Zachary Cheng

Zachary Cheng

Computer Science + Data Science @ Emory University

Projects
Experience
Research
Education
Résumé

KeyTake - AI Group Chat Assistant | 2023

Python, Flask, MongoDB, OpenAI API

Full stack web application intgrating GroupMe and OpenAI APIs
Summarize messages and highlight action items with a 90% accurate classifier model

Spotify Trends and Notes | 2023

JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, Spotify API

View your Spotify listening trends anytime
Add personalized notes to any song and share notes alongside playlists with friends
OAuth integration with Spotify for a secure and seamless login experience

GradU - Online Graduate School Resource Forum | 2022

Google Cloud Platform, React.js, Node.js, Flask, Python, PostgreSQL

Full stack web application to share, search, and save application materials
Create customizable profiles and securely login with Flask

LED Matrix Text Displayer | 2022

C, C++, Arduino

Statically or dynamically display custom text on an 8x8 LED Matrix
Improved runtime by 15x using low-level AVR port manipulation vs library methods

Autocomplete Search Bar | 2021

Java

Autocomplete search bar implementation using Trie data structure and BFS algorithm

MongoDB | Consulting Engineering Intern | June 2024 - August 2024

Contributed to 8 customer implementation and adoption projects
Optimized a client's database performance, decreasing CPU utilization by 30%
Guided a 2TB data migration from MySQL to MongoDB Cloud
Wrote bash scripts to migrate database user roles to the cloud

Oracle Cerner (formerly Cerner Coperation) | SWE Intern | June 2022 - August 2022

Developed RESTful API web services with Ruby on Rails and React.js
Added API error handling/logging and respective RSpec and Jenkins tests
Designed initial RDBMS schema designs and MySQL queries with scalability in mind
Uplifted and maintained features for 3 other projects

T-Mobile | Business Analyst Intern | May 2023 - Aug 2023

Led a region-wide initiative to save $1.2M in recovered capital
Enforced compliance metrics across 23 markets, achieveing a 99% compliance rate
Developed automated Power BI dashboards with SQL Server and Power Automate

Legislative Activity Database | Research Assistant | August 2023 - March 2024

Fetched legislative data from APIs using AWS Lambda
Extracted key information from raw text using NLP analysis techniques
Researched optimal database schemas and normalization techniques
Advised by Dr. Juan Estrada

Emory University

Computer Science + Data Science
Junior c/o 2025
GPA: 3.95

Campus Involvement

Emory Entrepreneurship and Venture Management | Technology Analyst
Project V Solutions Consulting | Analyst > Project Lead > Secretary
Undergraduate TA | QTM 151 - Intro to Statistical Computing II
Undergraduate TA | ISOM 355 - Appcology: New Commerce Infrastructure
Club Baseball | Pitcher, Second Baseman
Kappa Sigma Fraternity