Some people might call me crazy for flying to Amsterdam, alone, to compete in a 2-day hack-a-thon with a random team, and somehow winning an API prize, two weeks before my college graduation.
What can I say? I love the journey. I love the challenge.
A Timeline of Hack-a-thons
Participation, Sponsorship, & Mentorship
2020
Design Mentor
HackCWRU @ Case Western Reserve University
Assisted and guided participants with their hack-a-thon projects.
2018
Mentor & Workshop Facilitator
Fashion/Tech Hack-a-thon @ Kent State University
Lead a workshop on Adobe Illustrator essentials and mentored participants with their projects.
2018
Sponsor via AiR Everywhere
Kent Hack Enough @ Kent State University
Lead the sponsorship of Kent Hack Enough through AiR Everywhere to garner product excitement, gather leads, and find talent. Successfully acquired strong leads and recruited talent who was shortly hired on as a software engineer intern.
2017
Speaker
Weapons of Mass Creation Festival in Cleveland, OH
I spoke about how Hack-a-thons shaped my career as a Designer.
2016
Sponsor and Mentor via 216digital
Fashion/Tech Hack-a-thon @ Kent State University
Lead the sponsorship of the Fashion/Tech Hack-a-thon through 216digital to create awareness for the company and to attract talent. Additionally, I mentored participants with their projects.
2015
Participant & Winner
Hack Battle in New York, NY
Formed a team upon arrival and developed a hack to improve the ability to find housing. I contributed ideas, designed a landing page and presentation, as well as pitched the concept to judges.
2015
Participant & Winner
Hack Battle @ the TNW Conference in Amsterdam, NE
Formed a team upon arrival and developed an API to connect a ZEEF.com list page to a Deezer account to create playlists on ZEEF. I contributed ideas, designed a landing page, and contributed to the presentation.
2015
Participant & Winner
Won “Most Aesthetically Pleasing Design” and “Most Market Ready Product”
Fashion/Tech Hack-a-thon @ Kent State University
Formed a team ahead of time and created a hack called "EmpoweRING" that allows people to stay safe by alerting a police through a ring, should they feel unsafe. I was responsible for product design and branding.