[Resume] john.pop@hotmail.com

github.com/john-popovici

linkedin.com/in/john-popovici/

[001] Professional Summary

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I am a Software Engineering student with 16 months of internship experience and 16 months as a University Assistant. I am skilled in academic, technical, and interpersonal areas, eager to contribute and grow.

Python, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Matlab, SQL, C Shell, Git, Linux, LaTeX, Figma

[002] Education

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* Bachelor of Software Engineering | McMaster University - Canada Class of 2025

- 11.5/12.0 GPA; Awarded Principal's Award and University Senate Scholarship

* Ontario Secondary School Diploma | Newmarket High School - Canada Class of 2019

- 95.5/100.0 GPA; Awarded Principal's Honour Roll and Academic Distinctions

[003] Work Experience

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* Multimedia Textbook Assistant | McMaster University - Canada Jan 2025 - April 2025

- Developed H5P interactive content for open and free web development course textbook

- Collected and analyzed survey results to assess textbook implementation and usage

* Teaching Assistant | McMaster University - Canada Sept 2024 - April 2025

- Facilitated academic guidance and marking for courses with 1,000+ students

- Covered Engineering Project Design, Data Structures, Algorithms, and Web Dev

* Design Verification & Automation Developer | AMD - Canada May 2022 - April 2023

- Scripting in Python, Perl, Ruby, C Shell with Regex to automate and enhance testing

- Maintained and improved power analysis tools using Perforce and Jira

- Presented weekly updates of tests, simulations, and experiments for 6+ projects

- Lead on the Intern Steering Committee, organizing and hosting events for 300+ interns

* Teaching Assistant | McMaster University - Canada Sept 2024 - April 2025

* Junior Programmer | Valor Distributions - Canada May 2021 - Aug 2021

- Developed warehouse/lab management system with VUE.JS, Laravel, PHP, and SQL Database

- Quality Assurance (QA) and website development live within the week with GitHub

* Shipping Associate | Valor Distributions - Canada July 2019 - Aug 2019

[004] Software Projects

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* Dice Duels 4G06B Course Project Sept 2024 - April 2025

- Created customizable modernized Yahtzee using Godot with documentation on GitHub

* Android Chat App 3A04 Course Project Winter 2024

- Developed mobile app with Kerberos authentication protocol in Java

* OpenAI Discord API ChatBot Personal Project Summer 2021

- Implemented GPT-3 API to create an LLM-based chatbot using Discord, using Python

* Space;Raze Algorithm Competing Game ICS4UE Course Project Winter 2019

- Developed a Java-based instructional physics game for battling algorithms

[005] Other Highlights

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* Student Ambassador | McMaster University Sept 2019 - Apr 2022

- Ongoing Engagement with future students on and offline and leading campus group tours

* Student Representative | McMaster Engineering Society Sept 2019 - Apr 2022

- Voted representative by student body and awarded 2019-2020 Council Appreciation Award

* Director of Design & Manufacturing | First Robotics Competition Sept 2018 - June 2019

- Worked to found the local FRC team and awarded two Rookie Team of the Year Awards