Ryan Tan

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Volunteer Experience

  • Code Club Graphic

    CodeClub Tutor for Pakuranga and Panmure library

    Code Club

    - 1 year 10 months

    Education

    • Taught children (between ages 5-15) coding in the Panmure/Pakuranga area at the local libraries weekly, using languages such as Scratch, Python, JavaScript.
    • Ran weekly sessions for a class of 15-20 children, some with learning difficulties.
    • Taught Scratch and Python in a creative way to keep the children interested in coding.

  • ThinkPod Consulting (Synergy NZ) Graphic

    Mentor

    ThinkPod Consulting (Synergy NZ)

    - 5 months

    Education

    • Mentoring a group of consultants for Synergy
    • Ensuring that work is delivered on time according to deadlines
    • Providing constructive criticism and support on the team's solutions and issues

  • ThinkPod Consulting (Synergy NZ) Graphic

    Consultant

    ThinkPod Consulting (Synergy NZ)

    - 4 months

    Social Services

    • Conducted research and came up with solutions for a client with a team of 6 other consultants.
    • Analyzed client issues and produced practical solutions via oral presentation and a written report.
    • Worked under time pressure (11 academic weeks + University breaks)

  • University of Otago Graphic

    Language Mentor

    University of Otago

    - 9 months

    Education

    • Helped International students studying at Otago University with their conversational English.
    • Weekly hour long meetings with 4 students to help practice their conversational English, whilst at the same time helping them find other resources if needed.

Projects

  • Personal Website

    - Present

    My personal website which I developed over a week during lockdown. Developed using ReactJs, bootstrap, and multiple UI libraries.

    Currently a work in progress!

    See project
  • Discover

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    We propose a solution to the 2021 MYOB IT challenge with our project, Discover! Discover is a platform that is designed to help small businesses increase their exposure to their target audience.

    Other creators
    See project
  • Habidapt

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    As part of Kiwijam 2021, we decided to create a physical game, where a player will have to morph into different animals to "adapt" to different terrains.

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  • TherMap

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    TherMap is a webapp that allows users to enter their destination, and then through the use of "hot" and "cold" sound cues, directs them to their final destination.

    Other creators
    See project
  • TerribleWebsite

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    A website that we built for the 2021 Terrible Ideas Hackathon. It has a range of different projects that serve no purpose.

    Other creators
    See project
  • Krayon Kafe

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    Krayon Kafe is an online web application that allows users to provide a location (e.g. Panmure, Ponsonby) that shows them the cafes around the area, as well as provide Google Map Markers that show them where the cafes are.

    This project was built over the weekend of 1 August - 2 August, as part of the Create Camp hosted by Summer of Tech and ANZ. This application uses the ZenbuAPI for location data, as well as the GoogleMaps JavaScript API to show users the location of the cafes…

    Krayon Kafe is an online web application that allows users to provide a location (e.g. Panmure, Ponsonby) that shows them the cafes around the area, as well as provide Google Map Markers that show them where the cafes are.

    This project was built over the weekend of 1 August - 2 August, as part of the Create Camp hosted by Summer of Tech and ANZ. This application uses the ZenbuAPI for location data, as well as the GoogleMaps JavaScript API to show users the location of the cafes queried.

    Website: https://krayon-kafe.herokuapp.com/
    Video of our presentation: https://youtu.be/EEM9vDcVw9U?t=3550

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  • Positive Vibes

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    Positive Vibes is a website that users can post wholesome messages, as well as provide an environment to help support people. It has a built-in sentiment analysis to filter messages that are positive, so that it can be posted on the website.

    I built this website in August 2020 to help with the effects of Level 3 lockdown that we are currently experiencing in Auckland. I wanted to practice my full-stack development skills after attending Create Camp 2020, so decided to give this project…

    Positive Vibes is a website that users can post wholesome messages, as well as provide an environment to help support people. It has a built-in sentiment analysis to filter messages that are positive, so that it can be posted on the website.

    I built this website in August 2020 to help with the effects of Level 3 lockdown that we are currently experiencing in Auckland. I wanted to practice my full-stack development skills after attending Create Camp 2020, so decided to give this project a go!

    Tech Stack: ReactJs | MongoDB Atlas | Node | Microsoft Cognitive Services

    See project
  • UpSkill

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    1st Place Winner of DEVS Hackathon 2020
    UpSkill is a platform that offers live online lessons that are local with the added opportunity to network, aimed at those who have been made redundant as a result of quarantine and isolation. Our aim is to upskill, reskill and retool learners to help them re-enter the job market.

    This project was built over the weekend of 17 July - 19 July as part of the 2020 DEVS Hackathon. It has a working backend to store registrations to a MongoDB database.…

    1st Place Winner of DEVS Hackathon 2020
    UpSkill is a platform that offers live online lessons that are local with the added opportunity to network, aimed at those who have been made redundant as a result of quarantine and isolation. Our aim is to upskill, reskill and retool learners to help them re-enter the job market.

    This project was built over the weekend of 17 July - 19 July as part of the 2020 DEVS Hackathon. It has a working backend to store registrations to a MongoDB database. The frontend was built using ReactJs.

    Tech Stack: MongoDB | Express | ReactJs | NodeJs

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  • LearnFromA.Kiwi

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    LearnFromA.Kiwi is the first online platform in New Zealand which CONNECTS the kiwi community with skilled instructors, through a LIVE and fully interactive environment.
    Tech Stack: ReactJs

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  • Scammr

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    This project was built over the weekend of 5th - 7th July 2019 as part of the 2019 DEVS Hackathon.

    Scammr is an android app that detects whether an incoming call is a scam or not, by using keyword detection to generate a risk score and alerting the user through phone vibrations.

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Honors & Awards

  • Third Place WDCC x SESA 2021 Hackathon

    WDCC x SESA

    Third Place in the WDCC x SESA 2021 Hackathon, out of 20 teams.

  • First Place DEVS 2020 Hackathon

    DEVS - Developers Society

    First Place in the DEVS 2020 Hackathon, out of 12 teams.

  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

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    Applied Algorithmics (CS320)
    Functional Programming and Distributed Services (CS335)

  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

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    Undergraduate Project in Computer Science (CS380)
    Topic: Investigating the Effects of Notifications on Producitvity and Stress

  • Summer Research Scholarship

    Precision Driven Health

    Awarded a summer research scholarship by Precision Driven Health (PDH) to work on the project: Interactive Feedback-Driven Annotation Tool.

    Industry Supervisor: Dr Edmond Zhang
    Academic Supervisor: Dr Yun Sing Koh

  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

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    Human-Computer Interaction (CS345)
    Machine Learning (CS361)

  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

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    Programming Techniques (CS230)
    Introduction to Software Development (CS280)

  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

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    Principles of Computer Science (CS105)

  • Certificate of Outstanding Achievement

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    Principles of Programming (CS101)

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Mandarin

    Limited working proficiency

  • Bahasa Malaysia

    Limited working proficiency

  • Cantonese

    Elementary proficiency

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