Melissa Connelly

Melissa Connelly has diverse work experience beginning in 2010 as a Laboratory Assistant at Eastern Washington University. Their experience includes being a Boarding Specialist responsible for 38 students in a dorm setting, a Science Technician and Substitute Coordinator at Korea International School, an Andrologist at Overlake Reproductive Health, a Clinical Laboratory Technician at University of Washington Medical center, and a Systems Analyst II at Expeditors. Most recently, in 2023, they will become a Jr. Data Engineer at Vega Cloud. Throughout roles, Melissa has shown a commitment to creating and implementing procedures to maintain regulatory compliance and to ensure a safe environment. Melissa has demonstrated exceptional attention to detail in processing sensitive medical information, in maintaining inventory, and in coordinating schedules. Melissa takes pride in working with clients and stakeholders in meeting deadlines, supervising User Acceptance Testing, and ensuring that programs meet client requirements for a quick turnaround for testing.

Melissa Connelly holds a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing from Eastern Washington University, which they obtained in 2013. In 2018-2019, they completed a Certificate Program in Data Analytics from Level at Northeastern University. Currently, Melissa is pursuing a Master of Science in Analytics degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, with an expected graduation date in 2023. Melissa has also obtained several certifications including AWS Educate Getting Started with Databases and dbt Fundamentals from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and dbt Labs respectively, both of which they earned in May 2023, and certifications in R and SQL from TestDome in March 2023 and 2019 respectively.