# Bree LaPointe

- <contact@blapointe.com>
- (336) 701-6159
- Provo, UT

## Experience

### <div><div>Software Developer II</div><div><i>Qualtrics</i></div></div> <div>Oct 2019 -- Present</div>

 - Designed cross-team database and service migrations for security, customer, and operational pain relief.
 - Lead weekly technical book club and participated in leadership book club and white paper reviews.
 - Interviewed and mentored entry level candidates.
 - Developed and maintained generic, highly available and reliable data storage solutions, ingestion services, and operations tools.

### <div><div>Software Developer I</div><div><i>Qualtrics</i></div></div> <div>Feb 2018 -- Oct 2019</div>

 - Deployed the first sharded MongoDB cluster of the company. Acting in-house SME for MongoDB, Couchbase, and Redis operations.
 - Built an extensible framework for no-downtime system patching across services and clusters with modules for five databases.
 
### <div><div>Computer Science Research Assistant</div><div><i>Wake Forest University</i></div></div> <div>Jan 2017 -- Dec 2017</div>

## Research

### <div>A BCHC genetic algorithm model of cotemporal hierarchical Arabidopsis thaliana gene interactions</div> <div>Jan 2017 -- Dec 2017</div>

## Education

### <div><div>Master of Science, Computer Science</div><div><i>Wake Forest University</i></div></div> <div>Jan 2016 -- Dec 2017</div>

 - 3.88/4.00 GPA
 - Summa Cum Laude member

### <div><div>Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science</div><div><i>High Point University</i></div></div> <div>Aug 2013 -- Dec 2015</div>

 - 3.91/4.00 GPA
 - Graduated with honors