H E L L O   W O R L D

Hello! My name is Deb and I’ve been a curious and avid tech consumer for as long as I can remember. In an effort to better understand how tech is built, I chose to go into the BUCS program (Business and Computer Science) at the University of British Columbia, a combined major that is an amalgam of equal parts software engineering and business. Today, I sit at the intersection of technology and business and aspire to be a product manager upon graduation in May 2020 (with courses completed in December 2019), and highly enjoy working in an inclusive team environment.

During my time as an undergraduate student, I have taken on several different roles in and out of school. At school, some of these experiences include being Head Teaching Assistant of Sauder's largest management of information systems class (with 500+ students per term), a Microsoft Student Partner (selected to represent Canada at Microsoft Build, sitting front row to Satya Nadella), and VP Marketing of eProjects / VP Internal of Commerce Undergraduate Society Sustainability. Outside of the classroom, I've also been fortunate enough to experience several internships in Fullstack, Quality, and Back-end Software Engineering, as well as a Technical Product Management internship in the Bay Area.

For those who know me well, it's no secret that I am incredibly passionate about diversity and inclusivity initiatives and helped found the Girls in Tech Vancouver chapter (with hundreds of active members today), as Sponsorship director and as Event Lead for multiple sold-out events. In my spare time, I enjoy teaching girls aged from 7-18 how to code for organizations like Black Girls Code, Ladies Learning Code, and Bluesoxx. You can find a more comprehensive list of what I've been up to on my LinkedIn page.

C O M P E T E N C I E S

As a computer science student, I have a strong understanding of object-orientated programming, data structures, and algorithms exemplified through my experiences developing projects like a Virtual Reality Submarine Game created in Unity, or Mind the Gap, an Android web-based application project done for a software construction class. Mind the Gap was completed by debugging and testing algorithms using JUnit testing and ultimately included over 10,000 lines of Java and JavaScript code.

My commerce background not only allows me to understand core business concepts (like finance, product marketing, human resources, and accounting) but also allows me to flourish in a team environment. In contrast with my soft-skills, I am capable of thinking logically and outside of the box, thanks to high-level computer science classes and personal technical projects.

Proficient in both English and Shanghainese, I am passionate about creating meaningful impact in the community and hold high interests in funneling young girls in to STEM, as well as focusing on the retention women with technology. I am always looking for opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn or through email by clicking ! ! h e r e ! !

N O T A B L E   T E C H N I C A L   P R O J E C T S

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W H A T   I T   I S

Chum-Bucket is a Slack-bot that remembers all links sent in a Slack chat or channel in Azure, using search queries to filter links by parsing through HTML pages using Azure Search.

F U N C T I O N A L I T Y

Trained chatbot to have natural learning capabilities in order to reply with human-like responses.

F R A M E W O R K S

Luis.AI   +   Azure   +   Node JS
Also used Microsoft's Bot Framework to deploy our chatbot. Watch a demo of Chum-Bucket here.

M I N D   T H E   G A P   A N D R O I D   A P P

W H A T   I T   I S

With over 10, 000 lines of code, The Mind the Gap App is an Android application that supports route searching, JSON parsing and GPS mapping of the London Underground.

F U N C T I O N A L I T Y

By parsing arrival information from Transport for London Open Data (Tfl), the app displays live arrival times for every station, the location of the user, every tube line and station of the London Underground, as well as the station closest to the user at a 10 km distance.

F R A M E W O R K S

Java   +   IntelliJ   +   GenyMotion   +   JUnit
Used JUnit testing and systematic analysis of code to debug, ensuring robust system functionality.


V I R T U A L   R E A L I T Y   S U B M A R I N E   U N I T Y   G A M E

W H A T   I T   I S

Developed a basic first person submarine piloting game, built with C# in Unity for Google Cardboard.

F U N C T I O N A L I T Y

Makes you feel like you are navigating under the ocean with its first person perspective inside of a submarine, you can firing exploding torpedos!

F R A M E W O R K S

Unity   +   C#   +   C   +   Google Cardboard Has physics elements integrated into the game to mimic realistic, life-like behavior.

T E C H N I C A L   S K I L L S

P R O G R A M M I N G T O O L S   +   F R A M E W O R K S T E S T I N G
Java IntelliJ JUnit
C# CLion XUnit
C++* Logism Chrome Debugger
Python* Pycharm Selenium
Javascript* Android Studio GDB
HTML* Regex Jenkins
CSS* Unix
* = Beginner or Intermediate Proficiency

"I hope that your worries stay small and your dreams stay big."

R E C E N T   E X P E R I E N C E S

This is a snapshot of what I've been up to - read more in depth on LinkedIn!

TripIt (San Francisco)

Technical Product Manager Intern: Responsible for end-to-end delivery of minimum viable product in 10 weeks

SAP Concur (Seattle)

Back-end Software Engineer Intern: Migrated TripIt legacy code to micro-services & built a new testing infrastructure (in production)

SAP (Vancouver)

Agile Developer Intern: Developing and providing quality assurance in an agile environment... lead as Scrum Master

BuildDirect (Vancouver)

Software Engineer in Test Co-op: Developing and providing quality assurance in an agile environment... lead as Scrum Master

Investors Group (Vancouver)

Intern: Organizes client files in a timely fashion while engaging others in the employee recruitment process

Girls in Tech Vancouver

Sponsorship Director: Co-founded first Vancouver chapter of GIT, partners with the local Vancouver tech network

P E R S O N A L   I N T E R E S T S

T R A V E L L I N G

An avid traveller and lover of exploring, some of my favourite trips include Peru, Shanghai, New York, France, and Croatia

P I A N O   +   F L U T E

Over eight years of competitive piano playing experience, a Grade 8 RCM standing with First Class Honours, and three wins of the South Fraser Music Festival. Six years of flute playing experience in the school band

A R T W O R K

With over ten years of artistic experience, I continue to enjoy painting (in water color and acrylic) and sketching still life potraits and landscapes

G e t   i n   T o u c h

I am always open to new opportunities and can be reached at the following