Raina Zaman
Ellicott City,MD
Summary
Currently, a third year university student pursuing a bachelor of sciences in information systems. Seeking to gain experience in healthcare information technology (IT), digital forensics, and user experience design to help and make an impact on underrepresented communities through technology.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Alumni Engagement Student Assistant
University of Maryland Baltimore County
06.2024 - Current
- Coding information into Office of Alumni Engagement database
- Performing tasks involving taking inventory, collecting data for database use and marketing
- Assisting with on campus events involving Alumni and UMBC students
Family Reunification Intern
International Rescue Committee
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Assisting in vetting, submitting, and tracking of Priority 3 Affidavit of Relationship (P3 AOR) from IRC field offices
- Enter and analyze data pertaining to applications to ensure accuracy and provide feedback to other offices
- Providing feedback on corrections or updates for P3 AORs
- Updating/maintaining detailed tracking of application submissions
Researcher
University of Maryland Baltimore County
01.2024 - 08.2024
- Collaborating on the HoloMentor project, an Augmented Reality Collaborative System which is focused on enhancing collaboration between remote and local workers through the use of AR Head Mounted Displays (HMDs)
- Testing system and providing feedback to improve system
- Visited Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to test out system and show JHU workers/students how to use system
Volunteer
Luminus Network
Columbia, Maryland
09.2023 - 02.2024
- Assisting with planning for the More Than Hope 2024 event, a multicultural performance event in support of asylum seekers and refugees
- Contacting restaurants for food donations or sponsorships
- Communicating with performers to perform at event
- Inviting a variety of faith community members to the event
Intern
Sparksoft Corporation
Columbia, Maryland
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Worked on the Enterprise for Portal Services (EPS) project with Sparksoft and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) employees
- Attended program increment (PI) planning meetings for EPS project
- Designed website mockups using Figma
- Researched ways to improve EPS and provided input to higher ups
Digital Marketing Internship
Famacash
08.2021 - 10.2021
- Conducted research to find online media presences on various platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok) in Bangladesh and the United States to work with and promote Famacash
- Created and researched digital marketing strategies for Famacash's competing companies so the company knows how to allocate resources in order to maximize brand awareness, and improve their own digital marketing strategies
Education
Bachelor of Sciences - Information Systems (IS)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD05.2026
Skills
- Java and SQL
- Design tools (Figma and Canva)
- Microsoft Office suite
- Project management (JIRA)
- Team collaboration (Slack)
Certification
- Google: Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
- Google: Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
- Google: Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
- Google: Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
- Google: Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
- Codecademy: Learn Java: Introduction Course
- Codecademy: Learn SQL Course
- UMBC: Digital Tech Credential: Data Ethics
- UMBC: Digital Tech Credential: Data Security
- UMBC: Digital Tech Credential: Probability and Descriptive Inferential Statistics
- UMBC: Digital Tech Credential: Role of Data & Analytics
Projects
SQL Database for Introduction to Database Design Class, 09/24: Created a SQL database for an automobile repair shop, which stored customer information, maintenance information, repair information, costs for repairs, etc., Implemented the use of inner and outer joins, views, and procedures.
Inheritance Project for Computer Programming II Class, 09/23: Designed and implemented a superclass with private attributes and corresponding setters/getters, along with two distinct subclasses featuring unique attributes and an overridden method., Demonstrated object-oriented programming skills by creating overloaded constructors for superclass and subclass objects, initializing them with diverse attributes, and storing them in separate arrays.
Semester Project Game for Computer Programming II Class, 09/23: Worked in a team to design a riddle text based adventure game in Java, the game guides a user through a series of riddles, along the way the user may face several obstacles and pick up items for their personal inventory., Developed time management skills from meeting for daily/weekly group meetings.
Academic Coursework
- Computational Thinking and Design
- Introduction to Computer Programming
- Computer Programming II
- Management Information Systems
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- The Practice of Management
- Ethical Issues in Information Systems
- Software/Hardware Concepts
- Data Communications and Networks
- Introduction to Database Design
Timeline
Family Reunification Intern
International Rescue Committee
08.2024 - 01.2025
Alumni Engagement Student Assistant
University of Maryland Baltimore County
06.2024 - Current
Researcher
University of Maryland Baltimore County
01.2024 - 08.2024
Volunteer
Luminus Network
09.2023 - 02.2024
Intern
Sparksoft Corporation
06.2023 - 08.2023
Digital Marketing Internship
Famacash
08.2021 - 10.2021
Bachelor of Sciences - Information Systems (IS)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County