About Me

My love of learning has brought me to the University of Waterloo pursuing a double degree in computer science and business. I enjoy being capable of seamlessly going from pushing out hundreds of lines of code to presenting business solutions at case competitions.

My competitive and curious nature pushes me towards becoming a better developer. The indefinite bounds that encompass computer science knowledge energize and motivate me.

I hope to learn as much as possible, become an incredible developer, and be a leader or role model for others in the future!

Education

Double Degree Program

University of Waterloo

Bachelor of Computer Science

09/2019 - 08/2024

Wilfrid Laurier University

Bachelor of Business Administration

09/2019 - 08/2024

High School Education

Vincent Massey Secondary School

Distinguished Honor Roll, Academic Medal, Clubs & Activities Medal

09/2015 - 06/2019

Leadership

Multicultural Dinner & Show Chair

09/2018 - 04/2019

Lead 50+ executives for fundraising dinner of 700+ attendees

Coordinated 2-hour show of 800+ attendees and 15 performances

Donated $1000 each to the Downtown Mission and Matthew House Refugee Centre

Debate Club President

12/2017 - 06/2019

Lead weekly meetings for 60+ club members coordinating lessons and debates

Debated and judged on numerous occasions as a mentor and role model in the club

Organized tournament for local high schools with 40+ competing attendees

Work Experience

Canada South Science City

Camp Counselor/Web Developer

06/2019 - 08/2019

Registered charitable interactive science center

Website

MasseyHacks IV

Head of Logistics

09/2017 - 04/2018

24-hour MLH certifeid high school hackathon

Website

CodeReach

Python Tutor

05/2017 - 05/2018

After-school club for elementary school students to learn code

Website

Projects

Tourhub

09/2019

HTML/CSS/Javascript

DESCRIPTION: Winner of Accenture Accenture API Prize, this web app aids brokers and students in booking tours to Canadian universities.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Built the front-end using React
Created flexible display to list tour recommendations regardless of the number found

Aknowtate

12/2018

Java

DESCRIPTION: First place winner of Border City Hacks 2018, this GUI uses Google Vision to annotate pictures of book pages.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Developed the feature that defines words using file I/O
Built the front-end and put everything together using Swing

Sheetify

03/2019

Python

DESCRIPTION: Built at MasseyHacks V, this program aid musicians by transposing single-layered audio files into PDFs of sheet music.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Used back-end information to write to PDF
Generated PDFs and automated process of displaying notes

Hop To It

06/2018

Java

DESCRIPTION: ICS4U final project, this is a complete Alice in Wonderland themed maze-game.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Created main player class and enemies class
Generated game maps from .txt files

Simple Game

03/2018

Java

DESCRIPTION: ICS4U project, this is a complete dragon-themed version of the classic Frogger game.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Individual project
Heavily used object-oriented programming for player, obstacles, scenes, and tokens

Paint Program

01/2017

Python

DESCRIPTION: ICS3U project, this is a complete League of Legends themed paint program.

MY CONTRIBUTIONS:

Indivual project
Programmed numerous featurs: flood fill, stickers, backgrouds, undo/redo, and saving

Volunteer Work

Children's Christmas Party - Head of Activities

10/2018 - 01/2019

HOURS VOLUNTEERED: 40

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coordinating 50+ volunteers through meetings and emails for individual activities
Leading 4 other executives to purchase and organize necessary materials

IMPACT:

300+ underpriveled children from around the city experienced the prepared activities
Detailed turnover and new activity addition for improvements in subsequent years

School Can Drive - Organizer

10/2018 - 12/2018

HOURS VOLUNTEERED: 25

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Did presentations collecting/handing out information and advertising the initiative
Raised $400 for prizes through a bubble tea sale from scratch

IMPACT:

Initiative resulted in 4,500 kilograms of food for the Unemployed Help Centre

Interests

Case Competitions

BU 111 Live Case Competition sponsored by HP Canada

Waterloo, Ontario

11/2019

Hackathons

Hack the North

Waterloo, Ontario

09/2019

Tech Events

Canadian Women in Computing tech conference

Missisauga, Ontario

11/2019

Chess

Canadian Youth Chess Championship

Windsor, Ontario

07/2016

Climbing

Treetop Trekking

Brampton, Ontario

08/2019

CS Projects

Border City Hacks

Windsor, Ontario

12/2018

Honors and Awards

Change Maker Innovation Challenge: 3^rd place out of 100+ competing teams (03/2019)
ElleHacks MLH Category Prize: Best Use of Radar.io API (01/2020)
HP Case Competition 2^nd place out of 250+ competing teams (11/2019)
Hack the North Accenture API Prize (09/2019)
Sampriti Devi Ray Scholarship, value: $4000 from the University of Waterloo (05/2019)
Richard Peddie Debate Tournament Best Female Varsity Speaker of 50+ competitors (12/2017)
U16 Girls Canadian Chess Champion (07/2016)

Contact

Congrats! You made it to bottom of my portfolio site 😄. Check out myresumeand be sure to check back for updates on my life. Thank you for being a part of my journey and feel free to reach out!

BDO New Venture Competition

04/04/2020

WinHacks

27/03/2020 - 29/03/2020

Change Maker Innovation Challenge

06/03/2020

33rd Annual Mathematics Awards Ceremony

04/02/2020

ElleHacks

31/01/2020 - 02/02/2020

Xlerate 17th Annual First Year Case Conference

25/01/2020

StarterHacks

17/01/2020 - 19/01/2020

Hi, I'm Rahma Gillan!

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it."

About Me

My love of learning has brought me to the University of Waterloo pursuing a double degree in computer science and business. I enjoy being capable of seamlessly going from pushing out hundreds of lines of code to presenting business solutions at case competitions.

My competitive and curious nature pushes me towards becoming a better developer. The indefinite bounds that encompass computer science knowledge energize and motivate me.

I hope to learn as much as possible, become an incredible developer, and be a leader or role model for others in the future!

Education

Double Degree Program

University of Waterloo

Bachelor of Computer Science

Wilfrid Laurier University

Bachelor of Business Administration

High School Education

Vincent Massey Secondary School

Distinguished Honor Roll, Academic Medal, Clubs & Activities Medal

Skills

Programming Languages

Tools

Leadership

Multicultural Dinner & Show Chair

Debate Club President

Work Experience

Canada South Science City

Camp Counselor/Web Developer

06/2019 - 08/2019

MasseyHacks IV

Head of Logistics

09/2017 - 04/2018

CodeReach

Python Tutor

05/2017 - 05/2018

Projects

Tourhub

Aknowtate

Sheetify

Hop To It

Simple Game

Paint Program

Volunteer Work

Children's Christmas Party - Head of Activities

School Can Drive - Organizer

Interests

Case Competitions

BU 111 Live Case Competition sponsored by HP Canada

Hackathons

Hack the North

Tech Events

Canadian Women in Computing tech conference

Chess

Canadian Youth Chess Championship

Climbing

Treetop Trekking

CS Projects

Border City Hacks

Honors and Awards

Contact

Congrats! You made it to bottom of my portfolio site 😄. Check out myresumeand be sure to check back for updates on my life. Thank you for being a part of my journey and feel free to reach out!

BDO New Venture Competition

WinHacks

Change Maker Innovation Challenge

33rd Annual Mathematics Awards Ceremony

ElleHacks

Xlerate 17th Annual First Year Case Conference

StarterHacks