About
Entrepreneur
In February 2023 I founded Resider Inc.—a real estate portal serving Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley, and Chilliwack. It was created to remedy information asymmetry and empower real estate consumers with transparency. I coded the initial version in PHP using municipal Open Data, and the company was then formed with three co-founders at Launch Academy—Western Canada’s leading tech incubator and accelerator where ideas are vetted, business models are tested, and successes are celebrated.
Real Estate Professional
I studied the Bachelor of Business in Real Estate at the University of British Columbia, which provided the academic foundation for a career in valuation and sales.
Following that, I joined the largest national appraisal firm in Canada after attaining my DAR (Designated Appraiser Residential), where I appraised more than 3,000 residential properties throughout the Lower Mainland, representing an aggregate value of approximately $1.6 billion. This work developed deep expertise in market analysis, pricing dynamics, and asset valuation.
I later transitioned into residential sales as a Realtor with the largest independent cloud-based real estate brokerage at the time, eXp Realty. In November 2024, I ranked in the top 10 out of 1,740 agents based on sales volume, placing among the top producers in the province.
Software Developer
My love for programming started with PHP and CodeIgniter, building early experience with MVC application design. From there, I switched to modern front-end frameworks, working with React and Vue, broadening my understanding of component-based architecture and dynamic user interfaces.
Over time, I shifted completely to Ruby on Rails, simplifying my stack to optimize for programmer happiness—working primarily on fundamentals with Ruby, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to abstract away complexity.
With the rise of modern AI-assisted development, my workflow now primarily consists of using Cursor alongside a range of frontier models to accelerate development and explore ideas more fluidly. This has expanded the ability to rapidly move from concept to production across different platforms, stacks, and languages.
Martial Artist
Starting at a young age, I practiced traditional martial arts in Karate, Taekwondo, and Sun Hang Do. While they built a strong foundation of discipline and structure, I found their emphasis on katas and rigid techniques to be lacking in real-world practicality.
My perspective changed when I moved to Bermuda and learned Jeet Kune Do. It was an introduction to a more realistic form of combat—blending Western boxing, wrestling, submission grappling, and street self-defense. The school was directly certified by one of only three first-generation students authorized to teach Bruce Lee’s original system.
After relocating to British Columbia, I continued honing my skills through Pankration, an ancient Greek combat sport regarded as a precursor to modern Mixed Martial Arts. True to its name—”all power”—it blends striking and grappling, incorporating Muay Thai, kickboxing, boxing, wrestling, and submissions. I competed at bantamweight in local tournaments and amateur bouts, including King of the Cage.
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