Hi, I'm Zixi Chen.

A
Motivated developer with diversified skill sets

About

IT graduate with a commerce background striving to combine business soft skills with growing technical skills to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes. Nurtured cultural sensitivity through interest and experience in diverse cultures, as well as more than 5 years of language study.

Experience

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iBuild Building Solutions

Junior Developer (Internship)
  • Conducted and presented research on new technologies independently
  • Assisted in the migration of WordPress websites by utilising technical skills
  • Applied organisational and time management skills to accomplish assigned tasks on time
  • Refined communication skills and conflict management skills as a team member
June - July 2023
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UoM Graduate Student Association

Internship
  • Developed skills in policy development and event planning by acquiring and applying relevant knowledge through producing policy submission and social media promotion material
  • Cooperated with another intern to evaluate and propose an improvement on a student engagement program based on analysis on historical data to the GSA committee
February 2021
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Practera Dealbook Program

Student Consultant
  • Discussed with education Tech start-up RelyHQ regarding funding need and researched for potential funding resources
  • Collaborated within a team of 4 and produced a report on potential funding sources and recommendation based on collected information and tailored analysis
December 2020

Projects

music streaming app
stockPrice Mobile App

A stock holding tracking mobile application powered by React Native

Accomplishments
  • Tools: ReactJS,ExpressJS,NodeJS,MongoDB
  • Track and manage stock holdings
quiz app
How 'healthy' is your area?

An interactive data visualization webpage powered by ReactJS

Accomplishments
  • Tools: ReactJS,MaterialUI,Chart.js
  • Visualizing the National Drug Strategy Household Survey result in an interactive way
music streaming app
myTwitter - Twitter clone

A private local Twitter clone used as my personal journal

Accomplishments
  • Tools: ReactJS,ExpressJS,MongoDB,Tailwind CSS
  • Post,update,delete & attach media to a tweet
  • Display URLs in their page titles

Skills

Languages and Databases

Python
JavaScript
HTML5
CSS3
MySQL
Java

Libraries

ReactJS
Pandas
Express.js
MaterialUI
MongoDB
Tailwind

Other

Tableau
WordPress

Education

University of Melbourne

Degree: Master of Information Technology (Computing)

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Programming and Software Development
    • Algorithms and Complexity
    • Cluster and Cloud Computing

University of Melbourne

Degree: Bachelor of Commerce (Finance & Economics)

    Semester long exchange in Hitotsubashi University, Japan:

    • Recipient of New Colombo Plan Grant
    • Equipped with skills of communicating with confidence in the Japanese language
    • Enhanced cultural awareness through engaging in cross-cultural communication, utilising acquired language skills

Website Design: Varad Bhogayata