👋 Hi, I'm Alec!

& I’m an aspiring

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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

Services Used:

  • Amazon S3
  • CloudFront
  • Route 53
  • AWS Certificate Manager
  • AWS Lambda
  • DynamoDB
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions

If you'd like to explore the full source code and infrastructure setup, you can view the GitHub repository here:

View the Cloud Resume Project on GitHub

🛠️ 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: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, Google Cloud, GitHub, CI/CD, YAML, Linux (Ubuntu, Kali), Zendesk (CRM), Windows (CMD, PowerShell), ClickUp, Notion

👨‍💻 Work Experience

WNW LLC (Ecommerce holding company, $60M+ annual revenue)
Cloud Operations Intern
January 2025 – August 2025
  • Built a serverless image conversion API using API Gateway, Lambda, & S3 to auto-convert uploads to WebP at scale.
  • Architected a tiered S3 backup system with versioning and lifecycle policies to auto-archive cold data to S3 Glacier.
  • Migrated static assets to S3 with CloudFront as CDN, reducing page load times for 1M+ monthly visitors.
  • Designed multi-processor payment routing logic, improving approval rates by 4% across $5M+ monthly revenue.
  • Created a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions to automatically deploy website updates to Shopify on every push.
  • Configured DNS records to support 6 global storefronts, SSL validation, & email authentication.
  • 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.
  • Implemented region-based transaction routing to improve payment approval rates across $5M+ monthly revenue.
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.
  • Automated ad creative pipeline with Python via AssemblyAI & Google Drive APIs to transcribe, filter, & organize.
Hunter Strategy Consulting
DevOps Engineer Intern
March 2023 – February 2024
  • Collaborated weekly with senior cloud consultants using agile development to architect scalable cloud solutions.
  • Deployed IaC (CDK) for a serverless AI tool, provisioning Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, & API Gateway to expose internal data via REST API with least-privilege IAM policies.
  • Automated API documentation generation with Swagger, integrating it directly into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Cisco
Systems Engineer Intern
June 2023 – August 2023
  • Configured automated daily backups for a live EC2 instance using AWS Backup, EBS snapshots, S3, & Veeam for dual-layer cloud and on-premises redundancy, safeguarding assets valued at $100,000+.
  • Migrated Cisco Cybervision from VirtualBox to Azure VM via VHD extraction & Blob Storage upload, contributing to a $250K deal & 30% market expansion.
  • Worked in a team of 4 to deliver a Cisco solution, leading to a 20% expansion in the Groupon account portfolio.
  • Expanded sales experience with weekly technical role plays, group presentations, networking.

🧩 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 (Live: agz-cloud.com, Github Repo: here)
  • Coded and launched a static website using Amazon S3, CloudFront, Route53, and AWS Certificate Manager over HTTPS with a custom domain.
  • Built a serverless visitor counter using Lambda (Python), DynamoDB, API Gateway, & deployed IaC with Terraform.
  • Automated deployments via GitHub Actions CI/CD to sync S3 & invalidate CloudFront cache on every push.
QRDeploy (Github Repo: here)
  • Developed full-stack QR code generator with FastAPI & Next.js, containerized & orchestrated via Docker.
  • Provisioned a custom VPC, public/private subnets, NAT gateway, & EKS Kubernetes cluster via Terraform.
  • Automated image builds & pushes to Docker Hub via GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline on every push.
  • Extended CI/CD to automate EKS deployments via kubectl, authenticating with AWS IAM & applying K8s manifests.

🕵️ 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