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Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto

An ed-tech startup focused on making young adults financially literate. • Developed a business-focused website using Figma, React, and Next.js, achieving 99% performance and accessibility scores on Google Lighthouse within a month. • Performed in-depth market risk and competitor analysis in the FinTech industry, validating product hypotheses through 50+ user interviews, surveys, market reports, and whitepapers.• Built an MVP by leading an agile team of 6 developers that taught users personal finance through videos, blogs, and a trading simulator by using MongoDB, Express, React, Next.js, and Node.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Boosted software and product development skills for 150+ upper-year CS students by strategizing, designing, and conducting assessments, tutorials, and office hours on MongoDB, SQL, React, AI algorithms, Langchain and Git.• Improved student understanding and academic performance by conducting 100+ office hours explaining complex concepts across Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Business, and Entrepreneurship.• Conducted research and employed state-of-the-art methodologies from the academic literature in CS Education to enhance student learning and experiences.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Collaborate with the department manager and faculty to create a UTSC CMS Podcast designed to showcase the exceptional work and teaching efforts of the CMS community.• Assist in creating marketing materials, including newsletters, blogs, and online content that align with the department’s strategic goals.• Support the promotion of departmental events and initiatives, ensuring high visibility and engagement from the university community.• Monitor the effectiveness of marketing initiatives and provide reports on engagement metrics and audience feedback.• Assist in the planning and executing of additional departmental projects, ensuring they meet defined scopes, goals, and timelines.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led a cross-functional team of 60 members across 24 months and formalized the vision, mission, and strategy to create a platform for peer mentorship and engagement with Data Science and Statistics.• Raised over 7000 CAD through 7 sponsors after leading over 30 pitch meetings for the DS3 Datathon by curating customized offerings based on client requirements.• Co-ordinated with multiple stakeholders such as industry partners, CS Department, faculty, student organizations, and Alumni to conduct 20+ events that directly impacted 1200+ students at the University of Toronto.

• Facilitated interaction amongst club executives by creating concrete communication opportunities during meetings and weekly brainstorming exercises.• Increased club productivity and outreach by providing timely feedback and support to club executives and evaluating their performance.• Improved effectiveness of the organizational activities by providing direction to club executives and strategizing according to the goals and vision of the club.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led a cross-functional agile team of 3 developers, 1 designer and 1 QA in a product management capacity, resulting in a 15% increase in SEO score for the Tribalscale Website, demonstrating strong project coordination skills.• Consulted on the digital transformation project at McCain Foods, creating user stories, directing engineers, writing product documentation, and aligning the product roadmap in Jira based on priority and client requirements.• Created and presented >15 data-driven insight reports to senior leadership and external clients to communicate project health and optimizations using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.• Researched users and scoped product requirements to create RFPs for 4 products across banking, technology, and manufacturing industries which were later converted into clients for the organization.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Work with the department manager to ideate and define the student leadership programbenefiting a broad community (from student ambassadors to student leaders)• Assist in planning, designing, and executing student engagement programs, includingdefining project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines• Assist in managing department asset record• Assist with student-related financial processes• Assist with lab maintenance ranging from software to hardware services• Contribute to the programming of specific CS Teaching Facility Systems

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Designed a feature specification, mockups, and MVP for pitching a new feature on the Score Bet application after analyzing user problems with the gaps in KPIs and received very positive feedback from senior Product Managers.• Coordinated with the release, product, design, and engineering teams to test and improve internal platforms.• Defined KPIs and processes for test automation and created a 49% increase in the KPI over four months while contributing to functional testing efforts under tight deadlines.• Created Confluence documentation for processes and test cases • Technologies: GitHub, Cypress, Sauce Labs, Jenkins, Test rail, Java, Appium, Selenium, Jira, Confluence

Ontario, Canada

• Conducted bi-weekly workshops for students in the Computer Science stream that led to community creation and critical thinking skill development.• Curated workshops and communication methodologies to suit the needs of the students in the community which led to an increase in member retention rate as compared to the previous year.• Provided one-on-one and group support to students who required guidance in terms of academics and overall first-year university experience which created a sense of satisfaction and safety among the members of the community.• Identified gaps in existing processes and recommended changes by producing formal documentation ranging over 20 pages in the context of group formation theory and student psychology which was later used in training the future cohorts of FLC Leaders.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Conducted weekly workshops for students across India for the course on Foundations of Computational Thinking and received 100% positive student feedback.• Managed marketing, pricing, course development, engagement, and communication with agility and efficiency which resulted in a positive student experience.• Supported students through weekly office hours that resulted in a 70% increase in assignment submission rate and a 40% increase in performance.