Bennett Olsen

About Me

Bennett Profile Photo

Bennett Olsen | GIS Analyst | Software Engineer | Video Game Developer

Seattle, WA | olsenbt@uw.edu

LinkedIn GitHub

Experience

IT Audit Intern - Data Analysis

Washington State Auditor's Office | June 2021 - June 2022

Worked with numerous entities to gather large sets of financial data. Cleaned and prepared data for Auditor analysis. Built databases and database tables in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to store data. Created stored procedures to filter current and future financial data.

Tutor

Varsity Tutors | June 2021 - Present

Teaching elementary school students foundational skills in Computer Science. Leads one-on-one tutoring sessions with students, tailoring lessons to fit the student's academic needs.

Cello Instructor

Self Employed | June 2018 - Present

Teaching students proper form and technique for effective cello playing. Has experience teaching students at various grade levels from 3rd - 8th grade. Manages communications and scheduling with clients.

Education

University of Washington

Geography - Data Science | September 2019 - June 2023

GPA: 3.8

Awards: Dean's List 2019-2023

Principal Cellist in the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra

Notable Coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms (Java), Web Programming (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/SQLite), Statistics for the Social Sciences (R), Calculus with Analytic Geometry I-III, Information Foundations, GIS and Mapping

Skills

Projects

Maps

Air Quality Map

This project examines the cause and effect of air quality and CO2 emissions in the United States.

View Project

Covid Map

This project examines the cause and effect of air quality and CO2 emissions in the United States.

View Project

Geotagged Tweets

This project looks at geotagged tweets from two different times of day across the United States.

View Project

Games

Rising Tides

DEMO of a 2D point and click game

Play Game

Brick Breaker

Recreation of the classic game "Breakout"

Play Game

Forest Frenzy

Endless runner that utilizes object pooling for increased runtime efficiency

Play Game

Interests

In my free time I enjoy playing music, I have been playing the cello for 13 years. I enjoy learning new things such as new art mediums. One of my most recent endeavors has been learning how to make woodburnings.

Some of my other interests include playing soccer and studying video game design.