Conor McKenzie
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Conor McKenzie

Conor McKenzie

Software Developer, Problem Solver

English

Background


Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Full Stack DeveloperMetanoia Country

    Mar, 2022 - Present

    I specialized in smart contract development but took on wide-ranging responsibilities to help the company succeed.

    • Designed and built 7 user-facing and 30+ supplementary or supporting smart contracts.

    • Created a Dutch-auction sale smart contract with coupon discounts for specific users and stablecoin escrow to sell our flagship NFT collection.

    • Created a novel on-chain metadata schema with registry- and permissions-based data storage architecture for use with our flagship NFT collection.

    • Contributed to hiring development talent to fill unmet needs of the company.

    • Oversaw the creation of full-stack solutions for the company, looking for and resolving other team members' blockers.

    • Created initiatives for increasing company security, testing, and reducing inefficiencies associated with asynchronous work.

  • Self-funded Investor & Entrepreneur, Private Ventures

    Mar, 2021 - May, 20221 year 2 months

    During this time I pursued various investment and business opportunities.

    • Created, financed, and managed an organization in the Axie Infinity ecosystem.

    • Built conventional and Machine Learning-based trading bots.

  • Programming Educator, Confucius Centre Coquitlam

    Feb, 2018 - Feb, 20212 years 11 months

    Taught extracurricular programming courses, allowing practice through the use of various fun projects.

    • Taught the languages Scratch, Javascript, and Java to students from elementary and middle school

    • Adjusted my teaching style to help students one-on-one as needed, and as a class.

    • Resolved hardware difficulties and provided spare laptops to students in need.

    • Introduced students to Linux OSes and useful development tools for their programming language.

  • Peer TutorUniversity of the Fraser Valley - Academic Success Centre

    Sep, 2015 - May, 20171 year 9 months

    Tutored students one-on-one across many subjects including Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy, English, and others.

Skills

Skills

  • Communication
  • Smart Contract Development

    Solidity

    Ethereum

    Blockchain

    Hardhat

    Slither

  • System Design
  • Scripting & Batch Processing
Education

Education

  • Computing Science, Bachelor, Simon Fraser University

    May, 2017 - Feb, 2021

    CMPT475 - Requirements Engineering

    CMPT413 - Computational Linguistics

    CMPT411 - Computational Biology

    CMPT409 - Quantum Computing (Special Topic)

    CMPT405 - Computational Algorithms

    MACM409 - Numerical Linear Algebra

    CMPT376 - Technical Writing and Group Dynamics

    CMPT371 - Data Communications & Networking

    CMPT320 - Social Implications of Technology

    CMPT310 - Artificial Intelligence Survey

    CMPT307 - Data Structures

    CMPT300 - Operating Systems I

    MACM316 - Numerical Analysis I

Volunteer Work

Volunteer Work

  • Volunteer, Abbotsford Food Bank

    Jul, 2015 - Mar, 2016

    Assisted with packaging and distributing food items fairly and based on availability.

Interests

Interests

  • Machine Learning

    Artificial IntelligenceTransformer NetworksChatGPT
  • Self-improvement

    Personal GrowthGoal SettingTime ManagementProductivityMindfulness
  • Metrology & Reasoning

    Knowledge GatheringHypothesis TestingBias Recognition
  • Creating Music

    ImprovisationCompositionOrchestration
  • Sports

    BadmintonSquashJogging