About

What defines me is wanting to try new things: soccer, fishing, martial arts, dancing, or jumping on a project idea the night it shows up.

What has stayed constant is a pull toward people, building and design. Making good products for people and communities I can relate to is the thing I was made to do, and it isn't going anywhere.

Me giving a thumbs up in front of Senso-ji in Tokyo, on a solo backpacking trip
Senso-ji, TokyoA solo backpacking trip.

Chronology

  1. Systems Design and Ops Coordinator

    The Local Charity · May to Aug 2025

    Ran the systems and operations behind the charity's programs, and learned I would rather build the product than run the machine.

  2. Systems Design Engineering

    University of Waterloo · Sep 2025 to now

    Human-centred design, systems thinking and real-world problem solving, the program I obsessed over in high school.

  3. Figma Design Director

    Waterloo Engineering Society · Jan to Apr 2026

    Directed the society's design work in Figma for the winter term.

  4. Digital Product Manager

    Maple Leaf Foods · Jan to Apr 2026

    Product manager for the Service Penalty App ($14M+ a year), QA for the Maple Leaf Market launch, design engineer for the team's task tracker.

    Case study
  5. Product Designer

    Creators Collective · Jan to Jun 2026

    Product design for Creators Collective, a student initiative for people who make things.

    Live site
  6. Product Design Lead

    Hackathons North America · May 2026 to now

    Leading product design for Hack Canada and the hackathons around it.

  7. Design Engineer

    Parrot (YC F25) · Jul to Aug 2026

    Design engineering for the TikTok of language learning, over the summer.

    parrotapp.com
  8. Product Designer

    Digital Extremes · Sep 2026 to now

    Product design on Warframe. The work is not public yet; ask me about it.

    Ask me about it
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Cadets

Annual 2025 Ceremony

I joined cadets to get past my anxiety. Week-long camping trips, instructing classes of 70+, parading in the snow and fundraising for veterans shaped me more than anything else in my childhood.

Three cadets in dress uniform holding ceremonial swords