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Researcher
Ivey School of Business
Conducting technology x politics research.
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UofTHacks 13
Web development for UofTHacks 13.
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Software Development Engineering Intern
Amazon (AWS RDS)
- Designed and implemented a full-stack pricing automation platform using React and AWS Lambda (Java), streamlining validations for RDS Reserved Instance pricing and eliminating manual workflows, saving millions in revenue loss.
- Deployed scalable infrastructure using AWS CDK (Typescript) to support CI/CD pipelines, integrating API Gateway with Lambda for secure communication and optimizing S3 for a system processing thousands of Reserved Instance discounts.
Software Engineering Intern
Scotiabank Mcleod Wealth Management
- Led the pilot of an onboarding application with Electron, React, and Shell, reducing new hire setup time from 1 month to 1 week, saving the bank $750K annually by automating tool installations and repository access.
- Integrated and maintained PDF e-sign service using Java Spring Boot and Gradle, reducing file size by 30% and improving document retrieval time by 25%, enhancing the document management experience and cutting paper usage by 85%.
- Upgraded JavaScript microservices from Node.js 8 to latest LTS, migrating libraries and ensuring long-term maintainability.
Software Engineering Intern
Ada Support
- Deployed cloud chatbots on AWS EC2 using Argo Rollouts with a canary strategy, ensuring stability with DORA metrics.
- Configured Datadog monitoring for customer-facing APIs using YAML, improving performance visibility and reliability.
- Engineered and deployed a Slack bot to automate and enhance engineering health monitoring, integrating data from GitHub, Sentry, and Jira APIs, resulting in a 40% boost in team health metrics and operational efficiency
- Spearheaded data compliance tool, accelerating removal request processing by 70% by integrating MongoDB and Transcend.
Software Engineering Intern
Ripple Ventures
- Automated outreach emails with Airtable API and Python, handling thousands of emails and boosting response time by 40%.
- Used Cohere and Langchain to retrieve tasks from previous meetings to guide client discussions and compose emails.
- Built recurring server cron jobs, decreasing data pipeline discrepancies by 70% with FastAPI and Affinity CRM.
Software Engineering Intern and Educator
WizRobotics
- Composed web lessons on Object-Oriented Programming and Java using React and JavaScript, reaching 100+ students.
- Spearheaded Node.Js platform upgrade, resolving library compatibility issues, and enhancing performance by 25%.
Advisor and Prev. President
Western AI
- Managed 300 members and 9 AI projects, coordinated 12 workshops and 2 conferences, fostering an AI/tech community.
- Secured $13,000 in sponsorships and industry guest speakers through partnerships with RBC, Cohere, BMO, and BCG.
- Promoted tech events through social media and developed a React page that engaged 5,000+ North American students.
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2025-2026 Season
2024-2025 Season
2023-2024 Season
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Days Until Graduation β
May 1 2026
Honours
Specialization In Computer Science and Minor in Software Engineeringπ»
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