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About Me

I'm a third-year Computer Science student at UBC with a keen interest in solving real-world problems using AI and ML. I find great satisfaction in making technology more accessible, building tools that put the maximal power of AI directly in the hands of everyday users.

University

UBC Vancouver

Graduating

April 2027

GPA

3.7 / 4.0

Status

Seeking Summer 2026

Experience

May 2025 – Dec 2025

Junior Machine Learning Developer

Metrized Consulting Inc. · Vancouver, BC

▸Accomplished a 60% improvement in model performance by engineering a data preprocessing pipeline and implementing cross-validation techniques to reduce overfitting in RFDETR's object detection for industrial quality control.
▸Enabled on-site model training and real-time inference by deploying a production-grade full-stack pipeline resulting in reduced model iteration cycles and immediate quality feedback.
▸Accomplished 90% OCR precision, up from 70%, by implementing HDBSCAN clustering to filter false positives and optimizing text region detection parameters.

Sep 2024 – Present

Teaching Assistant

University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC

▸Supported 200+ students across 5 exam sessions by providing real-time technical troubleshooting and clarifying exam requirements resulting in zero exam disruptions.
▸Maintained exam integrity for 300+ person courses by implementing consistent proctoring protocols and coordinating with 8 TAs.

Projects

Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

SocialWeb

Personal CRM powered by Gemini AI

A multi-user personal CRM that aggregates Gmail, Calendar, and OAuth data into AI-powered relationship insights — no manual data entry required. Built with Next.js, Supabase row-level security, and real-time sync.

TypeScriptNext.jsGemini AISupabaseGCPGoogle APIs

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Nov – Dec 2025