Boyd Kane Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

At CubeSpace as an Embedded Software Engineer, I work on the team that develops the control algorithms and embedded software to rotate satellites in orbit.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

I completed my Master's in Computer Science through Stellenbosch University (I have completed my thesis and am awaiting my degree). My thesis extended the work done in my Honours year and as such I was able to complete my thesis in 9 months. I used a custom built set of gloves to measure fingertip acceleration which was processed by a machine learning algorithm, allowing the user to "type" by making gestures with their hands.

At Stellenbosch University I completed my Bachelor's of Science (Honours) degree in Computer Science with a focus on machine learning, robotics, and artificial intelligence. I graduated cum laude.

While working full time as a Software Development Engineer Intern at AWS in Cape Town, I was given a project for the EC2 internal diagnostics and tooling team. This project would improve the interface that AWS developers use to root-cause problems or to investigate concerns. It involved independent exploration of the available options, discussing the merits of potential solutions with AWS software engineers, and implementing the various components of the solution before peer review and… Show more While working full time as a Software Development Engineer Intern at AWS in Cape Town, I was given a project for the EC2 internal diagnostics and tooling team. This project would improve the interface that AWS developers use to root-cause problems or to investigate concerns. It involved independent exploration of the available options, discussing the merits of potential solutions with AWS software engineers, and implementing the various components of the solution before peer review and deployment. Technologies involved include React, Typescript, Kotlin, as well as internal build & deployment tooling. Show less

Cape Town Area, South Africa

At UCT I completed my Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Statistics and Computer Science.

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

While with AWS I was part of the team that builds internal tooling used for diagnostics and log tracing, all at the massive scale and in the distributed nature required by AWS EC2. My three month long project dramatically improved the experience of all teams in EC2 trying to discover the root cause to infrequent problems in their services.My team, and those who would use the improvements I developed, were excited by what this will allow them to do in the future. They appreciated my drive… Show more While with AWS I was part of the team that builds internal tooling used for diagnostics and log tracing, all at the massive scale and in the distributed nature required by AWS EC2. My three month long project dramatically improved the experience of all teams in EC2 trying to discover the root cause to infrequent problems in their services.My team, and those who would use the improvements I developed, were excited by what this will allow them to do in the future. They appreciated my drive, eagerness to learn, and ability to research and develop a solution without explicit step-by-step instructions. Show less

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

While with the Sun Exchange, I was in charge of collecting, cleaning and visualising historical solar production measurements in order to generate a individualised solar power production report for the company’s users. This involved regular design meetings with the CEO and COO, daily tech stand-ups, and full ownership of the final product. The written software was handed over to the full-time team, and has since been used to generate regular annual reports for the company's users.

Mediterranean Sea

I learnt essential teamwork and time management skills, delivering the best service and hospitality to charter guests while working aboard two super-yachts (110m and 74m in length). I rose to be one of the longest-serving crew-members on my second yacht, and was often given leadership responsibilities.Officers commented that they appreciated my determination, my attention to detail and my ability to keep a level head when under pressure. I left the industry after two successful… Show more I learnt essential teamwork and time management skills, delivering the best service and hospitality to charter guests while working aboard two super-yachts (110m and 74m in length). I rose to be one of the longest-serving crew-members on my second yacht, and was often given leadership responsibilities.Officers commented that they appreciated my determination, my attention to detail and my ability to keep a level head when under pressure. I left the industry after two successful years working at sea, in order to study Computer Science and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cape Town. Show less