Ben Talesnik

CS @ University of Maryland

Education

University of Maryland, College Park

2022 - Present

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (minor: Technology Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation)

Machine Learning

Parallel Computing

Data Structures & Algorithms

Human-Computer Interaction

Web Development

Weather and Climate Systems

Mobile App Development

Work Experience

BBYO
Washington, DC

Aug 2023 - Present

AZA & BBG Operations Intern

Built internal tools with React/Next.js to boost efficiency for 50+ staff, optimized event systems for 5,000+ participants, and automated workflows saving 3+ hours/week.

Airtable

Next.js

Vercel

Typescript

Azure

Heroku

Capital Technology Group
Remote

June 2025 - Aug 2025

Software Development Intern

Developed a performant 3D movement map web app to visualize 200k+ data points, implementing custom rendering and lazy loading to boost algorithm speed by 90% and optimize Cesium for large datasets.

Vite

Cesium

Spring Boot

Jira

MooseTrivia
Remote

May 2020 - Apr 2023

Full Stack Developer

Elevated user experience through coding, designing, and daily maintenance of a website serving 1,000+ paying users. Established direct websocket connections for real-time updates.

Express.js

Websockets

MongoDB

Heroku

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

R/RStudio

SQL

Java

C/C++

OCaml

Rust

CUDA

OpenMP

MPI

MATLAB

Express.js

React/Next.js

Tailwind CSS