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Technology is fascinating because it has become so advanced that it often feels nearly indistinguishable from magic. Modern technologies have helped humans cure diseases, fly across the planet, provide instant access to nearly infinite information online, and allows us to study in university during a global pandemic. While technology is often described synonymously with human development, it has also brought a lot of new problems that should not be overlooked or free from criticism.
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Anti-Black racism is prevalent and ubiquitous throughout Canadian society and history. While anti-Black racism is most often associated with the United States, Black people in Canada have always faced similar struggles and injustices since the beginning of colonization in the early 1600s. Throughout Canadian history, Black people have been subject to slavery, segregation, mass incarceration, police killings, targeted laws, deportation, and many other forms of overt and covert racism and restrictions. Anti-Black racism occurs in many different forms. Most commonly in Canada, it occurs through structural and propaganda-based means. Over time, these ideologies and values have become embedded into Canadian culture and society in ways that are much more concealed, and harder to reverse.
Here's what I've done so far
Product Manager, May 2017 - June 2018
San Francisco, SF
• Product manager for Zoosk’s research & development team
• Strategized and implemented product updates to increase KPIs and key metrics
• Worked with higher management to define objectives, goals and expectations
• Provided solutions for product improvements, growth hacking, and marketing/branding strategies
• Presented progress updates at company meetings
• Maintained clear goals, expectations and vision with the team and company
• Facilitated great team culture, strong collaboration, and provided resources and insight to help unblock and increase productivity of team
• Product owner for SCRUM and agile development
• Conducted weekly sprints, retrospectives and bug bashes
• Performed user research, user interviews and brainstorming sessions
• Supported iOS engineeringiOS Engineer, January 2017 - June 2017
San Francisco, CA
CryptoTrader is a real-time cryptocurrency price tracker with over 100k downloads & 350 positive App Store reviews.
• Implemented complex user interface and animations programmatically
• Engineere scalable networking architecture using enum routers with Alamofire
• Dependency injection using MVVM and Protocol-Oriented ProgrammingCo-founder & iOS Engineer, January 2017 - June 2017
San Francisco, CA
Experience a global community through video stories.
• Product Lead & iOS Engineer
• Conducted growth hacking experiments and managed App Store Optimization
• Created backlogs, managed SCRUM sprints, user narratives and user stories
• Architected scalable networking using enum routers with Moya and Alamofire
• Implemented video streaming with AVFoundation and AVKit
• Developed complex programmatic views and animations with UIKitCo-founder, November 2016 - June 2017
San Francisco, CA
Human Up helps people accomplish their personal goals using objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Designed app using an iterative wireframing process with Sketch & Invision
• Engineered using advanced architectural patterns such as POP, MVVM & FRP
• Implemented complex and scalable user interface
• Conducted user research, 20+ user tests and 70+ user interviews
• Strategized product goals, vision, and how to achieve them
• Wrote marketing and customer-facing copyComputer Science & Software Engineering, earned May 2017
San Francisco, CA
Make School is an accelerated college for software engineers and technical cofounders. Focused on Software Engineering & Product Development.
Sales, September 2014 - May 2015
Toronto, ON
• Sales representative and spokesperson at events and farmer’s markets
• Sold, promoted and educated customers on game meats
• Educated and promoted the benefits of game meats
• Collaborated and built trusting relationships with team and customers
• Handled customer service and returnsFounder, October 2009 - September 2013
Toronto, ON
Snapback Lovin was founded when I was 13 years old. Grew the business to sell hats all over the world.
• Sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of product
• Generated viral growth through growth hacking experiments
• Built and deployed a website to accommodate increasing demand
• Actively marketed and promoted goods via social media and online platforms
• Designed banners, logo and marketing content-
I love traveling and volunteering
Backpacking, traveling and volunteering have been some of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. Check out some of my photos from abroad:
