Email

ethanpl@uci.edu

Education

BS Computer Science - UC Irvine
Cumulative GPA: 3.7

Awards

Eagle Scout (2019)

Skills

Technical Languages: Python, C++, Java, NodeJS/ReactJS, MongoDB, HTML/CSS
System Administration: MS Office, Active Directory / Azure Admin, PowerShell

Interests

NFL & fantasy football, tennis & pickleball, sitcoms, pop punk, strategy games, fingerstyle guitar & ukulele

Summary

Discovering and visualizing data-driven stories through computer science and statistics. Improving efficiency with mindful research, communication, and creativity. Making a lasting impact using organization and documentation. Passionate about learning patterns from the past to make advantageous predictions for the future.

Experience

Los Angeles Chargers | July 2022 – Present | Information Technology Intern (Seasonal)

System Administration

  • Assessed and troubleshot client inquiries concerning systems operations, hardware, and software issues
  • Managed system administration and installed various applications to maintain a coherent IT infrastructure
  • Developed concise documentation on workstation setup, networking, troubleshooting, and security measures

Scripting

  • Created a repository for managing the analysis and migration of asset data from Excel to Service Desk Plus
  • Built a command-line interface with Python to automate the setup and configuration of Cisco IP Phones
  • Developed a PowerShell script to generate a spreadsheet of users with access to former employees’ mailboxes

UCI Athletics Office of Information Technology | January 2022 – June 2022 | IT Support Assistant

  • Provided gameday technical support for collegiate basketball, volleyball, and baseball teams
  • Troubleshooted and escalated various network issues for onsite staff in live stats, ticketing, and broadcasting
  • Created detailed documentation for past issues and resolution steps formatting by event venue and group

UCI Sports Business Association | January 2022 – Present | Director of Strategy and Engagement

  • Acquired and analyzed social media growth, reach, and engagement for Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook
  • Established database of meeting type and attendance rate to judge what appealed most to club members
  • Developed and presented numerous visualizations during executive meetings to guide club advancement

GameTree | February 2021 – September 2021 | Strategy & Analytics Intern (Remote)

  • Developed custom scripting to query data from the document-oriented (NoSQL) database MongoDB
  • Visualized and interpreted insights for a video game’s target audience, its competitor differences, and unique findings about its player-base
  • Assisted crowdfunding strategies through creation and segmented analysis of user surveys

Personal Projects

MERN Web App | Summer 2023

  • Applied MERN stack to create a CRUD app that utilizes Google Oauth2 login with Passport JS and Cookie-Session
  • Customized interface to display user-categorized rankings of shows, movies, and video games
  • Implemented search filtering by year and tag with autocomplete suggestions based on input

2022 NFL Big Data Bowl | Winter 2023

  • Computed player distances to the ball at the moment the ball was caught by the punt returner given special teams tracking data
  • Analyzed correlation between punt return yardage and the number of “close” players within a chosen threshold
  • Visualized team and individual rankings by percentage of plays within a “close” threshold to the ball along with punt return yardage

Spotify Stats Website | Summer 2021

  • Built a web application using the Python-Flask framework integrated and hosted with Heroku
  • Implemented dynamic querying through the Spotify API based on the user’s created playlists
  • Visualized insights with over 30 unique Plotly figures including bar charts, timelines, and box plots