Hello! I am

Kitty Fung

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About Me

A software engineer & recent Computer Science graduate in the Bay Area. I am passionate about empowering others to learn CS & constantly find new ways to give back!

I am a huge ice cream enthusiast, so if you have any ice cream parlor suggestions, please contact me

Education

2016-2020

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of California, Santa Barbara

A 2020 Computer Science graduate from UC Santa Barbara. A founding member of Womxn/Hacks, an all-female identifying & nonbinary hackathon. An officer at Women in Software and Hardware.

Experience

July 2020 - Current

Software Engineer @ IBM

San Jose, CA

An incoming software engineer at IBM

June 2019 - August 2019

Cloud Engineering Intern @ Citi

Irving, TX

Developed and deployed a full stack containerized app that checks the overall cluster health and latencies between clusters in Citi OpenShift platforms in real time

Launched an efficient and secure reactive monitoring approach for Citi Cloud Engineers to check OpenShift cluster statuses with a catered automated system

June 2018 - December 2018

Network Systems Intern

UCSB Enterprise Technology Services

Optimized replacing, locating, and conducting health & usage checks for UCSB’s wireless access points (WAP) by installing, processing and mapping over 1100+ WAPs virtually and physically

July 2017 - September 2017

Computer Science Tutor

Self Employed

Supervised college students on programming interest rate calculators and related projects in C# & C++

Skills

Awards

2019

Grace Hopper Celebration Scholar

Orlando, Florida

Awarded as a Scholar via UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering.

2016

Apple WorldWide Developers Conference Scholar

San Francisco, California

Awarded as a Scholar via National Center for Women & Information Technology.

2016

National Runner-Up Winner of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

Bay Area, California

Awarded as a National Runner Up Winner of NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.

2016

Bay Area Affiliate Winner of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

Bay Area, California

Awarded as a Bay Area Affiliate Winner of NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.

Volunteering & Leadership

2020

Judge Advisor

Technovation Girls Challenge 2020

Volunteering as a Judge Advisor for Technovation Girls, a global tech education nonprofit that empowers girls to become leaders & problem-solvers. Each team creates a mobile application that solves problems in their communities.

2020

Mentor

ProgramHers

Mentoring a group of 48 middle school girls on HTML and CSS for ProgramHers, a Santa Barbara, CA based non-profit that aims to teach girls how to code in an inclusive environment.

2018-2020

Founding Member & Head of Hacker Experience

Womxn/Hacks

A founding member of Womxn/Hacks, an all-female identifying & nonbinary hackathon that strives to provide an inclusive environment for underrepresented communities to code. Over 200+ women & nonbinary students attend our event each year.

Gallery

Pictures of my achievements

2020 UC Santa Barbara Graduate

Computer Science, B.S.

Womxn/Hacks 2020

Founding Member & Head of Hacker Experience

Grace Hopper Conference 2020

Orlando, Florida

Womxn/Hacks 2019

Founding Member & Head of Hacker Experience

Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference 2016

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

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LinkedIn

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GitHub

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Email Address

kitt.fung@gmail.com