About Me

I am a software engineering student studying at Western University. When I'm not playing sports, working at McDonald's as a crew trainer, or studying in school, I like to complete various passion projects. Some of my favourites are listed below.
I'm currently looking for Summer 2025 internship opportunities. Feel free to contact me below!

Experience

Education

Awards

2021 - 2022
McDonald's crew member
2022 - 2023
Mcdonald's crew trainer
2020 - 2023
BNB Lawncare - property and maintenance services
July - August (2023)
Summer internship with Start.ca
May - August (2024)
Software Engineering Intern Scotiabank

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School
2019-2023
Western University
Software engineering: 2023 - 2027

Given to a student who achieves the highest mark in a given subject:
- - Philosophy (Grade 12)
- - Computer Science (Grade 12)
Given to a student who achieves above 90% in all courses taken that year:
- - Student Of Distinction (Grade 12)
Given to a student who acheives above an 80% average accross all courses taken in university
- - Dean's Honour List (First Year)
- Western Scholarship Of Distinction
  Achieve a highschool admission average above 92%
- Giopalm Scholarship
  In recognition of academics, hard work, and outstanding leadership in the workplace

Skills

Web Design

I have experience programming and developing several commercial and personal websites using WordPress, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Game Development

I have experience designing various video games in singular and team-based settings in both GameMaker Studio and Godot

Application Development

I have designed, tested, and completed time-intensive mobile and desktop applications that offer convenient and useful solutions to issues in my personal life and to other's

My Work

Investment App

This mobile application displays relevant stock news pertaining to the biggest stocks in the Fortune 500 and can provide data on every stock in the market.

Tourist Tool

This desktop application provides the user with multiple tools they might need when deciding to travel or when in a foreign country. This app can provide relevant information to every country in the world, translate 134 different languages, and give users a better understanding of a country's landscapes and/or landmarks if they were to travel there.

Productivity Software

As I began to pursue a career in software engineering and computer science-related fields, I wanted to monitor the amount of time I was programming in order to maximize the amount of time I was improving my skills.

Other Projects

AI Debate Simulator

This Web Application leverages React.js, FastAPI backend (Hosted with uvicorn), the google flan extra large model, RAG methodlogy, and cosine similarity to simulate a disccusion between 2 bots about a entered topic.

Universal Remote Control

This proect leverages React.js, TailwindCSS, Webkits, Express.js, SocketIO, and Batch Crone Jobs (Task Scheduler)

E-commerce platform

A full-stack freelancing website for companies to contract students to meet their software development needs using React, TailwindCSS, and an integrated Stripe payment platform. The website connects the front end to the back end and database using AWS DynamoDB, Cloudfront, RDS, EC2, and S3. (Contributor).

Contact Me

jbranston6@gmail.com

(519) 872-7145

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Hi, I'm Jack Branston