Resume
My journey so far. Hover or tap any entry to learn more.
2025 — Present
Education Sep. 2025 — Jun. 2029
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
B.S. in Computer Science | GPA: 4.0/4.0
Los Angeles, CA
- SAF Scholar — full-ride merit scholarship from the Singapore Armed Forces, awarded to fewer than 5 individuals annually to develop future senior leadership
- Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Computer Organization, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations
Experience Sep. 2025 — Present
Infrastructure Organizer
LA CTF — UCLA ACM Cybersecurity
Los Angeles, CA
- Architected and shipped GCP-based competition infrastructure (Cloud Run frontend, GKE challenge cluster, Cloud SQL, Redis on GCE) supporting thousands of concurrent participants
- Built autoscaling Kubernetes deployment with Traefik ingress, cert-manager + Cloudflare DNS-01 for wildcard TLS, and KubeIP for static node addressing; hardened firewall rules to prevent pre-CTF subdomain leakage
- Deployed CI/CD on GitHub Actions via GCP Workload Identity Federation (eliminating long-lived service-account keys); maintained custom forks of rCTF, rCDS, and cyber-instancer powering per-team challenge instances
GCP Kubernetes Traefik GitHub Actions
2024
Experience Jan. 2024 — Aug. 2025
Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Digital & Intelligence Service (DIS), Singapore Armed Forces
Singapore
- Designed and shipped an OSINT-to-TTP automation pipeline (Python + LLM-assisted parsing) ingesting 50+ daily sources and mapping adversary behaviors into ATT&CK-aligned heat maps and temporal views
- Reduced analyst review time from a half-day workflow to under 5 minutes (>95% reduction); pipeline deployed operationally and adopted department-wide
- Engineered fault-tolerant crawlers, structured-output validators, and QA layers; ran comparative evaluations to maintain precision/recall as source coverage scaled
Python LLMs MITRE ATT&CK OSINT
Leadership Jan. 2024 — Dec. 2024
Sword of Honour (Valedictorian) & Best in Knowledge
Officer Cadet School (OCS) — Digital & Intelligence Service
Singapore
- Graduated top of cohort with Sword of Honour and Best in Knowledge awards across all technical assessments
- Led a platoon of 80+ cadets through cybersecurity training exercises and operational planning
- Completed 9 months of intensive coursework in Computer Networks, OS Internals (Linux), ICS/OT Security, and Penetration Testing
2022 — 2023
Project 2022 — 2023
Surgical Tool Verification via Computer Vision
Research collaboration with Dr. Tang Kok Zuea, NUS
Singapore
- Co-developed a CNN-based system to automate post-surgical instrument verification, reducing manual count time by 98%
- Awarded Bronze at the Singapore Science & Engineering Fair (SSEF)
Python OpenCV TensorFlow
Project 2023
Self-Sorting Recycling Bin
Hardware prototype — sensor-driven waste classification
Singapore
- Designed a multi-sensor prototype that classifies and routes waste in real time, reducing recyclable contamination rates
- Top 5 finish at NTU Young Innovator Challenge
Arduino Sensor Fusion C++
Project 2022
EatBah
iOS app — hyperlocal food waste marketplace
Singapore
- Built a native iOS app connecting food vendors with nearby consumers to redistribute surplus food in real time
- 2nd Runner-up at SUSS SBIZ Business Plan Competition
Swift SwiftUI Firebase MapKit
2021
Experience 2021 — 2022
Full-Stack Developer
Tenopy — Ed-Tech Startup
Singapore
- Shipped end-to-end features for an online classroom platform, from wireframes through production deployment across frontend and backend
- Built responsive, accessible UI components that maintained reliability under live classroom load
React Node.js REST APIs
2020
Leadership 2020 — 2021
Project Head — Project Integrate
Community impact initiative for migrant worker inclusion
Singapore
- Led a cross-functional team to design and launch an inclusion campaign for migrant workers; awarded Best Project among 100+ cohort teams
- Built and deployed the initiative's website end-to-end, driving online fundraising and awareness
2018
Education Jan. 2018 — Dec. 2023
Hwa Chong Institution
GCE A-Levels | Rank Points: 90/90 (Straight As)
Singapore
- H2 Physics, H2 Chemistry, H2 Mathematics, H2 Economics, H1 General Paper, H1 Project Work — all A grades
- Cybersecurity Wing Lead, Infocomm & Robotics Society — authored challenges for Sieberrsec CTF (500+ participants; backed by DIS, DSO, Smart Nation)
- Top 10 out of 4,300+ participants at Brainhack CTF (2022, 2023)