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Canada

• Working on new backend features using Java Spring and SQL
• Developed integrations using Python Django to ingest data from third party APIs on demand or on a schedule. Worked on 25+ integrations: learned use-cases, UIs, and APIs for multiple online services, most notably Cloud.
• Regularly mentor and pair-program with developers and perform code reviews
• Product Management (Aug 2022-Feb 2023): Lead the… Show more
• Product Management (Aug 2022-Feb 2023): Lead the Integrations Team as Product Manager, planning and releasing new features Show less

Lethbridge, AB

• Coding, unit-testing and reviewing Python code for modeling systems in agriculture such as soil testing, disease risk and fertilizer applications
• Working with PostgreSQL and Django to design and implement backend features
• Using Agile methods (sprints, scrum, Jira, Slack) to communicate and collaborate on tasks

Lethbridge, AB

• Analyzed DNA sequences using Linux terminal and Geneious software
• Searched through online genetic databases to find relevant DNA sequences
• Data management, created, organized and pruned large amounts of data and ran proper backups
• Taught public visitors about the importance of computing in research

Lethbridge, AB

• Provide courteous and professional customer service: Reception and payment dept. help customers by explaining bills, policies, and payment plans; based on customer’s needs transfer them to correct department
• Office tasks: faxing, copying, filing, mail, scanning, emailing, ordering supplies
• Processing batches on a daily basis, ensure all transactions are billed to the appropriate policy and that funds going to affiliated insurance companies are processed correctly
• Provide… Show more
• Provide administrative support to over forty insurance advisors and centre managers, trained advisors on batching, payments and administrative work
• TSR duties include managing offline policies brokered by AMA: organizing and processing incoming applications, endorsement, and bills from other insurance agencies Show less

Lethbridge, Alberta

• Biological Control of Insect Pests Lab
• Studied interactions between caterpillar species and parasitoid wasps
• Assisted with experimental planning and implementation, oversaw experiments and lab upkeep even while supervisor on leave
• Recorded and analyzed data in Excel, performed graphical and statistical analysis of dataInsect Pest Management (IPM) Lab
• Planned and executed independent experiment on the speed of Lygus insect development at different temperatures, wrote… Show more Biological Control of Insect Pests Lab
• Planned and executed independent experiment on the speed of Lygus insect development at different temperatures, wrote accompanying research proposal

Lethbridge, Alberta

• Assisted with time-sensitive experiments to observe hierarchy behaviour in tournament cricket fights with specifically aged adult crickets
• Studied tournament cricket fights using different species to determine behaviour based phylogeny
• Undergraduate co-author of two publications

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science (Not Complete), 3.52 Gpa

Completed 30 hours toward degree and 12 months of internships before being offered a full time Software Developer position with Farmers.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biological Sciences With Distinction Co-Op Designation, 3.49 Gpa

Activities and Societies: 12 months of internships