materials to the Django student
information
system
Consolidated two web pages and paths into one reusable page that can be customized
to show model details based on auser’s authorization
Created new forms to add, update and delete data from the PostGreSQL database and
files to be uploaded into Amazon’s S3
Wrote tests for all new features to prevent bugs from being introduced into the code
base and to maintain 100% coverage
Project Manager
2020 - 2021
Old Navy Online Strategy,San Francisco CA
Executed a top 3 company initiative worth $300M in incremental retail to integrate
extended sizes into the entire Women’s Online assortment
Developed analytical tools, accountability reporting as well as processes and
training documents for the systematic implementation of the BodEquality strategy
Presented progress, risk mitigation strategies and recommendations to executive
leadership to gain alignment
Coordinated with technical team to implement planning system feature enhancements
Senior Digital Merchant
2017 - 2020
Old Navy Online,San Francisco CA
Coordinated the Online iteration of an enterprise-wide investment planning system
to develop team processes, timeline and educational resources
Trained 50 team members on the technical implementation of a planning system to shape
sales and receipt plans totrends
Delivered over 20% retail growth in a $250M+ business
Revitalized declining Women’s Woven Tops and Newborn businesses to become growing
categories.
Achieved the highest gross margin the Women’s division with Woven Tops and drove Newborn to
become the top growth driver in the Baby division
Education
Full Stack Web Development
Rithm School, San Francisco, CA
Honors Business Administration
Western University, London, Canada
Projects
Share B&B Web App
Share B&B Mobile App
Jobly
Warbler
Productiv
Madlibs
Share B&B Web App
An application that allows registered users to share outdoor spaces like backyards
or pools!
Authenticated users can post a listing with photos, a price and details of the private
outdoor space.
Users can also search for a listing.
A front end application that is also a phrasal template word game.
On the homepage, users can select a story to use. On the next page,
users fill in a list of words based on the prompts provided. Once
complete, the story will fill in the blanks to create the user's story.
