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Hello, my name is

Christopher Mazzuca

Welcome to my online portfolio! I hope you learn more about me, my experience, and my passions. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for stopping by!

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About Me

I was born and raised in the Toronto area. I come from an Italian family, my grandparents immigrated to Toronto in their early twenties. With no money upon arriving, they founded one of the largest Italian bakeries in Toronto. I owe my ambition and drive to them.

Currently, I have an MBA from the Rotman School of Management. In 2020 I completed my undergraduate degree in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, where I majored in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

These experiences have taught me technical skills like programming, software development, and AI and Machine Learning. More importantly, I have been able to develop communication, time management, problem solving and teamwork skills.

My ultimate ambition is to combine my technical knowledge with my business drive. I have a passion for innovation, disruptive technologies, and generally using technology to improve quality of life. My ideal role involves working collaboratively with others to positively influence the world, through entrepreneurship or pre-existing ventures.

Project Management

Problem Solving and Teamwork

Engineering Design

Communication



Web development

Artificial Intelligence (PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Agile development methodology

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

September 2020 - May 2022

  • Peter Godsoe/Scotiabank Scholarship (2021), and Jeffrey Skoll BASc/MBA Award (2020-2022)
  • Major in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Management
  • Worked full-time during the program, member of 7 clubs (i.e., Finance and Entrepreneurship), tutored several courses

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) - Engineering Science

University of Toronto

September 2016 - May 2020

  • Presidents Scholarship (2016-2020)
  • Major in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, published a thesis alongside Prof. Anthony Niblett (AI + Law)
  • Member of 3 clubs, consulted for North York General Hospital to optimize ER throughput

Experience (Most Recent)

Product Manager

WELL Health Technologies

May 2022 - Present

  • Lead product for Tia Health and Insig Health, Canada-wide virtual care and telehealth platforms.
  • Launched a new booking flow for Tia Health, which improved conversion by more than 100%.
  • Built a brand new portal for customer support, introducing an efficiency of 4x for the team.

Business Analyst

WELL Health Technologies

September 2019 - May 2022

  • Implemented in-platform billing solutions for doctors that led to a roughly 50% increase in captured revenue.
  • Worked with the software and business development teams to create and develop a new doctor onboarding flow (reducing onboarding dropoff by 18%), and implementing patient review systems.
  • Developed real-time logging for evaluating the health of the live product by tracking key metrics, catching errors before they affected users and enabling the software team to target bugs more quickly upon product releases.

Full Stack + AI Engineer

engineering.com

May 2019 - August 2019

  • Implemented an AI-powered recommendation system for articles based on user preferences, increasing user engagement metrics by 15%.
  • Collaborated with other developers on other major projects such as re-designing the signup process, and building a "Related Articles" section using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques.

Software Engineering Lead

Jablonsky, Ast & Partners

May 2017 - August 2018

  • Created and designed software automating a significant part of the data entry workflow, exporting structural calculations done into human-level AutoCAD drawings.
  • The solution saved 20 hours per week for 5 employees in the company, and introduced a more robust design process.

Areas of Interest

Product Design

I enjoy designing a solution or product collaboratively in a team. Challenge accepted!

Artificial Intelligence

I think we have only just begun our journey with AI. I'm looking forward to what the future holds!

Entrepreneurship

Something I'm passionate about, and would like to achieve. I enjoy constantly learning and adapting.

Social welfare

We need to build companies that solve the needs of the global community!

My Project Portfolio

AI legal predictions

Undergraduate thesis

2019

  • For my undergraduate thesis, I worked with Professor Niblett in the Law department at the University of Toronto. We developed an AI-based model that was able to predicted legal citations reasonably well, while exclusively reading the text.
  • You can read my thesis here.

ShiftAI

Co-founder

2018 - Present

  • Co-founded an initiative to introduce AI and Machine Learning analysis into the NHL. We currently produce draft rankings for new prospects (using clustering), and have started predicting NHL Playoff outcomes.
  • Our website is shiftai.ca, and follow us on Twitter (@ShiftAI)!

ER Room Optimization

Team member

2019

  • Constructed Machine Learning models to help predict patient flow within the Emergency Department of the North York General Hospital.
  • Using this tool, the staff is better able to allocate resources effectively, and potentially increase capacity.

Autonomous Robot

Coding Lead

2018

  • Working in a team of three, we built a fully autonomous robot that would sort various objects into storage cabinets as requested by user input.
  • I led the code development, which controlled a variety of sensors and motors. Our robot passed the final test, and scored top 10!

Motivations and Values

Efficiency

I hate when something is slow, and it inspires me to change it. I have to!

Teamwork

I've always believed that teams are greater than the sum of their parts, and should be encouraged!

Creativity

I thrive in an environment where people challenge everything. There are no stupid ideas.

dedication

When I take on a project, I do not stop until I see it through. I give everything my all.


GET IN TOUCH

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