Technical Experience

  1. Scotiabank logo

    Full-Stack Engineer Intern

    Scotiabank
    May 2025 – Present
    • Saved 100+ hours annually by replacing manual lookups across 13,000+ assets with a Vue.js and ASP.NET Core application backed by Microsoft SQL Server and a responsive user interface
    • Slashed manual ticket fill-out time 91% by automating 100+ ServiceNow tasks across ticket creation and departmental onboarding with a .NET desktop app.
    • Placed top-3 in the 2025 ScotiaTank innovation challenge, scaling an enterprise networking platform to 500+ users by architecting .NET backend services, designing GraphQL schemas, and building a responsive Vue.js front-end.
    • Mitigated market-open trading disruptions across 3 trading floors by engineering a concurrent Python audit scanner that polls across 15+ subnets and flags non-compliant assets for early IT triage.
    • Accelerated deployments 10x faster and eliminated manual server interventions by building GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines with automated test gates across Dev, UAT, and Production.
    Vue.jsASP.NET Core.NETMicrosoft SQL ServerGraphQLPythonGitHub ActionsServiceNow
  2. City of Orillia logo

    AI & Technology Intern

    City of Orillia
    May 2024 – August 2024
    • Achieved 80% multi-class categorization accuracy across 6,000+ support tickets by developing a classification pipeline in PyTorch to automate IT ticket tagging and routing
    • Authored the city's inaugural Generative AI Policy, securing unanimous City Council adoption within a 90-day timeline.
    PyTorchMachine LearningGenerative AI
  3. Evstry logo

    Software Developer Intern

    Evstry
    January 2024 – May 2024
    • Eliminated vendor lock-in, saving $200/month, migrating legacy Webflow infrastructure to a Next.js and Tailwind CSS app.
    • Grew organic search impressions 60% to 1,000+ monthly visits via Google Search Console audits and SEO fixes.
    Next.jsTailwind CSSWebflowSEOGoogle Search Console
  4. Queen's University logo

    Teaching Assistant

    Queen's University
    January 2024 – May 2024
    • Guided 800+ engineering students through C programming (APSC 142), leading weekly labs and grading problem sets.
    CTeaching
  5. JANA Corporation logo

    Analyst Intern

    JANA Corporation
    May 2023 – August 2023
    • Accelerated project delivery cycles by 10% through Agile/Scrum sprint planning and backlog grooming
    • Standardized project tracking across 12+ Jira/Confluence pages, eliminating delivery bottlenecks
    Agile/ScrumJiraConfluence
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