Kevin Lyons
Software Engineer
Community Leader
Software Engineer
Community Leader
My name is Kevin Lyons, a graduate of the Class of 2020 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I have created this site to highlight my resume of academic, professional, and extracurricular accomplishments. A bit about me:
Self-motivated, dedicated and intellectually curious student and young professional eager to take advantage of the many opportunities offered in today's techn landscape
Focused on building scalable architectures, user-focused web development, data science and machine learning
Strong history of volunteer work with proven leadership skills in community programs
Passionate about learning and making a positive impact on my community
Looking to engage in diversity and inclusion efforts in the tech communtiy
Cambridge, MA
Currently pursuing MEng, Computer Science, with a focus in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Working under Peko Hosoi and Christina Chase in the MIT Sports Lab
B.S. Computer Science
4.9 undergraduate GPA (5.0 scale)
For a list of all technical MIT courses I have taken to date, click here.
Weymouth, MA
Valedictorian of 473 Students, 4.9 GPA
National Honor Society Chapter President
Senior captain of:
Varsity Football
Varsity Basketball
Math Team
Boston, MA
Software Engineer Intern (June 2020 - August 2020)
Built full-stack integration with Zendesk that receives 16000+ requests per day from 200+ internal users
Built React-Redux frontend and .NET Core backend for new internal tool to manage all employee permissions that will serve 1500+ users
Wrote tech plan for new application and led meetings with internal company stakeholders for review
Cambridge, MA
Software Engineer Intern (May 2019 - August 2019)
Built internal React web application for manual validation of 100K+ textual records
Coordinated application feature requests from 6 internal users in 1-month of production testing
Co-led integration effort with offsite team to connect and migrate 20+ backend MongoDB schemas
San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer Intern (May 2018 - August 2018)
Built distributed data pipelines on PySpark for batch processing of 300K+ driver trip records
Integrated with machine learning model that achieved > 0.9 AUC in predicting driver behavior and pricing
Updated Cassandra table schemas and Go microservices to fix a bug that affected 50K+ drivers in NYC
Foxborough, MA
Data Analyst Intern (January 2018 - May 2018)
Worked with internal personnel to support data-driven analysis efforts
Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant (December 2017 - Present)
Coordinate coursework for professional-focused data science and analytics course with 1,000+ students
Monitor course forum to respond to student questions and troubleshoot technical issues
Assist students with understanding machine learning and data analytics fundamentals
Cambridge, MA
Data Science Intern (May 2017 - August 2017)
Streamlined data from CSV/XML/DICOM image formats to common HDF5 data structure
Wrote HDF5 data loader in Python for I/O of 20K+ lung nodule crops with preprocessing abstractions
Evaluated deep 2D CNN’s for multi-label lung nodule classification use case
Authored invention disclosure for ML-based clinician support system w/ Mass General Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Research Software Engineer (September 2016 - August 2017)
Assisted Master’s Thesis student seeking improved data-driven city space allocation for architects
Optimized multi-agent Java simulation of 24 hr. real-time to 45 sec. run-time
Generated train and test sets of 10K+ cities for supervised learning with JSON + Python data pipeline
Utilized linear regression and shallow CNN for traffic volume and solar radiation predictions
Weymouth, MA
Co-Founder and Lead Developer (Summer 2015 - May 2018)
Co-founded productivity app for Weymouth HS, winner of 2016 #1 Senior Project Award
Integrated push notifications of key events, alerts and custom class groups for students and faculty
Built AWS-hosted Express Node.js server with tiered user levels and 2-factor e-mail authentication
Maintained for 3+ academic years with 8,000+ downloads
Boston, MA
Full Stack Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2015 and 2016)
Optimized all web service calls by 40% via improved XML serialization in C# backend
Wrote and deployed log monitor in C# to connect cloud computing environment with Splunk + SQL
Integrated load-balanced caching and distributed locking mechanism across replicated web instances
Implemented front end enhancements and bug fixes for improved user interface, while keeping MVC structure intact
Gordon Engineering Leader, Student Leader (September 2018 - June 2020)
Developed leadership, teamwork and communication skills in selective program for engineering undergrads
Engage in scenario-based practice of professional skills for industry contexts
Led team of 5 juniors to develop their own leadership skills in lab-based setting
Served as Program Student Leader from January - June 2020, managing over 130 students and 10 staff through the uncertainty of COVID-19 to still deliver a valuable leadership program
Co-Lead (September 2019 - January 2020)
Responsible for success of the 2019 summit, coordinating students and faculty
Managed 12+ high level industry guests from around sport to attend conference
Coordinated across teams spanning logisitcs, marketing, promotions, outreach, and finance
Built out content and structure for latest version of website with custom MIT subdomain
Linebacker/Special Teams Player (August 2016 - December 2019)
Project Mentor for High School Students (September 2016 - May 2019)
Participated in the same program when I was in high school
Created community service initiaive in my town - computer science mentorship program for students in grades 3-8 in Spring 2015
Selected to present my findings on campus
Invited back to speak about the program after MIT acceptance
November 2016 - June 2020
Served as Chapter Vice President and Webmaster
Coordinated relationships with MIT, MIT IFC and other MIT groups
Previously served as Chapter Community Service Chair, January - May 2017
Was responsible for coordinating events for charitable service in the greater MIT community and beyond
You can access a copy of my latest resume here.
The best way to reach me is via e-mail: [email protected].