Charlese Briggs

• An ambitious and conscientious school-leaver, keen to secure her place in the technological field
• Possessing a unique blend of both successful leadership experience and individual achievement
• Eager to build, and preserve, positive connections within the tech industry

Participant in AI Accelerator hosted by TeensInAi (2020-2021)

• Secured my understanding of software engineering and machine learning
• Engaged in important discussions on AI ethics and modern implementations of this with specialists in this field
• Drafted, developed and pitched ‘Nutreat’, a software allowing users to make healthier dietary decisions by conveniently discovering alternatives from a database of healthy foods - I was elected as project manager of the Nutreat team
• As project manager, I familiarised myself with techniques to maximise productivity within my team. For example, my team’s objectives were displayed in Kanban while AGILE development methodologies were used to ensure said objectives were being met entirely and on schedule
• Constantly working to improve satisfaction and productivity of my team members
• My team worked closely with popular tech companies, such as Dropbox

I led team Nutreat to pitch a successful and functional start-up, connecting us with stakeholders who wanted to see the venture developed even further than the workshop.

Playworker (Primary School After School Club, June 2021-)

• Consistently ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in my care
• Promoting a learning environment by providing both stimulating activities and genuine engagement with the children
• Improved communication capabilities, relative to each child
• Maintaining positive staff-parent relations via receiving potential concerns from parents and enforcing practical solutions in the best interest of both parents and my employer
• Creating, and sustaining, better communication channels within the workspace, to ensure utmost efficiency in how processes were carried out in the business
• Monitoring and recording key instances in children’s development, and formulating (with colleague consultation) plans of action to further encourage this

Worked in a team to deliver safe and satisfactory childcare services, whilst facilitating communication with parents.

Head Administrator (As Above) - increased responsibility as a result of my showcased skills and abilities in organisation, management and administration (August 2023-)

• Digitalising the business’ documentation to shorten both the storage and retrieval processes for employees, ensuring business ran smoothly
• Determining new, and more secure, methods to best store data and promoting this to the business owner
• Considering feedback from my employer and colleagues on the new systems I put in place, and implementing this feedback
• Ensuring systems I implemented were advantageous to employer and employees

Was the lead in improving and monitoring documentation systems within the business, whilst considering their relative administrative needs.

A Level Coursework (Non-Exam Assessment) - stock prediction software

• Planning, developing, documenting and evaluating a machine learning program to help businesses and individuals make well-informed investment decisions
• Developing my machine learning knowledge in order to program neural networks via Integrated Development Environment, using multiple programming languages
• Integrating large, and real-time, databases into my program to ensure accurate predictions

Approached a new style of programming (Object Oriented) with an open-mind and eagerness to learn, and produced a final project that met my stakeholders needs within the best of my ability.

• Wycombe High School, 09/2016 - 06/2023
• GCSE's: Mathematics, English Literature, English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Latin, Spanish, History, Business Studies
• A Levels: Computer Science, History, Politics
• Additional Qualifications: Level 3 (Core) Mathematics, (in progress) Harvard CS50 in Cybersecurity, TeensinAi Machine Learning and Software Development courses, Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, Duke of Edinburgh Silver
• Progamming Languages: HTML, SQL, Python, (Beginner) JavaScript, (Beginner) CSS

Martial Arts

• 10+ years experience in kickboxing
• Developed skills in discipline and perseverance, whilst enhancing focus and complete mental strength
• Instructor training improved my ability to break down difficult objectives into achievable goals for my students, relative to their capabilities
• Ensuring complete customer satisfaction in their training

Travelling -  passion for experiencing different cultures and exploring foreign landscapes

• Backpacked Southeast Asia solo for 2+ months, exploring Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
• Uniquely developed my problem-solving and critical-thinking skills - essential in navigating both unexpected and unsafe circumstances, while in foreign settings
• Advanced soft skills in communicating with new people and making valuable connections

available upon request