Welcome

Desmond Nixon

Computer Engineering Student, University of Waterloo, Software Developer

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Links

LinkedIn

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Personal Github

My personal github.

HUNGIE Github

My Github repository for my startup - HUNGIE.

HUNGIE Landing Page

Please visit this site to explore HUNGIE.

Resume

View my Resume

SKILLS

C

C++

CSS

Dart

HTML

Java

JavaScript

Python

SQL

Verilog

VHDL




Flutter

Flask

Node.js

Android Studio
Docker
Eclipse
Firebase
Github
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
Platform IO
Postman
PyCharm
VS Code

Experience


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Software Developer

January 2024 - April 2024
• Led and took ownership of a project tasked with scanning permits and permit applications and entering key information into a database, improving speed and accuracy by 50% utilizing OCR, web scripting, and image processing.

• Consulted with CITES Scientific Authority on software vulnerabilities

• Created supporting documentation for past and current projects

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Software Developer & Founder

August 2022 - Present
• Founded a startup which helps individuals with dietary restrictions better interact with the food in their lives

• Developed a mobile app consisting of 3 main aspects; An OCR scanner which reads and flags a list of ingredients, a community page, and a pool of restaurant reviews

• Integrated user authentication through Firebase and Google accounts

• Integrated Google Maps API, Google Places API, Google's ML Kit

• Utilised Firebase and Firestore for backend

• Developed the app using Dart on the Flutter Framework

• Presented startup idea in pitch competitions

• Gathered insight from Waterloo Conrad Entrepreneurs

• Maintained community relations through social media

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Mobile Developer

January 2022 - April 2022
• Leveraged Flutter using Android Studio to expand upon company's codebase

• Utilized JSON parsing, states, synchronous and asynchronous programming

• Implemented code to integrate dynamic text fields, images, and videos within a single app page with data integrated from JSON via Hive

CONTACT ME

desmond.nixon@uwaterloo.ca