Lauren Owen

23 year old Web Developer & DIGITAL DESIGNER BASED in New York City

Born and raised in Lithonia, Georgia, I am a 2016 graduate of the Howard University School of Business where I received a BBA in Information Systems with honors. My courses set the ground work for my career in web development and my leadership in extracurricular activities, including Alpha Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Campus Pals, and student council, laid the foundation for my goal to help organizations make bigger more effective impacts. I aspire to promote technology and innovation for individuals and companies, which I have begun work in as a volunteer Tech Education Teacher at Georgetown Day School, a freelance web developer, and the Web Design and Development Specialist for the National Headquarters of my sorority. I seek to move into higher education as a professor later in life in order to inspire young minds the same way my Information Systems faculty inspired me.

Why work with me?

Besides to create something truly amazing

Website Developer

From concept to design to the actual coding to testing to launch and maintenance through sraight HTML5/CSS or with Wordpress, Shopify, Big Cartel, Square Space, and Wix

Digital Designer

Ideas come to life in the form of flyers, event programs, snapchat filters, logos, videos, and so much more

Researcher & Presenter

Mobile learning in Africa, millenial workplace preferences, colorism in early African American literature, the school to prison pipeline, and so much more

Content Curator

Appreciator, collector, and sharer of art, design, advertising campaigns, music, movies, tv shows.

World Traveler

Kingston. London. Paris. Rome. Venice. Milan. Berlin. Pretoria. Cape Town. Accra. Cape Coast. Dubai. Havana. And so many more places to go.

Vegan Chef

Specializing in cauliflower buffalo bites, blueberry pancakes, and cinnabons. Special shout out to my red pea soup and kung pao noodles.

EXPERIENCE

Contributions to the workforce

Team Member
A Billionaire's Brand
  • March 2017 − Present
  • Implement technology innovations and improvements for the organization and work with various clients to develop, implement, and advance an overall shared vision for their technology.

Chief Information Officer

Team Member
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
  • May 2016 − Present
  • Implements new features and maintains the organization’s three membership portals, national website and ad hoc projects using iMis, RiSE, Kentico, HTML/CSS, Wordpress, and Photoshop

Web Design and Development Specialist

Team Member
Clearly Innovative Luma Labs
  • October 2015 − January 2016
  • Facilitated tech entrepreneurship and front end coding lessons such as HTML and CSS at Georgetown Day School’s after school program for 3rd grade students

Web & Mobile Development Instructor

Team Member
American International Group (AIG)
  • June 2015 − August 2015
  • Conducted third party vendor assessments, and provided security requirements to mitigate identified risks; Recommended security policy changes and enhancements based on lessons learned, observations and key documents obtained as part of the assessments to ITSRC Risk & Compliance Director

IT Security, Risk & Compliance Intern

Team Member
Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR)
  • June 2014 − August 2014
  • Created and maintained the overall integrity and quality of the donor and grant databases, including regular data improvement and optimized the use of the databases across the organization by staying current on upcoming enhancements to functionality

Database Intern

Team Member
U.S. State Department
  • September 2013 − April 2014
  • Designed public diplomacy outreach materials for publication to be used at the Beijing American Center in China

Virtual Student Foreign Service Intern

ACADEMIA

Puruit of and sharing of knowledge

Team Member
Howard University
  • 2012 − 2016
  • Cum Laude
  • Concentration in Human Computer Interaction
  • Minor in Chinese

BBA in Computer Information Systems

Team Member
Lockheed Martin
  • 2015
  • Team comprised of 3 other Howard University undergraduates competed in the 3 phases of the cyber security challenge using WireShark, Volatility, Sans Sift, and Linux OS VM to detect breaches and use the kill chain to mitigate future risks on each level

Cyber Analyst Challenge – Finalist

Team Member
2nd International Conference on Business Strategy & Social Sciences
  • 2015
  • Appealing to and Retaining Millennial Talent"
  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Research Presenter

Team Member
The Executive Leadership Council
  • 2014
  • Won 7th place scholarship award and participated in a week-long honors symposium filled with numerous network opportunities with members of the ELC and other corporate executives

National Essay Competition Finalist

Team Member
5th International Conference on Appropriate Technology
    2012
  • The Digita Gold Rush: Mobile Inormation and Communication Technology for Education in Africa
  • Pretoria, South Africa

Research Presenter and Documenter

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