WORK EXPERIENCE

Process Improvement & Tech Support Intern | Victoria Conservatory of Music | Victoria, BC (Jun 2026 - Aug 2026)

• Meet with staff and departments to learn and document current operational processes and workflows, and identify opportunities for process improvement and automation.
• Assist with data organization, reporting, and information management initiatives, including process maps, guides, templates, and internal documentation.
• Support implementation and testing of new systems or process improvements related to workflow optimization projects.

Cashier | Save-on-Foods | Victoria, BC (Oct 2022 - Jan 2023)

• Worked as a part-time cashier to scan and help bag groceries to customers in a fast, efficient manner.
• Maintained positive relationships with customers, employees, and managers, and upheld a positive working environment.

Crew Member | Firehouse Subs | Ashburn, VA (Jul 2021 - Oct 2021)

• Contributed as a part-time team member to prepare customer orders, helping maintain good hygiene of the restaurant for daily use.
• Created good relationships with customers, employees, and manager, and upheld a positive working environment.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Software Engineering (Co-op enrolled) | University of Victoria | Victoria, BC (Sept 2023 - Pres)

• Completed coursework: Human-Computer Interaction, Software Testing & QA, Algorithms & Data Structures, Computer Architecture, Statistics, Discrete Mathematics, Collaborative Software Development, Quantum Computing, and more.
• Academic achievement awards in Statistics and Logic & Foundations (Discrete Mathematics).
• Transcript and additional academic details available upon request (see footer contact).

Virginia Aerospace Science & Technology Scholars Certificate | Virginia Space Grant Consortium (Nov 2021 - Apr 2022)

Selected to attend an online enrichment college course developed by NASA.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming

Python, C, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, R, MATLAB, Qiskit

Design

AutoCAD, Solidworks, Onshape, Visual Studio Code, Figma

Productivity Tools

• Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Slides, Gmail)
• MS Office 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• GitHub, Git version control
• Zoom

TECHNICAL PROJECTS

Project Liaison | BuildersVault Social Services Hackathon (Apr 2026 - Apr 2026)

• Developed a rules-based backend matching engine in Python to detect duplicate client referrals using Soundex and Editex, achieving 94% precision and 64% recall.
• Connected duplicates into a front-end HTML review interface for frontline workers to confirm or reject pairs before exporting resolved records.
• Won 1st place at the 2026 BuildersVault Social Services hackathon (GitHub: https://github.com/Dylan-W01/BuilderVault-Social-Services-Hackathon-2026).

Co-op Job Board UI Prototype | Human-Computer Interaction (Jan 2025 - Apr 2025)

• Conducted semi-structured interviews and ethnographies with proper consent and ethics, producing research and feedback on critical tasks within UVic’s co-op job board.
• Used Figma to design a prototype job portal from usability guidelines; a high-fidelity UI is available (link in project description).

Machine Learning Exoplanet Finder | NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025 (Oct 2025 - Oct 2025)

Instantiated and trained a SVM Machine Learning Model on a team’s preprocessed KOI dataset, achieving 86% accuracy and 77% precision in identifying exoplanets.

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