Aidan Pavlik
Chicago, Illinois
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Information Technology and Management - Cum Laude Honors, May 2024
GPA: 3.54/4.0
Minor in Software Engineering
Specialization in Software Development
Dean’s List: Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2024
Relevant Experience
Technology Intern — AkGroup LLC (June–August 2023)
- Hardware repair: Replaced screens, batteries, touchpads, and keyboards (Macs, PCs, Chromebooks)
- Networking: Wire pulling and system monitoring via Syncro app
- Computer management: Remote software installation and troubleshooting
Scarlet Bazaar — Web Based Market Application
- Fully automated deployment to a live server (Ubuntu) using Packer and Terraform
- Flask-based web application with an integrated load balancer
- Google Oauth integration to allow users to login and use their information throughout the application
- MySQL and Vault integration
Java Web Application (Solo Project)
- Used Java, MySQL, XML, and more to build a Java application with multiple entities and security groups
Custom Search Engine
- Used Scrapy to scrape the web and download any select number of HTML files
- Scikit-Learn indexer to create an inverted index in Pickle format using TF-IDF score/weight representations and Cosine similarity
- Flask Processor that takes queries in JSON format to find the Top-K ranked results
- Source Code
Technical Skills
- Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL (MySQL), Dart, HTML/CSS
- Frameworks + APIs: Flask, Flutter, Google Oauth, FastAPI, Google Maps, Scikit-Learn
- Libraries: Numpy, Pandas, JDBC, Matplotlib, Requests, Scrapy
- Developer Tools: Git, Terraform, Packer, Vagrant, Vault
Leadership Experience
Captain and Manager of the Illinois Tech Overwatch Esports Team
- Managed the school Esports team — scheduling practices and entering competitions
- Responsible for individual member and unified team growth
- Interviewed potential candidates and made recommendations for Illinois Tech Esports Scholarships
Community Work
- Volunteer — Second City Canine Rescue (2016–Present)