Najm Sheikh

Hello World!

I am an undergraduate student at Hofstra University studying Computer Science, concentrating specifically on Web & Mobile engineering. Outside of school, I am learning more about Machine Learning - particularly Natural Language Processing.

I have two years of web dev experience using frontend and backend technologies such as NodeJS, SocketIO, Cordova, Polymer, Firebase, etc. I am also proficient in UI design and have certifications from Adobe in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

In my spare time, I love to attend hackathons such as PennApps, HackPrinceton, Hack@Brown, and TreeHacks. At times, I even host one as well!

I'm always down for a cup of coffee so you can hit me up on my email!
Also, here's my resume.

Experience

• Performed outreach activities with local community leaders and garnered community support.
• Built partnerships with government officials - both on the city and borough level.
• Worked with the in-house design team to create advertising material, templates, and project media kits.
• Collaborated with the engineering team to setup project websites and interactive online content to better fit our outreach strategies.

• Founded and directed a team of six undergraduate students to host Queens' first student-run hackathon.
• Designed the entire theme (website, prospectus, flyers, social meta-cards).
• Partnered with a non-profit for fiscal support and to provide tax benefits to our sponsors.
• Secured sponsorships with various companies, both in-kind and monetary.
• Managed a team of 'campus heroes' to market the event and be our point of contact within their respective schools.

• Studied the basics of entrepreneurship at the eight-week GenerationTech program of NFTE.
• Lead a team of teenagers to build a company from scratch, develop a product, pitch it to a panel of judges and then push it to market.
• Developed the mobile application based on my team's research and design wireframes.

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