LIAM HOUGH https://www.linkedin.

com/in/liam-hough/
Email: liam.hough@queensu.ca https://github.com/liamhough
Phone: 647-444-3538 https://devpost.com/LiamHough

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering and Applied Science – Computer Engineering Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
• Focus in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (3.4 GPA) April 2022 Candidate
• Extra-curriculars: Director of Events (QWeb), Marketing Coordinator (Queen’s EngSoc Professional Development)
• Relevant Courses: Design Thinking, Data and Information Structures, Machine Vision, Human-Computer Interaction
Certificate in Business (4.3 GPA) Smith School of Business, Kingston, ON
• COMM231 Marketing Excellence Award Completion Date: April 2022
• Relevant Courses: Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Business Fundamentals, Financial Accounting
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Cognitive Software Developer Intern – Machine Learning Hub (Data & AI), IBM May 2020 – Present
• Designed and programmed native application prototype for employee onboarding to be offered as a product offering
• Presented weekly prototype demos to IBM VPs to discuss user needs and product growth to partner with enterprise clients
• Led multiple interactive workshops and talks on Machine Learning and IBM Cloud technologies to over 300 participants
Director of Professional Development, Queen’s University Engineering Society May 2019 – Apr 2020
• Inspired a team of 20 members and motivated industry leaders and alumni to promote engineering
careers for over 3200 students
• Led growth of the PD brand to continue to engage students and provide professional development resources
• Oversaw the planning, promotion and execution of multiple events with over 500+ total attendees
Summer Intern – Systems Engineering and Data Centre Services, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board May 2019 – Aug 2019
• Reviewed and amended information technology legal documents, standards and processes in various technology
environments (ie. UNIX, Linux, Windows, Mainframe)
• Analyzed data from technology teams to provide insights and analytics to ensure tasks were tracked for monthly reports
• Designed and developed a SQL/PHP database mapping 300+ applications used by WSIB for live inventory-
tracking for business and IT decisions based on Agile (Kanban) workflows

RELEVANT PROJECTS
Voyage – A Navigation System for Emergencies, IBM North America Hackathon 2020 July 2020
• Designed and built user interface based on user hills and climate change data to provide meaningful user experience
• Developed fully integrated back-end system on a Django framework with the MapBox API to route users to destination
• Presented a live pitch and demo to over 100 data science professionals to raise awareness on the effects of climate change
Thrift - Personalized Cost Savings Web App, Hack the North 2019 | https://github.com/liamhough/Thrift September 2019
• Collaborated with team to identify product development design and benefits for online financial tool
• Researched trends in the online banking market and identified competitors and created product roadmap
• Assessed user needs to develop a web application to analyze data and drive personalized recommendations for
user saving
Cloudtect – Cloud-based Image Detection, QHacks 2019 | https://cloudtect.webflow.io Feb 2019
• Identified gap within cloud computing industry and created remote image detection service for cloud integration
• Designed and developed intuitive landing page for software with Webflow and HTML/CSS with user-testing

ACHIEVEMENTS TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Dean’s Scholar 2019-2020 Programming Languages/Frameworks: Python/Django, Java,
• Mayor’s Innovation Challenge Finalist JavaScript, C/C++ (OpenCV), HTML/CSS, MATLAB, Swift, SQL,
• 3 Place – PentaHacks Deloitte Challenge
rd Git, IBM Watson and Cloud Technologies, Docker, React Native
• Class of 2017 Valedictorian Design Software: Adobe InDesign & Spark, SolidWorks, Figma,
• Ontario Secondary School Principal’s Leadership Award Shapr3D, Adobe XD
• Student Council President Other Applications: Microsoft Office, Trello, Asana, Box
PERSONAL INTERESTS: Music, Photography & Film, Snowboarding, Ultimate Frisbee, Product Design