RESUME/CV
Adeeb Syed
Education
2018 - 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Ed.M., Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE)
Spring 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cross-Registrant: Design and Development of Games for Learning, taught by Eric Klopfer
Fall 2018 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Cross-Registrant: Immersive Landscapes: Representation Through Gaming Technology
2008 - 2012 | New Brunswick, New Jersey
Rutgers University
- B.A., Philosophy, Religion, and English Literature
- Recipient of Henry Rutgers Scholars Award for Honors Thesis; Advisors: James T. Johnson and Tia M. Kolbaba
- Speaker at Rutgers SAS Humanities Convocation Graduation Ceremony
Experience
2023- Present | Remote
Harvard Extension School
- Instructor, EDUC E-127: Ludic Learning: Designing Playful Learning Experiences (Spring 2023)
2022 - Present | Remote
- Technical Instructional Designer, Data Science and Machine Learning Engineering Verticals
2019 - 2020 | Remote
- Learning Experience Designer (part-time freelance)
2018 - 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Division of Continuing Education
- Course Designer
- Teaching Assistant, CSCI-88b: Computing for Big Data (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021), taught by Christine Choirat
2019 - 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts/Remote
Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Teaching Fellow, EDU-T543: Motivation and Learning – Technologies that Invite and Immerse (Spring 2021, 2022), taught by Chris Dede
- Teaching Fellow, EDU-T127: Teaching and Lab Learning Practicum (Fall 2019)
- Lab Assistant, Education Innovation Makerspace Studio (Spring 2019)
2015 -2018 | New York, New York
QuarterSpot, Inc.
- Product Manager, Business Analyst, Business Development, Account Manager
- FinTech startup that leverages data and machine-learning technology to provide small business owners with working capital
2013 - 2015 | Pahang, Malaysia
Fulbright Malaysia - U.S. State Department
- English Teacher
- Coached and mentored a group of 3 students to place 3rd nationally in a U.S. State Department sponsored Social Entrepreneurship Competition
2012 - 2013 | Montclair, New Jersey
Goodson Law Offices
- Law Clerk
Speaking
- Games For Change Festival: Going with the Flow: The Neglected Role of Reflection in Digital Educational Games (2022)
- AERO Conference: Games as Sailboats to Real Education (2021)
- Regular Guest Speaker in Designing Educational Media, What is an (educational) game?
Continuing Self-Directed Learning
2022 | Remote
Berkeley Executive Education
- Product Management Studio: Design, Build, and Manage Products that Customers Love
2022 - Present| Remote
Datacamp
- DataCamp: Data Science, Data Visualization, SQL, Python
2020 - Present | Remote
Codecademy
- Codecademy: Full Stack Engineer, Data Science