👋 Hi, I'm Alec!

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Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Major: Information Sciences (B.S.)

Minor: Computer Science

Expected graduation: May 2026

About Me

My passion for learning was ignited during my childhood spent living overseas across four different continents (Africa, South America, Asia, North America). However, my interest in technology began while observing my father who was a marine veteran in the IT field for the government.

Seeing how technology supports real-world operations left a lasting impression on me. Since then, I’ve pursued that interest through multiple internships across cloud operations, DevOps, and pre-sales engineering.

I’ve had the opportunity to work at Cisco, Hunter Strategy Consulting, and within a fast-growing e-commerce organization where I developed hands-on experience with cloud and infrastructure technologies.

These experiences showed me how much I enjoy solving real problems with technical solutions, especially when technology is used to support people and businesses at scale.

About This Project
AWS Cloud Resume Challenge Architecture Diagram

AWS Services Used:

  • Amazon S3
  • CloudFront
  • Route 53
  • AWS Certificate Manager
  • AWS Lambda
  • DynamoDB
  • API Gateway
  • AWS CDK

🛠️ Technical Skills

Certifications: AWS Cloud Practitioner (Sep. 2023) , AWS Solutions Architect (In Progress)

Programming Languages: Python, Java, C++, IaC (Terraform, TypeScript), JSON, HTML, CSS, SQL

AWS: Backup, CDK, CloudWatch, CloudFront, CloudFormation, DynamoDB, EC2, IAM, Lambda, Route53, S3

Other: Azure, Google Cloud, GitHub, Zendesk (CRM), Linux (Ubuntu, Kali), Windows (CMD, PowerShell), ClickUp, Notion

👨‍💻 Work Experience

WNW LLC (Ecommerce holding company, $60M+ annual revenue)
Cloud Operations Intern
January 2025 – August 2025
  • Implemented region-based transaction routing to improve payment approval rates across $5M+ monthly revenue.
  • Configured DNS records to support 6 global storefronts, SSL validation, & email authentication.
  • Improved page load performance using Amazon S3 for static asset hosting & a CDN to serve 1M+ monthly visitors.
  • Applied IAM principles across ecommerce platforms to manage user roles & permissions for 100+ employees.
  • Integrated event-based workflows with ClickUp & Slack APIs to automate task-driven notifications & follow-ups.
  • Designed payment dispute & refund workflows to maintain dispute rates below 1% across $5M+ monthly volume.
WNW LLC (Ecommerce holding company, $60M+ annual revenue)
Technical Marketing Analyst Intern
March 2024 – December 2024
  • Automated daily P/L calculation using Google Sheets, Google Currency APIs, & Shopify APIs.
  • Developed a Google Sheets reporting tool to visualize ad performance data, supporting analysis of $30M+ spend.
  • Created event-triggered email & SMS workflows in Klaviyo, resulting in a 7% increase in customer lifetime value.
  • Managed geo-based traffic allocation to optimize landing page performance across 8 international regions.
  • Developed lightweight Python web scraping scripts to extract market research data from Reddit communities.
  • Implemented address auto-completion with Google Maps API to reduce form errors & improve conversion rates.
Hunter Strategy Consulting
DevOps Engineer Intern
March 2023 – February 2024
  • Collaborated weekly with senior cloud consultants using agile development to architect scalable cloud solutions.
  • Utilized AWS CDK (TypeScript) to deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) project.
  • Integrated serverless architecture with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB & leveraged API gateway for API management.
  • Automated API documentation using the Swagger API & integrated it within the current GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Cisco
Systems Engineer Intern
June 2023 – August 2023
  • Safeguarded assets valued at $100,000+ by using AWS (EC2, S3, EBS, Backup) & Veeam to automate daily backups.
  • Migrated a Cisco Cybervision virtual machine to Azure, resulting in a $250,000 deal & a 30% market expansion.
  • Worked in a team of 4 to deliver a Cisco solution, leading to a 20% expansion in the Groupon account portfolio.

🧩 Projects

Cisco Hackathon (3rd Place)
  • Worked in a group of 5 to present a phishing investigation workflow with Cisco products live in San Jose, California.
  • Utilized the Microsoft Graph API to manage emails and developed a Python automation bot using the Cisco Webex API.
AWS Hosted Website
  • Coded and launched a static website using Amazon S3, CloudFront, Route53, and AWS Certificate Manager over HTTPS with a custom domain.
  • Created a page view counter using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and API Gateway, and deployed infrastructure as code using AWS CDK.

🕵️ Additional Info

  • Professional Development: Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), SEO Career, ColorStack
  • Clubs: ALPFA, AAF, SHPE, Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA), La Agencia
  • Overseas Experience: Lived in Colombia, Hong Kong, & Kenya; traveled to over 22 different countries