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Chad Rossouw

Chad Rossouw

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Computer Science Specialist - Entrepreneurship Stream | University of Toronto

  • Education

    • Discovery College

      2009 - 2022
      International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme HL Mathematics, HL Physics, HL Economics, SL English, SL Spanish Ab Initio, SL Design Technology

      Activities and Societies: Y6: Student Council Member; Y7-Y9: Student Ambassador; Y10-Y13: Higher Education Ambassador; Y12: IB Personal Project Mentor Discovery College Student News (DCSN) - Head of ICT and Co-FounderCo-founded, planned, advertised and ran the DCSN network, working with fellow founders and school staff to recruit and manage a content-creation team of over 40 students.Built the official DCSN website and content-management system as used by Discovery College, liaising with key DC communications and ICT staff.Led the ICT department within DCSN, responsible for digital management and distribution of student… Show more Discovery College Student News (DCSN) - Head of ICT and Co-FounderCo-founded, planned, advertised and ran the DCSN network, working with fellow founders and school staff to recruit and manage a content-creation team of over 40 students.Built the official DCSN website and content-management system as used by Discovery College, liaising with key DC communications and ICT staff.Led the ICT department within DCSN, responsible for digital management and distribution of student content.Discovery College Young Investors Society (DCYIS) - Co-founderWorked with founding DCYIS members to prepare and deliver weekly lessons on financial literacy, for students in years 10-13.Built an investment simulation website mirroring the real US stock market, for students to practice investment skills.Discovery College Digital Leader - Co-founderCo-founded and worked within the Discovery College Digital Leader program, aiming to increase digital literacy and interest in technology across the school. Show less

    • University of Toronto Scarborough

      2022 - 2026
      Honours Bachelor of Science - HBSc Computer Science

      Computer Science Specialist (Co-op) - Entrepreneurship Stream

  • Experience

    • The Daily Edit

      Jul 2021 - Mar 2023

      - Designed and built a mass language-annotation platform using Typescript and a SQL relationaldatabase, enabling users to generate thousands of pieces of data designed to train a newsanalysis AI model.- Built a data-visualization tool using Python and PyTorch which enabled non-programmers withinthe company to understand and interpret abstract ML model parameters, performance andoutput.- Developed a custom web-extension, extending existing multi-tiered company infrastructurein Rust to bring the mobile app overlay experience to the web. Show less

      • Junior Software Developer

        Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

      • Summer Intern

        Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

    • Google Developer Student Clubs

      Sept 2023 - now
      GDSC UTSC - Vice-lead - Technology

    • AirImpact

      Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
      Software Developer Co-op

      - Took charge of the company Python service, redesigning infrastructure from the ground-up toimprove readability, enforce modularity and promote maintainability using relevant design patterns,resulting in vastly improved code efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness- Architected and executed a company migration from the OpenAI API to utilizing open-sourceLarge Language Models in AWS, vastly improving data privacy for company clients.- Overhauled existing company document processing capabilities to enable robust parsing of tables,images and graphs in client documents.- Took initiative through identification of flaws in product performance, and subsequently identifyingresearching and developing solutions to reduce or solve such flaws. Show less

    • Venho.ai

      Apr 2024 - now

      • Software Developer

        Sept 2024 - now

      • Software Developer

        Apr 2024 - Aug 2024

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Chad Rossouw
      Certificate of Accomplishment Association for Mathematical and Computer Science Students Mar 2023 Awarded by Professor Brian Harrington for outstanding studentship and contributions to the University of Toronto community.
    • Awarded to Chad Rossouw
      Certificate of Accomplishment Computer Science Enrichment Club Mar 2023 Awarded for outstanding studentship and contributions to the UTSC Computer Science Enrichment Club and its community.
    • Awarded to Chad Rossouw
      ESF Chairman's Award for Excellence English Schools Foundation Aug 2022 In recognition of outstanding academic performance.
    • Awarded to Chad Rossouw
      ESF Chairman's Award for Leadership English Schools Foundation Aug 2022 In recognition of outstanding leadership.