Pa Alieu Sarr
Shakopee,MN
Summary
Ambitious and driven student at the University of Minnesota. Incoming Software Test Intern at Emerson, skilled in writing and testing code and helping develop software solutions. Reliable and punctual team player possessing outstanding technical and debugging knowledge. Familiar with Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, JSON, and HTML.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer Intern
Emerson Electric
Shakopee, MN
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Led the development and technical direction of a user-facing 'MultiTaction' web application.
- Facilitated collaborative team meetings with other departments like marketing to enhance user functionality and experience.
- Established a scalable technological framework, ensuring continuity of development beyond my internship.
- Designed digital circuit logic for a race-themed game, intended for future trainee development.
Student Engagement Representative
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
10.2023 - 01.2024
- Conducted outreach calls with alumni and donors to foster strong relationships and secure financial contributions.
- Strategically raised funds for various university colleges, tailoring engagement approaches based on donor history and interests.
- Navigated the university's DMS software to track donor contributions and maintain detailed fundraising records.
- Manage and update the alumni database, ensuring accurate records for future outreach and engagement efforts.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science - Information Technology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN05-2026
Skills
- Software Web development
- User experience design
- Database management
- Collaboration
- Public speaking
- Cross-functional team leadership
Affiliations
- Active MRSU member (MultiRacial Student Union)
- UPromise Scholarship recipient (2023,2024,2025)
- Dean's List (Fall 2023, Spring 2025)
Synoymn Finder Chrome Extension (Personal Project)
- Designed and developed a custom Chrome extension that displays synonyms and antonyms of selected words using the Datamuse API.
- Implemented a user-friendly popup interface with real-time word search functionality.
- Integrated Chrome storage and content scripts to auto-fill selected words into the extension for faster lookup.
- Managed asynchronous API requests, error handling, and data parsing for seamless UX.
- Packaged and deployed extension locally for testing and future Chrome Web Store publication.
- Gained sufficient experience in JSON, HTML and Chrome web development.
Timeline
Software Engineer Intern
Emerson Electric
05.2024 - 08.2024
Student Engagement Representative
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
10.2023 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Applied Science - Information Technology
University of Minnesota
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