Software & UI/UX Developer

I am currently a Software & UI/UX Developer at KPMG Lighthouse GVA.

My Story

I loved video games ever since I was a kid. My uncle had bought my siblings and I a Nintendo 64, and I fell in love. From early on, I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up: I wanted to make video games. In high school, my IT class introduced me to a simple scripting tool called Guido Van Robot (GVR), and it was then that I realized it wasn't just video games that I wanted to create, I want to make anything do something, and I had that 'aha!' moment where I realized I just wanted to build software as a career!

I applied to the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Science, and, in my first year, declared my Major in Computer Science. I spent six years studying there, gaining 24 months of real work experience along the way through completing the Co-Op program. I worked in Vancouver for VISIER while it was still expanding, Access to Media Education Society - a non-profit organization, and I worked in Japan for eight months developing software for robotics researchers! I discovered that building beautiful software for clients is rewarding, and finally, here I am today!

While working in Japan, National Geographic came to our lab to film ERICA as part of their Year One Million documentary series, and I got to demonstrate (for a short while) an interaction with ERICA for them. The SYFY feature is available only in the US, but others can watch the full-length episode, and ERICA is featured at around 10:05.