# Patricia Ellia

> Senior Software Engineer | Fintech Specialist | Frontend Focused | Former Product Manager turned Software Engineer

Location: Greater Chicago Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/patriciaellia

After 7 years of working in data analytics and system deployment, I decided to make the leap into learning the technology behind the tools I worked with everyday. Now I work as a Software Engineer and loving it!

Along with my newfound love and knowledge of software engineering, I'm an energetic leader with a background in operations, system deployment, and product design & development with experience in leading global teams, driving process improvement, finding new opportunities for improving customer experience, and a love for creative problem solving.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ M1
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Chicago

### Software Engineer @ Narrative Science
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Chicago, IL

### Senior Product Manager - Product Reference @ Nielsen
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Operations Manager - Global Reference Data @ Nielsen
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018
-  Led a team of 18 associates across Europe, LatAm, and North America to manage strategic initiatives within global reference data

### System Deployment Program Lead - Global Reference Data @ Nielsen
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### System Deployment Project Manager Latin America @ Nielsen
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014

### Emerging Leaders Operations Associate @ Nielsen
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013

### Manufacturing Engineering Intern @ Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Crystal Lake, IL
- Practiced Lean Manufacturing (value streams, visual management, 5S, OEE) across manufacturing floor
- Performed studies on new colorant material resulting in reduced scrap and savings
- Executed process validations for new molds
- Gained knowledge in Injection Molding process
- Collected data & evaluated cost savings in reducing wall thickness of medical waste containers 
- Created easy access instruction manuals for resin blenders to reduce downtime
- Solved safety/ergonomic issue by designing an assembly process for a particular product including creating tools to assist in assembly via CAD designs

### Engineering Intern @ Vekoma Rides
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Netherlands
Summer Internship:
-Worked in both the Structural and Mechanical Engineering departments
-Assisted in creating AutoCAD files
-Created templates for stress calculations in MathCAD
-Analyzed stresses on bolts and screws through Femap


## Education
### Industrial Engineering in Cum Laude &  Manufacturing and Design Engineering, Cum Laude, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Northwestern University

### Software Engineering
Fullstack Academy

### Universidad de Sevilla


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patriciaellia

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Last updated: 2026-03-22