About Me

Founder of The JA Institute, leading global research and innovation efforts with eight global thought leaders and 20+ colleagues. Previously, awarded Global Student Prize finalist for building JA Malaysia Mall, The Webby Award Honoree for building Glasgow Invest, and ten academic and research awards including the Canadian Economics Association-Bank of Canada Undergraduate Paper Award. Consulted The City of Calgary on AI, electricity rates, and provincial bills.

Currently pursuing MSc in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute.

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What i'm doing

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    Econometrics

    Answering the intricate problem of causal inference.

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    Algorithmic Economics

    Studying the interplay of algorithmic and economic systems.

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    Entrepreneurship

    Building products that make people feel loved.

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    Economic Development

    Creating opportunities for others that I'm blessed to receive myself.

Research Interests

  • Algorithmic Economics

    Applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Economics.

  • Experimental Economics

    Designing and running randomized evaluations.

  • Economics of Digitization

    Using digital data to study economics and design efficient architectures.

  • Applied Microeconomics

    Testing Microeconomic theory for labour, education, and industrial organization topics.

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Awards & Affiliations

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Education

  1. Master of Science in Social Data Science

    University of Oxford | GPA: TBD Oct 2025 – Aug 2026

    AI and economics.

  2. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics with Minor in Data Science

    University of Calgary | GPA: 3.99 Sep 2021 – Apr 2025

    Specialization in econometrics and quantitative economics.

  3. Summer Exchange - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Theory and Practice

    Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford | Grade: A+ (4 credits) August 2023

    Funded summer exchange program for Machine Learning.

  4. MicroMaster - Data, Economics, and Design of Policy

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Grade: 90.5% (6 credits) May 2024 - August 2024

    Specialization in developmental and experimental economics.

Experience

  1. Research Strategist @ JA Worldwide

    June 2024 – Present

    Building The JA Institute, a research center focused on developmental and labor economics.

  2. Summer Economist @ City of Calgary

    May 2024 – August 2024

    AI and Machine Learning, macroeconomics, labor economics, developmental economics, and public finance.

  3. Product, Strategy, and Finance Analyst @ START by TBWA (Omnicom)

    June 2021 – April 2024

    Empowering bolder returns.

  4. Global Alumni Ambassador @ JA Worldwide

    June 2021 — June 2024

    Bringing digital innovation and econometrics to entrepreneurship education in 120+ countries.

  5. Regional Alumni Lead @ JA Asia Pacific

    January 2021 — June 2021

    Training alumni leaders in 18 countries.

  6. Officer @ JA Malaysia

    July 2020 — February 2021

    Digital innovation.

  7. Product Management Intern @ Macrokiosk

    March 2020 — June 2020

    GTM for payment gateway in South East Asia.

  8. Events Coordinator @ Event Plus Marketing

    Feb 2020 — March 2020

    Delivering shopping mall experiences.

  9. Intern @ JA Malaysia

    January 2020 — Feburary 2020

    Entrepreneurship workshops.

  10. Intern @ JA Malaysia

    November 2018 — December 2018

    Entrepreneurship content for high schoolers.

Skills and Interest

  1. Language

    Bilingual Proficient English Professional Chinese Intermediate Bahasa Melayu Elementary Cantonesee

  2. Programming

    Python (pandas, scikit-learn, numpy, gensim, matplotlib, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, seaborn, statsmodels), R, Java, SQL, Excel VBA.

  3. Computer Applications

    VS Code, Jupyter Notebook, Google Colab, Rstudio, GitHub, Postman, Power BI, Tableau, OpenRefine, Qualtrics, MongoDB, Figma, Canva.

  4. Interests

    Read 49 books in 2022, played basketball competitively in Southeast Asia as captain, led my high school’s Leo Club to the Top 52 community service club globally, love nature and hiking, and value thought-provoking films.

  5. Certification

    Jul 2024 | CITI Program: Social-Behavioural-Educational Foundations Jan 2024 | DeepLearning.AI: Generative AI with Large Language Models Nov 2023 | McKinsey.org Leadership Excellence Sep 2023 | Google: Advanced Machine Learning Courses: Recommendation Systems Sep 2023 | DeepLearning.AI: Natural Language Processing in TensorFlow Sep 2023 | DeepLearning.AI: Sequences, Time Series and Prediction Mar 2021 | Microsoft: DAT205x Introduction to Data Analysis using Excel May 2020 | University of Michigan: DS120x: Introduction to Data Analytics for Managers May 2020 | DataCamp: Data Science R Basics May 2020 | Harvard University: PH125.1x: Data Science: R Basics May 2020 | Udemy: Storytelling to Influence Apr 2020 | KPMG: Data Insights and Presentation Virtual Internship Jan 2020 | Harvard University: CS50 Introduction to Computer Science

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