Senior Events Associate | Centre for Effective Altruism

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I am a versatile and inquisitive aspirant who believes that asking the right questions is critical to developing the optimal solution. I synthesize fundamental theory and technical research with practical applications to achieve holistic solutions. My extensive leadership, collaborative, and research experience has led me to present at conferences both in NZ and overseas. My ambition is to establish a research institute that focuses on a highly-effective cause area and provides valuable research that brings benefit to humanity.


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Conference Involvement:

Effective Altruism Global
2021 - London
Events Team Contractor

Effective Altruism Global X
2020 - Asia Pacific - Virtual
Assistant Event Manager, Volunteer Management Co-Lead, Risk Assessor

Effective Altruism Global X
2020 - Canberra, Australia
Volunteer Management lead

OPTO 2019: Toruń
2019 - Toruń, Poland
Poster/Presenter: Characterizing Thermal Properties of an AlAs/GaAs Superlattice with FDTR

Engineers Without Borders: Summit for Social Change
2017 - Auckland, New Zealand
Presenter: Making an Impact

Effective Altruism Global X
2016 - Melbourne, Australia
Workshop Coordinator: Starting a Chapter

Activity

Experience

  • The Centre for Effective Altruism

    The Centre for Effective Altruism

    3 years 3 months

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      Senior Events Associate

      The Centre for Effective Altruism

      - Present 1 year 6 months

      Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

      Product managing two developers and an administrator on advanced Salesforce functionality, optimizing complex processes and screenflows for our application and registration system. Working on impact evaluation and data strategy to improve the value that our conferences bring to our attendees.

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      Events Associate

      The Centre for Effective Altruism

      - 1 year 5 months

      Oxford, England, United Kingdom

      I build systems which drive the EA Global conference series and the wider Effective Altruism movement into the future. Forging creative solutions to complex open problems by implementing robust and streamlined organizational, technological and financial frameworks that improve the attendee user experience and decrease administrative overhead.

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      Contractor - Events

      The Centre for Effective Altruism

      - 6 months

      Auckland, New Zealand

  • Community Builder

    Effective Altruism Australia & New Zealand

    - 9 months

    Provided support for local groups and facilitated the growth of the EA movement across the Australia & New Zealand region. Funded in part by EANZ and a grant from the EA Infrastructure Fund.

  • Lanaco

    Lanaco

    1 year 7 months

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      Product Development Engineer

      Lanaco

      - 1 year 3 months

      Auckland, New Zealand

      Fast paced product development and strategy, product testing, process optimization, quality control, meeting customer and production objectives. Managed a major project in our face mask development which included several project streams.

      Contributed to achievement of multiple certifications/accreditations:
      AS/NZS 1716 (Respiratory Protective Devices)
      ISO 9001 (Quality Management)
      ISO 13485 (Medical Devices)

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      Research Engineer

      Lanaco

      - 5 months

      Auckland, New Zealand

      Engaging external R&D or commercial organisations, formulating scientific experiments, preparing progress and scientific reports.

  • Perfumer & Founder

    Elemental Essences

    - 3 years

    Created and sold natural perfumes inspired by the elements, and provided an individual consultation process to create personalized blends.
    www.Elemental-Essences.com

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    Student

    The University of Auckland

    - 5 years 10 months

    Auckland, New Zealand

    Conjoint BE(Hons) Chemical and Materials / BSc Physics & Chemistry (double major)

    Honors Project (2018):
    Infinity Spin: A Novel Way To Assess Musculoskeletal Symmetry
    See "Accomplishments > Projects" for the final presentation.

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    Research Scientist

    Nicolaus Copernicus University

    - 2 months

    Torun, Kuyavian-Pomeranian District, Poland

    Research scholarship that consisted of constructing an optical setup, and writing MATLAB code to measure the thermal properties of superlattices using Frequency-Domain Thermoreflectance (FDTR).
    Presented a research poster at the OPTO 2019 International Optics Conference.

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    Research Scientist

    Mint Innovation

    - 4 months

    Auckland, New Zealand

    Undertook independent research of new techniques to dissolve gold out of electronic-waste, using microbes to recover the gold out of solution. Research was targeted to fit into patentable areas of chemistry.
    Gained exposure to a young company going through the commercialization process.
    Frequent use of analytical techniques such as Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS).

  • Director

    Burduk LTD

    - 2 years 4 months

    Auckland, New Zealand

    Online retail company buying & selling consumer goods.

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    Supply Chain Assistant

    RD (Retail Dimension)

    - 4 months

    Auckland, New Zealand

    Oversaw and organized goods manufacture, including outsourcing and some internal project management to ensure deliverables were completed on time.

Education

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    The University of Auckland

    Bachelor’s Degree BE(Hons) Chemical and Materials / BSc Physics & Chemistry (double major)

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    Activities and Societies: Co-Founder: Effective Altruism Auckland || Chairperson: Philosophy Society

  • Kingsway School

    High School

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Volunteer Experience

  • Co-Founder, President, Various Roles

    Effective Altruism Auckland

    - 6 years

    Poverty Alleviation

    Effective Altruism is a social movement which synergizes logic & evidence with empathy to progressively answer the question: “How can we optimize the use of our resources to help others most?”

    Since co-founding the society in 2015, I have devised & implemented growth strategies & initiatives, collaborated with other societies & organizations, organized events, and directed the society by maintaining a growth-oriented perspective. Currently collaborating with EA Australia to combine our…

    Effective Altruism is a social movement which synergizes logic & evidence with empathy to progressively answer the question: “How can we optimize the use of our resources to help others most?”

    Since co-founding the society in 2015, I have devised & implemented growth strategies & initiatives, collaborated with other societies & organizations, organized events, and directed the society by maintaining a growth-oriented perspective. Currently collaborating with EA Australia to combine our efforts & data to maximize effectiveness.

  • Trustee

    Effective Altruism New Zealand Charitable Trust

    - 4 years 10 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    I have been involved in fundraising projects, meetings, and discussions around how we can boost the awareness of EA in New Zealand.
    The EANZCT has facilitated over $430,000 in tax deductible donations since 2016 to the Against Malaria Foundation - one of GiveWell's top recommended charities.

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    Volunteer Management Co-Lead, Risk Assessment Lead

    Effective Altruism Global X: Asia Pacific 2020 Conference

    - 7 months

  • Executive

    Effective Altruism Australia and New Zealand

    - 1 year 6 months

    Provided resources for, and directly supported effective altruism groups within Australia and New Zealand.
    Developed systems that assisted in the effective coordination of EA groups.

  • Chairperson, Communications Officer

    Philosophy Society

    - 1 year

    Education

    Coordinated the executive to maximize the depth of discussion at events, and value that we brought to our members. Maintained a weekly newsletter that was distributed to hundreds of people on our mailing list.

Projects

Honors & Awards

  • Dean's Honours List

    Engineering Dean

    The Faculty of Engineering recognizes students for demonstrating excellence in academic performance by being either in the top 5% of their year of study or attaining a GPA of over 8.25.

    This was awarded for my Part IV (Honours) Engineering component.

Languages

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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