About William
For over 25 years William has produced software. Starting from the quaint days of HyperCard and HyperTalk on the Apple Macintosh, to modern apps, games, websites, computer vision, pentesting, telematics, embedded, scientific computing, analytics, big data, and more. William has been fond of creating products that help others and can be generally fun to use.
Formally trained in Physics and Computer Science with a Masters degree, William enjoys helping clients tackle difficult and profitable problems. When not coding, designing, teaching, doing public speaking, or producing music, he can be found spending time with wonderful friends and family, enjoying the outdoors, reading, or solving challenging creative problems.
Collaborations around the world have been fun, and William especially enjoys working with local business serving Burnaby, Coquitlam, Ladner, Tsawwassen, and nearby.
Bonus: If William had a hundred billion dollars, his dream job would still be producing movies at Pixar together with his soulmate while researching physics. To this introvert, producing stories that warms the heart is so wonderfully human and studying nature through mathematics is an exceptionally beautiful experience.
Community
William believes in giving back to the community.
A portion of all income from projects and contracts go towards charitable and good causes. This is the case now, and this will always be the case.
He is an avid monthly donor to several charities and non-profit organizations. He also spends his spare time volunteering and helping lead non-profit educational organizations. Additionally, by providing loans to those around the world who need a small boost, he has helped many achieve their dreams. Currently he is in the top 2% of individual contributors on Kiva, helping expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. Finally, watching sponsored children grow up and thrive over the years has been quite the joy. The hope is to be able to help many more.
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