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Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Vireo interfaces develops high-performance input devices for interacting with immersive virtual realities. Our mission is to unlock the potential of head-mounted displays for productive work.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• ✪ Designed, implemented, and evaluated body-scale force-feedback systems for immersive computing
• Engineered mechanical hardware, electrical hardware, and software for robotic device prototypes
• Conducted technical evaluations, user studies, and usability evaluations of the prototypes
• Wrote and published papers to the ACM CHI and UIST conferences - the top venues in the HCI field
• Transferred into the Computer Science department, achieving a 4.0 GPA across all 3rd year undergraduate admission courses as well as graduate-level program requirement courses

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Taught principles of operating systems and C, C++, and python programming
• Prepared and delivered lessons to undergraduate students
• Generated practice exercises to accommodate a range of skill levels
• Proactively sought out students needing one-on-one help
• Fairly and efficiently graded assignments

Mississauga, Ontario

• ✪ Developed and fixed software in C#, SQL, and VB as part of a scrum team
• Worked as part of a scrum team ↳ Participated in daily standups, backlog grooming, demos, retros, and sprint planning
• Collaborated with other developers both from home and in the office ↳ Used tools including GitHub and Azure DevOps
• Developed for web and desktop using C# in Visual Studio
• Designed and created test cases for QA ↳ Presented results clearly in technical reports ↳ Debugged and troubleshooted to find the root causes of bugs in VB, C#, and SQL
• Applied database design and worked with database servers using SQL

Collingwood, ON, Canada

• ✪ Managed R&D projects on human and technical levels✪ Performed technical tasks on projects, such as research, design, and testingBelow are some of that tasks that I performed during my Co-op placement at AGNORA:
• Literature Review ↳ Read technical papers and patents extensively to determine the state of the art
• Conceptual Design ↳ Applied theoretical research ↳ Proposed various design ideas
• Theoretical Verification ↳ Performed calculations to predict the successful operation and strength of the design
• Prototyping and Testing ↳ Created technical drawings ↳ Ordered parts from suppliers ↳ Constructed a low cost prototype ↳ Created test products using the prototype
• Data Collection ↳ Designed a specialized measurement/data collection tool ↳ Took thorough measurements during testing

Kitchener, ON, Canada

• ✪ Designed parts and manufacturing drawings in AutoDesk Inventor✪ Wrote scripts to automate Tasks in Excel, Inventor, and AutoCADWithin the above, I performed the following tasks at DELTA:
• Created technical drawings ↳ Followed proper dimensioning standards ↳ Created drawings which were easy to read and follow ↳ Wrote scripts to make mass revisions to groups of drawings
• Designed a low-cost jig to address ergonomic and safety concerns among mechanics ↳ Performed site inspections to investigate the issue ↳ Designed and built a prototype ↳ Received mechanic feedback and revised the.
• Prepared customer approval drawings in AutoCAD

Graz, Styria, Austria

• Wrote scripts to automate tasks in Excel, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD
• Modified machine designs form previous jobs into standard base models
• Took customer feedback and improved machine designs
• Wrote technical documentation describing standard products and their features
• Translated technical documentation from German to English

Sarnia, ON, Canada

• ✪ Due to the quality of work of the Excel VBA tool I developed while working at TowerScan, I have been asked repeatedly to do contract work as needs arise. Each time, I have been happy to take on the work and support.
• Learned Excel VBA from scratch to replace the company's primary data analytics tool, increasing the program capabilities and speed while reducing the file size by 10x
• Included features above and beyond what was expected, such as automated importing of old-version data
• Wrote clear code and thorough supporting documentation
• Developed and included intuitive UI/UX elementsAs part of my other duties at TowerScan, I also had the opportunity to work with radioactive materials to perform nondestructive testing at chemical plants and refineries.

Master Of Science - Msc, Computer Science

Interactions Lab - Human-Computer Interaction and Information Visualization Group

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Mechanical Engineering