My co-founder saw it in the GCC, I saw it in Canada: businesses running entirely on word of mouth with no real online presence. He started Hexiv to fix that, I joined to build it. Shipped ShoutReach from scratch, replaced $800/month in tools with something we owned, and delivered client sites across healthcare and HVAC. First time running real infrastructure end to end.

Last co-op of my diploma. Spent the term on architecture and systems design for a blockchain social platform. Designed UML diagrams, tokenomics, requirements documentation. It's where I learned to think carefully about systems before touching code.

Worked inside Nasdaq Verafin's fintech infrastructure across Check21, ACH, wire, and card transaction pipelines. Validated and troubleshot inbound customer data for client onboarding. The kind of work that teaches you what production data actually looks like.

Picked up Angular with no prior experience at PAL Aerospace and shipped production features inside a month. Owned the full stack end to end: Angular frontend, Express backend, MSAL authentication, with regular progress presentations to the VP of IT.

Tutored Math, Physics, and Chemistry alongside my diploma. If you can teach it, you understand it.

Four years leading a team at Lawtons while putting myself through school. Managed daily operations and a 10-person team. Stayed four years because reliability and accountability aren't just words.