Tech

Director of Machine LearningWaterloo, ON
VubbleDecember 2019 — present

• Designing and implementing recommender systems for interesting, relevant, and surprising information

Website Administrator / Content GenerationGuelph, ON
Ralph Martin CampaignMay 2019 — October 2019

• Designed and maintained the website for a Canadian federal election candidate
• Wrote blog posts to educate and spread the messaging of the campaign

Developer / Data ScientistKitchener, ON
ProNavigator TechnologiesFebruary 2018 — August 2018

• Part of the core Agile (BitBucket, JIRA) development team of an AI insurance assistant
• Personally designed and constructed a new Alexa skill and over 30 custom chatbots
• Regularly used AWS, Linux, Python, MySQL, Javascript, and Unix scripting languages

Research AssistantWaterloo, ON
Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of WaterlooSeptember 2015 — December 2017

• Part of an interdisciplinary research team that investigates the brain by building large-scale neural models
• Developed neural models of reinforcement learning and emotional valuation for my Master's research
• Regularly utilized Python packages, including NumPy, Pandas, Seaborn, and Nengo

Research AssistantSackville, NB
Mount Allison UniversityMay 2013 — August 2015

• Investigated workplace postural patterns for indicators of pain and fatigue using machine learning, the basis for three peer-reviewed publications
• Implemented Hidden Markov Models, Naive Bayes and worked with decision trees and other pattern recognition tools in Python and C
• Performed statistical analyses using SPSS and R

Web Development InternToronto, ON
Quillsoft Ltd.May 2012 — August 2012

• Developed online games to teach Blissymbolics, a symbolic language for international communication
• Made use of HTML, CSS, Javascript, and jQuery

University of WaterlooWaterloo, ON
Master of Mathematics, Computer Science2015 — 2017
Thesis: "A spiking neural network of state transition probabilities in model-based reinforcement learning"

Mount Allison UniversitySackville, NB
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Cognitive Science2011 — 2015
Double Major with Distinction

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's2016 — 2017

President's Graduate Scholarship2015 — 2017

Ontario Graduate Scholarship2015 — 2016

Computer Science Departmental Award2015

David Gilchrist Chalmers Memorial Prize2015