Hi! Welcome to my portfolio. My name is Ella DiPietro. I am from Erie, Pennsylvania and currently living in Charlotte, North Carolina with my amazing fiancé. I've been working in the IT field as an analyst for close to 5 years now and have learned a lot during this time! I really enjoy solving problems, improving communication, and leading my team towards meeting our goals. I like working at the intersection of business and technology and being able to work closely with both developers and business stakeholders. Outside of work, I have a lot of other interests and hobbies, so you'll notice that my portfolio is a combination of things I've learned at work, through my educational journey, and in the pursuit of creative outlets. 

My Educational Journey:

Pre-School - Mercy Center of the Arts

-Favorite subject: Science

-Notable Achievements: Sitting on the red line as directed, building block towers, pottery (with supervision)

K through 8 - Our Lady of Peace School

-Favorite Subject: English

-Notable Achievements: Rosary leader, Match Counts participant, built a closet out of foam boards for my 80s decades project, played left bench on the JV and Varsity soccer teams, won the handwriting award

High School - Villa Maria Academy

-Favorite Subject: Latin

-Notable Achievements: Crowned May Queen, ran (and lost) for Student Council President, dual enrollment at local college junior and senior year, set up the school's first peer tutoring system for my graduation project, played Water Polo and swam, Sport's Day Chairperson for 4 years, placed "Magna Cum Laude" on the National Latin Exam

Undergraduate - Mercyhurst University

- Favorite Subject: Law Enforcement Intelligence

-Notable Achievements: Awarded the Intelligence Studies Department Award at graduation, Co-founded the Anti-Money Laundering Club and served as the club's first Treasurer. Served as an ongoing after school volunteer at the Bethesda Outreach Program

Graduate - Columbia University

-Favorite Subject: Strategy and Analytics

-Notable Achievements: Graduated with a 3.6 GPA, jumped into a graduate level actuarial science class with no experience and survived, presented my final project (a text classification tool) to sponsors at IBM.

My All-Time Favorite Things:

- Spending quality time with people I love.

- Traveling/exploring new places 

- Writing 

- Reading

- Creating and documenting new processes, finding new ways to do things

-Photography

- Organizing 

-Drawing 

- Good conversations