Kevin Irvani

Experience

Barclays

Software Developer Intern

• Planned, built and tested an end-to-end data science project using Python. Applied a Random Forest Regressor to a time-series forecasting business problem.

• Worked with big data to generate a dataset relevant to the business problem.

• Used various new libraries and technologies such as PySpark, EDP, scikit-learn, BitBucket and Jira.

Fujitsu

Customer Service Technician

• Provided technical solutions to Ministry of Defence users within the UK in a high-pressure environment.

• Built customer relationships and creating support tickets for each IT query which detailing the resolution.

• Took support calls and using a live web chat function to resolve IT queries.

The Link Support

Support Worker / Bookkeeper

• Helped to record and organize all of the financial transactions made by the company.

• Automated administrative tasks to improve time efficiency.

• Helped individuals with learning disabilities access the community, giving them personal care, completing household tasks and managing their finances.

University

BSc Computer Science Durham University

2018 - present

Current Average: First-Class Honours (77%)

Responsibilities and Interests

1st Year Individual Project: Created a dynamic website (diary) using static HTML pages which loaded JSON content from the server via AJAX. The server was written in Node.js to provide JSON through a REST API.
Responsible for delivery of a website to a local charity based in Durham (Feeding Families) with a team of university students during 2nd year of study.
Volunteered for Code Club at a local primary school by teaching young students how to code in Python.

College

A-Levels The Sixth Form College Farnborough

2015 - 2017

Grade: A*AB (Mathematics, Physics, Economics)

Responsibilities and Interests

College representative: Being the confidant to other sixth form students, helping address any concerns they have within the college.
Organising talks with other representatives to help make decisions which impacted the future of the college.
Financial Baccalaureate in partnership with the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Analysing real-life problems within the financial industry, examine solutions and learn basic accounting skills.