Bree LaPointe
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science,
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, NC
- Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon
- 3.88/4.00 GPA
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science,
Aug 2013 - Dec 2015
High Point University,
High Point, NC
- Summa Cum Laude, University Fellowship, Dean’s List, Honor’s List
- 3.91/4.00 GPA
Experience
Software Engineer I,
Since Feb 2018
Qualtrics,
Provo, UT
- Created use-case agnostic proxies for low-latency, highly available data stores.
- Implemented concurrency-safe message queue SDK for internal use.
- Evaluated, proposed, and load tested alternative data stores.
Computer Science Research Assistant,
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Wake Forest University,
Winston-Salem, NC
- Incorporated knowledge from biological literature into a genetic algorithm.
- Improved runtime exponentially from prior approaches with comparable results.
- Collaborated across departments and perspectives.
