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Studying Computer Science at the University of Southern California

Alejandro Pacheco

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Intro

I am a student at the University of Southern California pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science. For my undergraduate education, I went to San Diego State University where I received my Bachelor's in Computer Science and a minor in Statistics emphasized in data analysis. I've had a variety of work experience varying from internships with PlayStation and Expedia Group as well as valuable leadership experience through being a teacher assistant for numerous sections of Computer Science courses. Through my education at USC and San Diego State University, supportive mentorship, and personal research, I've gained insight on programming principles, helpful frameworks, and techniques to better myself in the field. Having said that, I am eager to learn more about the industry and the steps needed to succeed in future opportunities.

Programming Languages

  • Languages Used: Java, Python, C, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Assembly
  • Frameworks Used: Bootstrap, Flask, Django, Struts
  • Use git as a version control

Other Information

  • Age: 22
  • Fluent in Spanish
  • Profficient with Tableau and Microsoft Office including Excel
  • Enjoys to spend free time at the gym and watching new movies

Experience

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Analytics Intern

USC Football

May 2025 - Present

  • Automate weekly data collection by integrating the PFF API, reducing report preparation time by 500%.
  • Conduct weekly opponent analysis reports for the USC Football team, providing insights to support game preparation and strategy.
  • Design a customizable simulator leveraging play-by-play data and expected points models to recommend optimal choices in different game scenarios.

Documenation Tools Intern

Sony Interactive Entertainment (Playstation)

May 2025 - September 2025

  • Developed a JavaScript plugin for OxygenXML, integrating AWS Lambda to notify users automatically when mentioned in documentation comments and code reviews.
  • Reduced manual maintenance by 70% by partnering with engineering teams to design webhook and email notification systems using DynamoDB to update user access and tagging permissions in real time.
  • • Streamlined documentation workflow by implementing user tagging and orchestrating notifications, lowering engineer lookup and response times by over 30%.

Data Science, Analytics Intern

Expedia Group

May 2024 - July 2024

  • Developed composite metric to assess effectiveness of retail customer service interactions at Expedia Group.
  • Conducted statistical analysis in collaboration with analytics teams to identify key drivers of customer satisfaction and determine accurate penalty proportions for the metric.
  • Queried data in SQL from millions of interactions to evaluate trends and uncover opportunities for growth.
  • Implemented executive-level dashboards in Tableau, enabling data-driven decision-making by business leaders that reduced the length of phone service interactions by 0.25% within the first month.

Research Assistant

AI4Business Lab at SDSU

April 2024 - January 2025

  • Conducting research under Dr. Luwen Huangfu’s supervision with the AI4Business Lab.
  • Collaborate with PhD, graduate, and undergraduate students from academic institutions such as UC Irvine and other accredited universities.
  • Performed an intricate study of large language models and the publication’s potential applications to software engineering, code processing, and code generation.
  • Filtered, categorized, and analyzed hundreds of research papers to evaluate the future development of large code models and identify potential solutions to any challenges.

Founder and Vice-President

Quantum Computing Club

May 2023 - August 2024

  • Founded the first Quantum Computing Club at San Diego State University to expand student outreach for the subject at the school.
  • Organized IBM certified events and distributed 28 Qiskit certificates to members of the club.
  • Coordinated with the student board to communicate with faculty members and students from the university to direct operations and meetings for the group.
  • Created curriculum to facilitate and oversee a 5-month long quantum computing project while leading several teams for successful delivery.

Teaching Assistant

San Diego State University

August 2022 - Present

  • Synchronously aided 2 sections of Computer Organization at San Diego State University
  • Implemented grading scripts to automatically grade student submissions on labs and homework
  • Held 2 weekly office hours sessions available to 140 students to assist and guide questions regarding programming assignments

Software Engineering Intern

Daily Harvest

May 2022 - August 2022

  • Upgraded legacy system which has logic to determine which shipments meet the criteria to obtain additional promotional materials by removing dependencies on complex tools while refactoring code to fit current systems
  • Increased server efficiency and improved code readability due to the creation and development of shared libraries
  • Utilized Flask to create additional Restful APIs and Terraform for asynchronous task queues
  • Used Git as a version control system to collaborate with team members and interact with CI/CD process
  • Tools used: Python, Flask, Google Cloud Console, Storage buckets, Task queues, Circle Ci, Git, Restful APIs, Peewee ORM

Club President

Woodbridge High School

March 2020 - June 2021

  • Founded the first Hispanic/Latinx club at Woodbridge High School to promote unity and inclusion
  • Coordinated with the student board to communicate with faculty members and students from the school and direct operations and meetings for the group
  • Ensured the continuation of the club while at college and peaked at 27 members in our inaugural year

Education

University of Southern California

Computer Science M.S.

Member of Trojan Sports Research Lab

Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, Geospatial Data, Algorithms, Databases

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San Diego State University

Computer Science B.S, Statistics Minor

GPA: 3.91/4.0

Enrolled in Weber Honors College

Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Computer Organization, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Projects

NOTE: Link to web application will be published soon.
Personal Portfolio
Website built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap. Website serves as a general portfolio and will continue to grow as I develop my projects.
Trivia Game
Trivia game built in Java as a final group project in high school. Utilized a balanced binary tree to accordingly lessen or increase the difficulty of questions based on correct or incorrect answers.
Tic Tac Toe
Python implementation of TicTacToe built with Pygame. Developed to familiarize myself with Pygame for potential game development as a future project.
Next project I plan to do. Will update as project develops.
DISCLAIMER: GitHub repository temporarily unavailable as it's as a school project. Assembly based program that takes an image as an input, and can rotate, reflect, shear, or keep the same image based on the input provided. This program follows the principles from affine transformations.

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