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Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

University of Victoria, Victoria, May 2025 - Aug 2025

▪ Designed exams and assignments for a third-year Operating Systems course, emphasizing real-world concepts like process control, memory management, and synchronization

▪ Led weekly tutorial sessions to reinforce course material, assist with assignments and exam preparation, and improve overall learning outcomes

▪ Developed detailed assignment specifications to clearly communicate requirements and expectations to support student success

▪ Graded assignments with consistency and accuracy, providing constructive feedback to support student learning

▪ Collaborated closely with the teaching team to ensure assessments and materials aligned with course objectives and academic standards


Tekla API Developer

Exact Detailing, Victoria, May 2024 - Aug 2024

▪ Co-developed the WAVTool (Weld Access Verification Tool), a collaboration with AGT Robotics, enabling users to visualize the accessibility of welds for robotic welders, now available on Tekla Warehouse

▪ Led development on the Clash Checker, a plugin to streamline the management of clashing steel parts, enabling task assignment and tracking which facilitated easier collaboration

▪ Collaborated with industry professionals to identify business objectives and design solutions that directly addressed productivity challenges

▪ Assisted in codebase maintenance, engaging with legacy code, and creating comprehensive documentation to support future developers and co-op students within the company

▪ Developed user-friendly tools using C#, Windows Forms, and WPF to streamline complex, repetitive tasks, improving workflow efficiency for detailers


Quality Assurance Automation Developer

Jostle Corporation, Vancouver, January 2023 - August 2023

▪ Led group testing sessions to collaboratively identify and resolve issues across many platforms which ensured comprehensive coverage of the web application across diverse environments

▪ Collaborated with a small team to update a large test suite to improve coverage while undergoing a large shift in technologies

▪ Utilised Jenkins and Red Hat tools to streamline release processes ensuring reliable software deployments

▪ Developed and maintained Selenium automation tests in Java to validate the integrity of web applications

▪ Wrote and executed automation test plans alongside the rollout of new features to ensure that no bugs were pushed to customers


Software Intern

University of Victoria, Victoria, May 2022 - August 2022

▪ Created a solution that provided unique automated responses based on a variety of student inputs

▪ Worked remotely and independently on generating automated feedback responses to develop an innovative software solution to bring a professor’s idea to life

▪ Sought feedback from the design community and applied industry best practices which resulted in improved code for this specific technical solution

▪ Presented my research on an innovative automated feedback solution showcasing its effectiveness in addressing student difficulties to peers, faculty, and research partners

▪ Conducted research to determine common difficulties for students resulting in more direct and specific feedback