Hello

Located
in Toronto

Programmer
Researcher & Entrepreneur

Zander — Zander — Zander — 

I build software end to end; from a textbook marketplace for my school to an AI system that sees wildfire smoke coming, and ship it into the real world.

Gold medalist at the Toronto Science Fair 2026, published science-fiction author, and finalist at the International AI Innovation Olympiad

RECENT WORK

I CAN HELP YOU WITH…

01

Engineering

Software across the whole stack, systems programming in Rust, C++, up through TypeScript, React and the modern web. Built properly with AI, and shipped fast.

02

Research

AI and data-driven research with real outcomes, with a gold medal at the Toronto Science Fair 2026 and a wildfire-smoke forecasting system with an AI olympiad at MIT on the way.

03

Ventures

Products built with a purpose. Instila; next-generation COO software with an AI agent in the loop.

EXPERIENCE

Gold medal — environmental research

Toronto Science Fair · The C.L.E.A.R. System

2026

Designer & developer

Used Textbook Exchange · T3 stack, PostgreSQL

2025 — 2026

Teaching assistant

Brain Power · Interview prep for 24 students

2025 — 2026

Payload & avionics

Rocketry Club · 1-metre rocket build

2025 — 2026

Programming enrichment

RP4K · Johns Hopkins CTY · Circuit Steam

2025 — 2026

Cybersecurity Club

Foundational security, hands-on

2025 — 2026

Published science-fiction author

Polar Expressions · 10 short stories, 2nd & 3rd in Canada

2021 — 2026