Daria Cook
Product Owner Technical Lead Architect at Northrop Grumman
Lexington Park, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaria Cook is a product-focused technical lead and architect with 10 years of experience delivering reliable, testable software and guiding teams through large-scale projects at Northrop Grumman. She combines hands-on design and implementation—refactoring systems to MVVM and improving unit testability—with product ownership responsibilities across requirements, sprint planning, and cross-functional coordination for teams of ~40. Known as an energetic mentor, she coaches engineers from interns to principals and shepherded multiple teams through an Agile transition. Her early work introducing FitNesse-based testing cut project effort by 25%, reflecting a pragmatic focus on automation and risk reduction. With a Computer Software Engineering degree (3.86 GPA) and a background in customer-facing roles, she blends technical rigor with clear communication and stakeholder empathy. Based in Maryland, she thrives at the intersection of architecture, delivery, and team development.
10 years of coding experience
High School, Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General, High School, Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General at Erie County Technical SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.86 GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.86 GPA at Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus
English, Japanese
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Juicearific/Escargo
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:66 commits, 28 PRs, 42 pushes in 2 months
snailracing
Nekonohimitsu/ffxi-query-tool
May 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:10 reviews, 25 PRs, 94 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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