Resume

💼 Professional Experience

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🎮 Senior Service Reliability Engineer

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Demonware / Activision • Vancouver, Canada
August 2020 - January 2026

• Applied SRE principles to ensure uptime, scalability, and fault tolerance across player-facing and backend systems
• Built and maintained automation for deployments and monitoring using IaaC and config management tools
• Led capacity planning and loadtesting initiatives to support large-scale traffic spikes during major events
• Debugged and solved complex production issues across distributed systems during peak live traffic
• Collaborated with product and platform teams to evolve services toward more resilient, sustainable architectures
• Mentored engineers and promoted a culture of service ownership, best practices, and operational excellence through taking pride in our work for the video game series Call of Duty

💳 Senior Software Engineer

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Mastercard • Vancouver, Canada
October 2018 - July 2020

• Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code templates using AWS CloudFormation and SaltStack
• Implemented transparent production traffic mirroring to safely reproduce and debug live issues, significantly improving root-cause analysis and reducing time to resolution
• Led bi-weekly technical sessions on offensive security concepts and practical attack techniques to strengthen organizational security awareness and defensive capabilities
• Managed operational duties and deployed new software to on-prem and cloud datacenters
• Created in-house automation tools to streamline workflows across multiple teams

🚀 Software Developer

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Absolute Software • Vancouver, Canada
June 2017 - October 2018

• Developed microservices in Kubernetes clusters to process incoming data from secured devices
• Implemented MongoDB migration scripts to improve production performance by 20%
• Created internal testing tools to replicate and simulate hundreds of thousands of devices
• Integrated metrics collection through Prometheus and StatsD with Grafana visualization
• Automated deployment workflows in Jenkins increasing team productivity by 30%

💡 Co-Founder

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FingerTipDeals • Vancouver, Canada
March 2016 - 2017

• Developed Android and iOS applications serving SaaS product across four countries on AWS infrastructure
• Built backend services providing client-specific functionality and analytics capabilities
• Guided company vision to focus on underserved markets while establishing brand identity

📱 Software Developer

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Prizm Media Inc. • Vancouver, Canada
December 2015 - September 2016

• Developed Android and iOS applications for fitness-oriented social network platform
• Implemented machine learning solutions using SVMs and Neural Networks
• Optimized API response times by 90% through query optimization and strategic caching

🌐 Software Engineering Intern

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Ericsson Silicon Valley • Bay Area, USA
September 2015 - December 2015

• Developed OpenStack Neutron plugin in Python for managing virtual Ericsson routers
• Researched and implemented secure communication methods between virtual machines
• Utilized Docker within OpenStack to debug containers and automate testing workflows

⚡ Software Developer

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Grin Technologies • Vancouver, Canada
May 2014 - August 2014

• Developed web applications for electric vehicle enthusiasts to visualize trips and render custom wheel builds
• Programmed Texas Instruments CC2540 SoC for Bluetooth Low Energy applications
• Administered electric vehicle forum serving 5000+ daily active users (endless-sphere.com)

🎓 Education

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B.A.Sc Computer Engineering ⭐ With Distinction

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University of British Columbia
September 2012 - May 2017

Concentration: Software Engineering
Notable Projects: Machine learning, embedded systems, and web development - see portfolio for highlights

M.Sc Computer Science Exchange

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ETH Zürich 🇨🇭
February 2015

Focus: Computer Vision and Machine Learning
Projects: Computer Vision implementations available in portfolio

🤝 Volunteering

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Strata Council President

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Community Operations • Vancouver, Canada
2022 - Present

• Providing leadership to a community of ~1000 people for the last four years

Trustee

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Veazey Foundation • Vancouver, Canada

• Helping a charity which funds full scholarships for incoming UBC students

🏆 Accomplishments & Certifications

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🥇 TrendMicroCTF 2019 Finalist • 2019
12th place out of 800 teams in international CTF competition finals in Tokyo with team “Maple Bacon”

🛡️ Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) • 2019
Industry-standard certification in ethical hacking and penetration testing methodologies

❤️ Occupation First Aid Level 2 • 2018
Occupational safety certification for workplace emergency response

⭐ Academic Excellence • 2017
Computer Engineering with Distinction - University of British Columbia

💰 Veazey Scholarship • 2012
Scholarship for academic achievement and community involvement

🎹 RCM Grade 7 Piano • 2010
First Class Honours - Royal Conservatory of Music piano certification

Technical Skills

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🔐 Cybersecurity & CTF Competitions

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🎯 Notable Achievements

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Additional Competitions (2020)

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Team “Insider Threats”: NahamCon CTF (#380) • PlaidCTF (#501) • UTCTF (#343) • AeroCTF (#254)

🎨 Personal Interests

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• ⚡ Electric Bicycle Assembly and Repairs - Hands-on hardware experience
• 📸 Photography - Visual storytelling and Photoshop editing
• 🔒 Cybersecurity Research - Continuous learning in offensive security