Hi! I'm

Trinity Kleckner

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
-Albert Einstein

Who am I?

I graduated from Haverford College with a double major in computer science and religon (more specifically religion's influence on modern social ethics). I chose computer science because of it's unique need for both strict logic and artistic creativity, and to this day it is what keeps me excited about the field. Religion, is shockingly similar, its foundation is ethical rather than logical, yet it inspires a similar need for creativity and imagination in order to craft arguments for how we should or can live together as humans. My thesis in religion used Black feminist theory and queer theory to develop a new and more holistic understanding of the social practice of covering, and my thesis in computer science focused on video games designed to treat/prevent dyslexia. In my free time I like to read (primarily black feminist queer and abolitionist literature), lift, play basketball, teach, and go to drag shows.

Education

Selected Coursework:

Machine Learning, Data Science, Applied Cryptography, Engineering Entrepreneurship, Systems Programming, Theory of Computation, Data Structures and Algorithms, Principles of Programming Languages, Linear Programming, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus

Institutions
Haverford College Haverford, PA Majors in Computer Science and Religion - May 2024
Aquincum Institute of Technology Budapest, Hungary Study Abroad Semester - Fall 2022
Barrie School Silver Spring, MD High School Diploma - June 2020 Valedictorian Speech:

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Work Experience

Software Engineer Intern

Accounting Products Engineering

May 2023 - August 2023 | Seattle, WA

Built a product feature that allows for filtering and pivoting of downloadable reports. The feature is full-stack, with the UI being build in React using typescript, and the backend and datajobs in ruby and SQL. The feature is already deployed and being used by Stripe clients.

ExploreCSR Student Researcher

Jan 2023 - Present | Remote

Conducted research on using machine learning for object replacement and addition in scene layout generation.

Chief Technology Officer

August 2022 - March 2023 | Remote

Lead the team of developers working to automate business tasks and building out new features preparing the company to scale. I started as the sole developer building out internal and client facing systems such as automating daily database updates, automating internal record keeping, developing an algorithm to match client profiles to grant opportunities, and producing clear visuals to provide the quality assurance team and clients.

Developer Intern

May 2022 - August 2022 | Bethesda, MD

Worked on a series of projects in IBM's client engineering. Projects included an executive cybersecurity monitoring dashboard for one of IBM’s largest financial services accounts, web-app hosting internal and client facing dashboards as well as an SMS-bot and notification system, and a chatbot to handle a municipality's increasing number of inquiries and the decreasing number of client service representatives.

Research Assistant

March 2022 - June 2022 | Haverford, PA

Worked with Dr Alivin Grissom II on simultaneous machine translation research. Worked with different models trained for SOV to SVO laguage translation. Analyzed their capability and strengths. Wrote scripts to extrapolate accuracy data and generated plots to demonstrate key findings.

Computer Science Department Student Representative

Feburary 2022 - Present | Haverford, PA

Sit on the hiring committee in charge of interviewing prospective candidates. Communicate with students about the process.

Computer Science Teaching Assistant

August 2021 - Present | Haverford, PA

Answered student questions during weekly office hours and lab sessions, graded programming assignments in python and java, attended weekly team meetings to discuss difficulty and student experience for each assignment.

May 2017 - August 2021 | Silver Spring, MD

Director of Swim Lessons

Coordinated the swim lessons program with ~150 participants; interviewed, hired, and managed a staff of 10 people; communicated program logistics with parents and responded to inqueries.

Assistant Swim Coach

Ran morning and evening practices; worked with swimmers to improve their skills and technique; coached swim meets; ran team events.

Pool Operator and Lifeguard

Maintained proper chemical levels in the pools; managed lifeguards on duty; ensured the saftey of all patrons.

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Organizations

HaverCode Co-President

Feburary 2022 - Present

board member since October 2021 | member since September 2020

HaverCode is Haverford's computer science student organization. The organization serves as a student-centered platform for learning, advice, and finding people to work with. We host various workshops, information sessions, and social events. As co-head I run weekly meetings, communicate with the computer science department faculty to discuss areas of improvment and collaboration, plan and run events, and most importantly work to create an encouraging, inclusive, and supportive environment for all club members and computer science students here at Haverford.

Click here to see what I have done during my time on the board

computer science department

Hiring Committee Student Representative

March 2022 - Present Haverford College

Sit with current CS professors on the committee formed to hire visiting professors. Attend interviews with the committee and help decide who to bring to campus for a lengthier interview process. Attend and advertise visiting professor candidate research talks, mock lessons, and student lunches. Discuss student opinions on the candidate and share them with the rest of the committee.

barrie prep

student government president

June 2020 - June 2021

grade representative since September 2017

Planned and ran middle and high school assemblies, held weekly student government meetings and individual check ins with exective positions. Oversaw all committees, event planning, budgeting, and operation of the school store. Ran fall and spring elections. Attended meetings with faculty, staff, and administration to discuss policy change, events, and concerns.

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Awards

Elizabeth P. Smith Prize

"Established in 1915 by bequest from Elizabeth P. Smith, this prize honors the best essays on peace."

Awarded: May 2023 by Haverford College
Checkout my winning essay Queens Succeed King: BLM Founders use MLK Jr’s Direct Action Framework to Work Towards Peace

Best Hack for Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Awarded: April 2023 at Drexel University's Philly Codefest
Read more about our winning web application called LightHouse here!

Best Hack for Social Good

Awarded: March 2022 at Drexel University's Philly Codefest
Read more about our winning project: AltruiSMS here!

Nautalis Award

"Awarded to the senior whose school career best exemplifies the values of academic excellence, personal character, and service to others."

Awarded: June 2020 by Barrie Prep

Class of 2020 Valedictorian

Awarded: June 2020 by Barrie Prep
Check out my speech here!

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Projects

March 2023

Lighthouse

Winner @ Philly Codefest 2023

Lighthouse is a web application utilizing GPT-3's capabilities to help refugee's entering into the United States. The website offers resources to find immediate needs (food and shelter), aquiring proper documentation, and becoming independent (finding a job, school, etc). The website is easily navigatable and fully avalible in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Ukranian. The website is connected to GPT-3 using a makeshift api built on a webhook calling GPT for Sheets.

This was a group project with two of my mentees. I lead all development and research.

April 2022

AltruiSMS

Winner @ Philly Codefest 2022

AltruiSMS is a SMS chatbot paired with a web application to help homeless and low-income people find resources they need (no wifi needed!). The web application served as a registration portal for shelters and organizations holding welfare distribution events. The chatbot is a wifi-independent user interface capable of providing people with the adress and directions to their nearest shelter, as well as a notification system to let them know when supplies they need are avalible nearby.

This was a group project, I created the chatbot and all of its functionalites

August 2022

Power Outage Hub

The power outage hub was designed for a client of IBM, the goal of the project was to improve the client's customers experience. I built out a django webapp with internal and external facing dashboards. The client facing (external) dashboard consisted of saftey informaiton, a radar, and a map of outages in the clients area. The internal dashboard was executive facing and consisted of customer care and power outage KPIs. The app was built with Django, deployed through Docker and kubernetes, and utilized IBM Cloud services such as cognos, dashboards, and watson assistant.

The code is not public as it includes client data

November 2022

SiFT: Simple File Transfer

SiFT v1.0 is server/client file transfer system with end to end encryption (incluing integrity and replay protection). The system was built out entirly in Python using the PyCryptodome library for AES and RSA encryption. The system has 5 protocols: login, commands, upload, download, and message transfer. The message transfer protocol uses AES in GCM mode for encryption. The AES key is created by encrypting a temporary key with RSA-OAEP.

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