I am a:



Software Developer

Medical Laboratory Technologist

Problem Solver

Scientist

Lifelong Learner



Resume
shape shape
about banner

Graduate of the Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) program at the University of British Columbia, holding a previous bachelor's degree in Medical Laboratory Science and certification as a Medical Technologist.

I traded microscopes for monitors and now spend my days solving bugs—both in software and occasionally in my cooking!

  • Degrees

    Bachelors of Computer Science Bachelors of Medical Laboratory Science Registered Laboratory Technologist

  • City

    Vancouver, Canada

  • Email

    huacg.charlie@gmail.com

  • Socials

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Sept 2021 - Aug 2024

University of British Columbia

MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE

Jan 2016 - May 2018

British Columbia Institute of Technology

  • Professional certification diploma program
  • Trained in fields of chemistry, hematology, immunology, transfusion sciences, histology, microbiology

BACHELOR OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE

Sept 2010 - May 2015

University of British Columbia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INTERN

Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

Clio

  • Fullstack development as part of the Payments Systems team

REGISTERED LABORATORY TECHNOLOGST

Jun 2018 - Aug 2024

Vancouver General Hospital

  • Specialization in histotechnology for human pathology testing and diagnosis
  • Designed Super User and Subject Matter Expert for the CoPath laboratory software

PROJECT LEAD

Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

Program Office for Laboratory Quality Management

  • Led a World Health Organization project to update the catalogue of External Proficiency Testing centers globally

CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDENT

Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

UBC Dept. of Pathology and Lab Medicine

  • Recipient of the Summer Fellowship award
  • Developed the initial workflow of a liquid chromatography, tandem mass spectrometry cerebrospinal fluid assay for the early detection of Parkinson's disease

ADDITIONAL WORK

ELECTION OFFICER

May 2009 - May 2024

Municipal, Provincial, and Federal Governments

  • Regular supervisor for the elections at different levels of government

TECHNOLOGY PROCTOR

Sept 2020 - Dec 2024

CPA Western School of Business

  • Invigilation for up to thousands of exam takers for technical problems relating to network issues, software malfunction, and fraudulent behaviours

My Latest Projects

  • Welcome page for Trip Blueprint

    Trip Blueprint

    Comprehensive travel itineray planner with integrated API for flights, hotels, restaurants, and activities.

    Link
  • Starting up Path of Gen

    Path of Gen

    A pixel-style, choose-your-adventure series of minigames that guide a tiny microorganism through organs in the body to its final destination. Won best game in class.

  • Welcome page for 'acorn' mood tracker

    acorn

    A mood tracker to support mental health.
    Built as part of BCS Hacks 2023.

    GitHub
  • WHO logo

    WHO Catalogue

    Updated the existing database of global External Proficiency Testing centers and created a VBA-powered, fully-interactive, sortable, and searchable Microsoft Excel catalogue

  • Five Flags fictional amusement park

    Five Flags

    Postgres, Express, React, and Node.js
    The website hosts a normalized database structure filled with guests and amusement park attractions to demonstrate SQL queries