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A'Kaia Phelps

A'Kaia Phelps

Software Engineer

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About

A'kaia Phelps is a technology professional and current graduate student at Purdue University pursuing a Master of Engineering Management, building on her B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola Marymount University (May 2026). She brings hands-on technical program management and software engineering experience from two internships at Microsoft, where she led Xbox Cloud Gaming system integrations and built enterprise tooling using C# and Blazor.

A'Kaia is a two-time hackathon champion — her RefugeeID project (1st place, 2025) built a decentralized identity platform using Astro, React, and Worldcoin, and her Food Finder! app (1st place, 2023) helped connect communities to local resources. At Launch, she combines her engineering depth with a collaborative, community-driven approach to help clients solve complex technology and program challenges.

Impact & Achievements

Microsoft – Technical Program Manager Intern: Led Xbox Cloud Gaming system integrations and cross-functional alignment across engineering, product, and design teams; conducted user research to inform feature recommendations.
Microsoft – Software Engineer Intern: Built a web-based service management tool using C# and Blazor; implemented a ticket creation interface and gained enterprise infrastructure exposure.
Community & Research Impact: Developed city government websites at the City of Hayward; conducted cybersecurity research; maintained IT helpdesk for 9,500+ users at LMU; migrated CI/CD pipelines for academic research software.

Education

M.S. in Engineering Management

Purdue University

B.S. in Computer Science

Loyola Marymount University

Connect with A'Kaia

(206) 202-7356 ext. 344Schedule a CallLinkedIn Profile

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