A little bit more about who I am.

The beginning.

I graduated high school fully convinced I was heading into finance. Spreadsheets, markets, the whole thing. But somewhere between graduation and my first semester, something shifted. I made a last-second pivot and enrolled in Business + Computer Science at UBC. Best decision I ever made.

Valedictorian

High school graduation, valedictorian

Product first.

My first real tech experience was in product management. I competed in the UBC PMC x TELUS Product Sprint, where our team built PRD+, a Chrome extension to streamline how TELUS product teams write and align on requirements.

We won first place out of 20 teams. That experience taught me that great products start with asking why.

Product sprint win

1st place at the UBC PM Club x TELUS Product Sprint

Speaking

Speaking at the Product Sprint

Then engineering.

Product got me hooked, but I wanted to build things myself. I started entering hackathons and shipping real projects. At nwHacks 2026, our team built Nexus, an agentic event production platform, and won.

I also built Agent-Router, a multi-agent classification framework.

nwHacks win

Winning nwHacks 2026 with Nexus

I joined Advizr, a local AI consulting firm as one of the first software engineers. Since joining I've shipped a few agentic AI and RAG products to small businesses:

  • Custom RAG pipeline for a real estate company,
  • Automated data scraper for 10,000+ clinics across Canada.

I also helped our team develop infra that has helped us scale to over 300 projects built and $10M+ in client revenue generated.

Advizr Landing

Advizr Website

Startups and events.

The startup world pulled me in next. I joined UBC BizTech as Partnerships Director, leading sponsorships for Vancouver's largest student-run tech club (800+ members).

That role put me in rooms with a16z partners, YC founders, and industry leaders.

Jimmy at KickStart

Me at KickStart

BizTech team

Team Black at the BizTech retreat

Through BizTech, I led partnerships for two flagship events.

KickStart was a startup competition where I secured 40+ partners, $5k+ in sponsorships and grants, and brought in YC founders to judge & mentor in addition to an a16z partner for a fireside chat.

KickStart fireside chat

a16z fireside chat at KickStart

BluePrint was Vancouver's largest student-run tech conference. I landed us a live interview on Global News, $3k in sponsorships, the keynote speaker, closing speaker, 7 booths and a product demo from Internet Backyard.

BluePrint audience

Packed auditorium at BluePrint 2026

Outside of tech.

When I'm not building, you'll find me at the gym or on the pitch. Soccer's been a lifelong thing.

I played for Port Moody Soccer Club in Division 1 throughout high school as a defender and won Defender of the Year. I also got to visit EA's field which was pretty cool. Volleyball and table tennis round out the rotation.

Gym

Iron therapy

Soccer at EA

My friends and I at EA Vancouver