Kira Elise Tilcock
I enjoy crossdisciplinary pursuits and am always striving to learn new skills to broaden my perspective. I am deeply passionate about human centric technological solutions and solving socio-technical problems. I am currently a Masters student at Aalborg University Copenhagen studying Techno-Anthropology.
About:
I am always striving to learn new skills to broaden my perspective. With my passion of solving human-centric problems with technology I use my engineering skillset to produce solutions that are technically eloquent and socially responsible. I graduated with BSc in Computer Science with a my major in Software Engineering at the University Of Victoria in August 2018.
Skillset:
- Human Centered Desgin
- Health Informatics
- Data & Business Analysis
- Information Technology
- Human Computer Interaction
- Useability
- Web Development
- Project Managment
- Requirements Engineering
- Anthropological Digital Methods
- Desgin & Film Making
Software Engineering
- Academic experience designing various apps. Implementing Human Computer Interaction methods, along with responsive design.
- Professional experience using Python, SQL, and R to perform data and statistical analysis.
- Academic/Industry experience working on data mining projects. Including creating an application that predicts domestic box office success. View my report on the results here
- Professional experience, creating and conducting usability tests, user-walk through tests and heuristic evaluations in a health care environment. As well through academic experience. View World Wide Web and Mobile Applications project and my Human Computer Interaction project
- Professional experience providing web technical support; developing and updating TRANnet, TranBC and public-facing internet site (gov.bc.ca), project support through, programming, research, presentations and training, development in: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, JSON, XSL, XML, and scripting
Employment History
Fraser Health Authority
Business Systems Analyst | Surrey, Canada
June 2019 - March 2021
- Desgining
- Project Managment
- Data Analysis
Business Systems Analyst | Surrey, Canada
September - December 2017
- The creation of portable usability lab
- Framework for conducting usability testing
- Business Automation
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation
Web Technical Support / Product Development
Victoria, Canada | January - August 2017
- Building and maintaining HTML, JS, JSON, XML, C and CSS business applications and websites
- Developing customized business solutions
- Built Database
- UX/UI/HCI design and development
Yukon College
Lead Technology Coordinator | Whitehorse, Canada
Summer 2016
- Developed technical curriculum, including robotic architecture, python, CSS and HTML
- Delivering workshops to youth in indigenous communities
Web / Product Development
Freelance Business | Victoria, Canada | 2016 - Present
- Freelance business helping small business’ market and use technology to their full potential.
- Incorporating UX/UI in all aspects, user centered design sites.
- Created a online ticketing system for Langham Court Theater
- Created the only career platfrom for the global health sector with ThriveHire
- Created a website for Main Street Medical West Clinic
Transferable Skills
Adaptable
Effective Communicator
Very Organized
Novice in French/Spanish/Italian
Articulate
Artist, Very Creative
Critical Thinker
Team Player
Technical Applications
Hobbies
Skiing: Passionate backcountry skier
Traveling: Explored many different countries and cultures including: Ghana, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, England, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Belize, Aruba, Guatemala, The United States, Cuba as well extensive travel within Canada.
