• SENED HADDAD

    SOFTWARE ENGINEER & PRODUCT MANAGER

Information

About Me


Hi there! My name is Sened Haddad, and I was born, raised, and now live in San Francisco. I graduated from Santa Clara University, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Mathematics. After completing my coursework and some industry experience, I've been able to learn a lot more about the tech industry. I am most interested in software/app development, product management, and AI/ML fields. I am currently seeking opportunities to combine my technical, leadership, and soft skills in a full-time role.

Starting in May 2020, I helped my parents open our pizzeria Pizza Due in San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although growing up learning a lot about entrepreneurship and business from my parents' success with Morning Due, this presented many new challenges from simply opening a new business during a pandemic to also balancing remote schoolwork, managing and leading a website redesign, and pushing Opal forward. Along with managing the pizzeria, I'm currently developing a new website and online store for a brick & mortar retail store in SF as well as building an iOS app as a personal project!

Outside of work, I enjoy staying active by playing soccer and basketball as well as lifting weights. I like watching sports, especially the Bay Area sports teams like the Warriors, 49ers, and SF Giants. I love learning new things. Some recent things I've enjoyed learning are reading & writing Arabic, graphic design on Figma, and now iOS development. Lastly, I love listening to music, mostly R&B, rap, and hip-hop! If you have any questions or want to talk, contact me!


Favorite Quote: "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." -Tim Notke

Countries Visited

Some Fun Facts

First Cousins
Work

Experience


Software Engineer, Freelance

April 2020 - Present, San Francisco, CA

  • Full-stack iOS development using Swift, UIKit, and Google's Firebase and designed landing page for a stealth social media startup
  • Developing Rolo's website (currently old site) and creating an online retail store
  • Developed Morning Due Cafe's and Pizza Due's websites and online stores, directly increasing sales by 15%

Co-Founder & Manager, Pizza Due

May 2020 - Present, San Francisco, CA

  • Created and executed launching roadmap during COVID-19 from pie creation to developing website, designing wall and table menus, creating food cost breakdown, and establishing online store and delivery services
  • Established and manage business workflows including vendor purchase ordering, marketing campaigns, and accounting

Product Engineer Intern, Opal

May 2020 - December 2020, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

  • Defined, prioritized, and developed dashboard product features and specifications for a successful delivery
  • Conducted interviews with HR and recruiting professionals, university administration, and students as well as analyzed beta tests to drive decisions

UX Project Manager & Web Developer, SCU Leavey School of Business

March 2020 - September 2020, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

  • Led meetings to delegate and prioritize website development for the 3-4 other interns to meet the needs of various stakeholders
  • Conducted UI/UX research and analyzed 2+ years of data from Google Analytics to drive hierarchy, design, SEO, usability, and functionality decisions
  • Generated a 50% increase in applications and page views with less pages

Software Solutions Engineer Intern, NetApp

June 2019 - September 2019, Sunnyvale, CA

  • Full-stack development of automation tool in Python, SQL, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to generate reports and identify sales opportunities for Bay Area and nationwide NetApp solutions engineers

Web Developer, SCU Career Center

June 2018 - December 2019, Santa Clara, CA

  • Implemented new initiatives and old PDFs onto the website using Terminal4, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Conducted UI/UX research and analyzed 4 years of user activity data from Google Analytics to drive website changes to help students professionally
  • Created a new section from scratch that generated 7.5% more total page views for the Career Center website

Software Engineering Intern, Nihon Kohden America

June 2018 - September 2018, Irvine, CA

  • Developed test procedures, cases, scripts to meet verification and validation requirements, automating 1.5 hours of work down to 5 minutes
  • Executed software tests using IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation and JIRA to identify and troubleshoot errors

Assistant Manager, Morning Due Café

June 2012 - June 2018, San Francisco, CA

  • Managed employees, designed and updated menus, managed POS system, worked the cashier, made drinks, served food
  • Increased sales by 30% by setting up five online delivery services

Personal Aide, Golden Gate Regional Center

June 2015 - September 2016, San Francisco, CA

  • Assisted an autistic teen in a class to build projects with Arduinos
School

Education


SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY  

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics

  • September 2020

Software Engineering; Database Systems; Data Science; Applied Machine Learning; AI; Computer Security; Cryptography; Computer Networks; Operating Systems; Object-Oriented Programming; Algorithms; Data Structures; Programming Languages; Theory of Automata; Embedded Systems; Logic Design; Discrete Math; Linear Algebra; Calculus 11, 12, 13, 14; Physics for Scientists and Engineers; Probability & Statistics

© 2020 Sened Haddad

Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Club, Founder & President
May 2018 - June 2020

  • Implemented practices for event-creation, finances, budgeting, board collaboration, and organization
  • Increased club's number of members from 5 to over 50
  • Successfully joined SCU Multicultural Center and became resident organization

LEAD Scholars Program
September 2016 - June 2020

  • Program for first-generation college students focused on academic success and community engagement
    Student Life Award, Santa Clara University, June 2020
  • This award, established in 1984, is presented to the senior who has contributed to the overall quality of life in the University community. Video of award at virtual ceremony.

  • Student Leadership Award, SCU Office for Multicultural Learning, June 2020
  • Video of award and speech (37:15-45:35).

    2020 Diversity Works Award, SCU Career Center, February 2020
  • The SCU Career Center is pleased to offer the Diversity Works Award to recognize the diverse perspectives and inherent value that SCU students bring to our community and future workforce.

  • 2019 Multicultural Center E-Board Representative of the Year

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY  

  • High School Diploma

  • June 2016

Abilities

My Skills


COMFORTABLE LANGUAGES

  • Python
  • C/C++
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Swift

OTHERS

  • Product Management
  • Software Testing
  • UX Research
  • Graphic Design
  • Entrepeneurship
  • Arabic
  • Spanish
Get in Touch

Contact Me


Please feel free to email me or connect with me on my social media accounts below! I'd love to answer any questions, know if I could be of any help, or make a new connection!