Jessie

United States

@jess_blk

CS student, always learning.

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Work Experience

  • Nutritionist

    Self-employed•  June 2014 - Present

    Work with clients and their doctors to improve health outcomes through diet, lifestyle & supplement recommendations. Lead nutrition workshops. Design educational resources for clients & medical professionals.

  • Manager

    Family & Cosmetic Natural Dentistry•  July 2013 - June 2018

    Started as a receptionist with neither front office nor dental experience, learned all aspects of office administration & promoted to Project Manager within a year, Executive Office Manager mid 2016. Achievements: Streamlined scheduling and communication to reduce patient delays by 30%. Eliminated backlog of >100 outstanding claims. Reduced A/R by 20%. Performed regular audits of A/R & claims. Improved accuracy of scheduled services and insurance info from ~70% to ~95% accuracy. Designed training materials, conducted interviews and trained new hires. Projects completed: Transition to electronic charts, Green Business Certification, community outreach, designed series of educational materials for patients, developed and led nutrition workshops for the community, maintained office website.

Education

  • University of the People

    Computer Science, BS•  January 2021 - Present

    Academic Honors: President’s List (all academic terms to date). CS major coursework completed to date & associated languages: Programming Fundamentals (Python), Programming I & II (Java), Operating Systems I & II, Software Engineering, Web Programming I & II (JavaScript, HTML/CSS & PHP), Communications & Networks, Computer Systems (Hack Assembly), Databases I & II (SQL), Data Structures (Java), Analysis of Algorithms (Java), Comparative Programming Languages (Haskell, Perl, PHP, Prolog, RegEx), College Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Introduction to Statistics (R), Calculus

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