TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Over 11 years of knowledge using Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache Flink, Datapath, AWS, jQuery, GraphQL, Node.js, Python, ASP.NET, SQL, R, Perl, PHP, C#, C++, C, and ActionScript
• Experienced in app development for Android, iOS and Windows OS
• Solid knowledge of CNC machines, 3D printers, CAD and CAM software, UGS NX 5, Arduino, MatLab, PLC programming and working knowledge of FPGA boards and VHDL
• Experienced using electrical lab equipment, lathes, milling machines, drill presses, band-saws and working in a lab environment
• Experienced soldering components onto circuit boards; semi-designed, built and programmed in C an autonomous line following robot

NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; wrote design reports, working backwards docs, made presentations and participated in daily morning scrums and team meetings at previous jobs
• Effective team leader; led a small team of SDE Is and SDE IIs to launch Amazon Remote Fulfillment CX
• Great teacher; helped onboard Amazon Mexico and Amazon Vancouver engineering team members
• Proven effectiveness in high-pressure environments with tight deadlines; created weekly game updates
• Ability to work independently with great self-motivation; delivered many away-team projects as sole engineer
• Able to quickly learn new programming languages, softwares, concepts and technologies

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Designed and built an anomaly detector service to monitor spikes and unexpected cost overruns in company infrastructure; helped catch $1.2 million in annual cost savings so far
• Service based on Apache Flink and can handle 900+ TPS
• Created interactive internal tool using React and GraphQL to graph and visualize processed data from Flink service

• Built new AWS powered services using Java 8 to help Amazon increase its selection for customers all over the world
• Created a custom scalable message processor able to process 120 to 800 TPS (Transactions Per Seconds)
• Launched Prime in Mexico, onboarded Mexico marketplace onto a new messaging tech stack
• Launched Amazon Remote Fulfillment CX in Canada and Mexico. Created modular code for quick expansion to UK and EU marketplaces by other teams, with more marketplaces planned soon after.
• Using AWS CodeGuru, built an internal code scanner to catch potential Internationalization (I18N) bugs
• Helped onboard entire engineering teams of new engineers in Mexico City and Vancouver, Canada for the North America Retail eXpansion (NARX) team

• Built MappedIn’s Android app from scratch; collaborated heavily with design team on app’s UI/UX
• Made Andorid app to run on BlackBerry OS 10 and Amazon Fire OS; wrote a custom View to display maps on devices without Google Maps/Play Services installed
• Helped implement mobile friendly endpoints for MappedIn’s web API using Node.js and MongoDB
• Developed MappedIn’s open source Android and iOS SDKs
• Constantly analyzed user engagement statistics and gathered feedback from apps’ beta participants about usability and new features

• Joined a startup in Toronto during its stealth mode; sadly could not get enough funding to launch the company
• Designed and built a location aware Android app from scratch called InMy20
• Created a ‘smart UI’ that would transform depending on the Android version the app was running on
• Implemented all server side infrastructure in the cloud using Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Communicated extensively with company partners about app’s design and layout through wireframes and mock-ups

• Helped search for a cure for cancer with a multi-disciplinary team of mathematicians, biologists, computer scientists, bioinformaticists, engineers and statisticians
• Extensively used statistical analysis techniques with a Grid Engine cluster to analyze and help understand complex biological/genetic data
• Architected and implemented robust and generalized Perl and R scripts to generate and visualize statistical analyses of high-dimensional datasets
• Organized team wide blood donation drives for the Canadian Blood Services
• Participated in weekly team meetings and produced an end of term presentation of my work

• Designed and built a web app for the Mississauga Fire Department (MFD), using HTML 5, jQuery, Google Maps API, CSS, ASP.NET (C#) and MSSQL; currently used by every MFD member
• Conducted meetings with fire fighters; updated them on new features and collected their feedback
• Used Visual Studio 2010 to maintain and develop the web app

• Worked in an Agile development environment; participated in daily morning scrums or mini-meetings, tasked and planned my work in advance of undertaking it
• Extensively used ActionScript 3 (AS3) and the Flex compiler to build awesome Flash games
• Created many features of OfficeWorld; Large Animal Games' latest Facebook game
• Actively participated in game design meetings and always contributed ideas to my team

• Created and maintained AJAX enabled websites using  jQuery and ColdFusion
• Collaborated new ideas actively with my development team
• Created Google Map mash-ups with custom KML (Keyhole Mark-up Language) parsers

• Used HTML, JavaScript, ASP.NET and CSS to build and design dynamic web pages
• Managed MSSQL database tables using SQL queries and stored procedures
• Built Google Maps API-enhanced web pages; created UW Off Campus Housing map

EDUCATION

Relevant Projects & Assignments:

• Programmed an autonomous robot equipped with a LIDAR sensor to navigate a maze using Kalman and Particle filter algorithms
• Programmed PLCs and designed a custom HMI (Human Machine Interface) to control an assembly line
• Designed, built and programmed an autonomous racing boat for a 3rd year group design project
• Programmed an FPGA board to act as a MP3 player using Altera Quartus software
• Built and programmed an autonomous line following robot from scratch for a course project
• Programmed PLCs to work as timers using VHDL and for a line following robot using C
• Programmer for the HuRot (Humanoid Robotics) Team; participated in RoboGames 2010
• Created 3D and 2D models of various objects using NX5 and AutoCAD respectively
• Member of the ALARM (Autonomous LAndmine Removal Mechanism) Team; built parts for robot using lathe, mill and drill press from the UW Student Machine Shop

• Created wood carvings and plastic models using a CNC machine and a 3D printer respectively
• Created vector images from bitmap images using ArtCAM software
• Programmed tool paths from vector images for CNC machine to carve

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

• Helped first year engineering students become acquainted with UW campus life
• Helped critique resumes of fellow students applying for co-op/internship jobs
• Provided tours to prospective engineering students of UW’s campus during Fall Open House

• Lead a small team of students to teach robotics at various middle schools in Halton region
• Built an autonomous and fully remote controlled crane using Lego NXT kits
• Appointed as judge in the annual BR Robotics Challenge

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• First place winner of Google Map Maker Map your University Competition, 2012
• Third place winner at Facebook’s University of Waterloo Hackathon, 2012
• Completed Stanford University’s online Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence courses, 2011
• Top 100 mapper/contributor in Asia on Google Map Maker, 2011
• First place winner in Google Puzzle Competition at University of Waterloo, 2009
• Second place winner at Yahoo! Hack-U 2009 at University of Waterloo

ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

Playing badminton, photography, exploring new places, building computers, learning more about robotics and AI technology, solving hard problems and learning new things