Erick Bernal Martinez
I'm an Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis alumni. I have a Bachelor's of Science, with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. My strengths lie mostly within Software Engineering and Data Mining, but I don't like to limit myself into just these two areas. I like to learn new things, and I really like to feel challenged. In general, I'm a highly driven individual who seeks to solve problems.
I am currently looking for opportunities that would help me refine my abilities as a software engineer. I like throwing myself at problems that challenge me and help me grow as a developer. Similarly, I'd like to work with a team that shares this kind of drive.
Experience
Implementation Consultant
In my current role, I work as a part of the modernization effort with the Indiana Department of Revenue. My job is to translate business needs into software solutions. Throughout the project, I've been a member of the Production Support team and the Interfaces Team.
Presently, I am a part of the Financials team, where I've taken full ownership of the implementation of four separate tax types. Additionally, I continue to provide support for interfaces I developed in my previous team.
Teaching Assistant
In the Spring 2019 term, I assisted in the Principles of Software Design course. I graded C++ based assignments and quizzes. The course covered material from the book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software". My duty was to provide as much help to students as possible, so I held weekly recitation hours to help students understand the design patterns covered in class. For the Fall 2019 semester, I will be assisting students in the IUPUI Computing II course.
Research IDS Intern
Developed a proof-of-concept voice assistant for a lab setting. To do so, I utilized Azure resources to perform speech recognition tasks and explored open-sourced tools to facilitate development and privacy of project. Additionally, I established a coding methodology to simplify future development of project.
Python Analyst Intern
Developed various solutions for quick and efficient parsing of financial data-sheets as well as improving performance on a number of extensively used python scripts.
Undergraduate Researcher
Studied an effective way to create adversarial samples that would misclassify when tested in deep neural networks and random forests. Our work was accepted to the 11th International Symposium on Foundations & Practice of Security. I travelled to Montreal, Canada, to present our paper.
A preview of our work can be found here under Martinez, Erick Eduardo Bernal et al.
STW Cybersecurity Analyst
While pursuing my Associates in Ivy Tech, I had the chance to participate in Cummins' School to Work program. My job consisted in reporting on potential system compromises, provide with the required information to patch the problem, and monitor the status of these fixes.
Software Engineer 3
Working on the development and support of a web-application using Ember.js and Blueprint framework.
Assistant Manager
Shift manager in a Burger King restaurant. My responsibilities included, but were not limited to: customer satisfaction, training and supervision of crew, money handling, temperature monitoring, nightly paper-work, bank drops and so on.
Education
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
GPA: 3.5
Ivy Tech Community College of Columbus
GPA: 3.8
Skills
- Design Pattern Methodologies
- Cross Functional Teams
- Agile Development & Scrum
Interests
I like to spend my free time with my wife, family and friends. Whenever I'm not with other people, I'll sit down and relax to some music; mostly loud and quick-paced things. I also like playing strategy-based games like chess, Civilization, Age of Empires and the like.
From a professional standpoint, I'm always interested in learning new technologies and staying sharp. I'm particularly interested in the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning towards software applications.
Something that I really enjoy doing is travelling. Although I can't say I'm able to do much of that right now, I make an effort to get out and expand my horizons when that is a possibility. I'm originally from Mexico, so I'll fly back home on occasion to visit friends and family. But, as a personal goal, I'd like to travel around Europe, Asia and South America.
Awards
- Top of program graduate - Ivy Tech, Columbus
- 1st Place - Ivy Tech 2017 Statewide IT Challenge
- Dean's List - IUPUI - Fall 2019
- Dean's List - Ivy Tech - Fall 2016
- Dean's List - Ivy Tech - Spring 2015
- Dean's List - Ivy Tech - Fall 2014