1. Become an Agile Project Manager (Certification)

   This learning path helped me understand the core ideas around being an Agile Project Manager. Starting through the foundations of Agile and popular frameworks like Scrum and customers and other interactions. I also learned about the outdated format of Waterfall and the benefits of Agile being used instead. Overall, the agile process is productive, efficient, and allows for flexibility. The hierarchical structure and meetings such as Sprints allow for Agile to be a successful framework. I also learned the importance of Agile retrospectives as they should prioritize the team’s flaws and room for improvement. This path also talks about task management and burndown charts to measure the productivity and output. I finally learned about the various tools I have for Agile such as Jira, Azure, CA Agile, etc. But the important thing is to use tools that orient towards Agile’s values of “Collaboration” and “face-to-face communication”.

   Microsoft Project 2016 Essential Training (Certification)

   The Microsoft Project 2016 learning path helped me understand how to utilize its features for a successful project. Everyone mostly knows how to use Excel, but how would we use that in a project setting where we need tasks, updates, and general project management? This is where the learning path helped me the most as it helped me understand how to set various specific options. Options that included resource allocation, task allocation, and a overview of the project efficiency by having schedule statuses and even graphical reports. Microsoft Project being properly utilized has a lot of value since it measures the budget use and timing of your project process.

   Learning Design Thinking: Lead Change in Your Organization (Certification)

   Design Thinking is an important learning path since developers often fail at understanding where their product is lacking. Design Thinking emphasizes emotions and empathy as the focus is on the user experience first rather than just focusing on a developer’s perspective. These simple principles can make a world of difference since a team’s efficiency and productivity can be vastly improved. Design Thinking needs the team mentality to be understanding and open to ideas, this includes personalities as teams can have introverts or extroverts which work differently. The user focus can only come after the team has come together mentally as the productivity and understanding of the user’s problems will be magnified. I also learned about creative collaboration which highlights the needs for hypotheses, journey maps, synthesis, and concepting. Creative Collaboration thrives with open-ended forms of brainstorming and ideas that understand the user’s way of thinking.

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As part of MIS 2402 (Web Application Development) at Temple University, taught by Professor Laurel Miller, I used Anthropic’s Claude as an AI development tool to design and build a functional web application from scratch. The project required prompting the AI to generate a single-file web application using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap — then deploying it to a live server via SSH (Secure Shell). For this project, I independently conceived a freelance rate calculator: a tool that takes a freelancer’s target income, business expenses, work schedule, and billable-hour percentage, and computes the minimum hourly rate required to meet their financial goals. My role was to define the requirements, verify the mathematical accuracy of the output against manual calculations, and confirm the application handled invalid input correctly before deployment. The project gave me hands-on experience using AI tools in a professional software development workflow, as well as practical exposure to web technologies and server-side file management.

This application can be found at:
Freelance Rate Calculator

I created a Mobile Detailing Profit Calculator as a self-directed technology project. My role was to design and build a web-based calculator that helps a mobile detailing business estimate profit by entering key information such as service price, supply costs, travel expenses, and labor time. Through this project, I applied my knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and basic business analysis to create a tool that is both practical and user-friendly. I learned how technology can support small business decision-making by turning everyday costs and revenue information into clear financial insights. This project also strengthened my problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to connect technical development with real business needs. https://misdemo.temple.edu/tus91458a/project2/

My calculator is a Freelancer Earnings Calculator. Basically, it is for anyone who does freelance work
like graphic design, coding, writing, tutoring, or really any kind of side job where you get paid per
project. A lot of people who freelance do not really know how much money they are actually making
each month, especially after taxes. So instead of guessing, you just type in how much you charge per
hour, how many hours each project takes, how many projects you do in a month, and your tax rate. The
calculator then tells you your gross income (what you make before taxes), how much you will owe in
taxes, your actual take-home pay, and even what that adds up to over a full year. I thought this was a
useful idea because a lot of college students do freelance work on the side and have no idea what they
are really earning after the government takes its cut. This calculator makes it easy to figure that out
without doing the math yourself

This web app serves as an automated ROI tracker that bridges the gap between historical market data and personal investment strategy. By integrating the CoinGecko API and TradingView analytics, it allows users to instantly calculate their cost basis from any past purchase date and visualize their portfolio’s performance against the US Dollar. It’s designed to transform blockchain data into actionable financial insights through a streamlined interface.

With this project, I was instructed by my professor, Laurel Miller, to utilize AI in order to create two special-purpose calculators on the web. First, my professor wanted me to use AI to create a Loan Repayment Calculator. Then, she wanted me to come up with another special-purpose calculator to create on my own, and I opted to make a GPA calculator. It was designed to calculate an individual’s new estimated GPA after entering their current GPA, current number of credits completed already, and the grades/credits of the classes they just completed. After completing this project, I gained further knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and jQuery, as well as how to utilize AI in a way that makes it work with you, rather than for you.