Spencer Dale

Software Developer at Kindred Powered by Ocado
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Credentials

  • Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate (CSWA)
    Dassault Systèmes
    Nov, 2017
    - Oct, 2024
  • safeTALK
    LivingWorks
    Aug, 2017
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Kindred Powered by Ocado
    • United States
    • Automation Machinery Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Software Developer
      • Nov 2021 - Present

      Developing software to efficiently and accurately control 6-DOF robotic manipulators through advanced picking and placing tasks for a wide variety of objects using computer vision. Developing software to efficiently and accurately control 6-DOF robotic manipulators through advanced picking and placing tasks for a wide variety of objects using computer vision.

  • Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Project Manager, HowsMyFlattening.ca
      • May 2020 - Aug 2020

      Organized and focused a group of 10+ highly driven clinical and technical experts to rapidly develop HowsMyFlattening.ca, Ontario's first and most comprehensive COVID data and analytics website with 50k+ users, while managing the project's $300k budget. Organized and focused a group of 10+ highly driven clinical and technical experts to rapidly develop HowsMyFlattening.ca, Ontario's first and most comprehensive COVID data and analytics website with 50k+ users, while managing the project's $300k budget.

  • RBC Capital Markets
    • Canada
    • Investment Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Machine Leaning Engineer Intern
      • May 2019 - Aug 2019

      Led efforts to assess the effectiveness of a novel, curriculum-based training regime to accelerate the learning curve following an expansion of Aiden's input space without losing previous knowledge, and used PyTorch to batch and parallelize the training processes of multiple instances of Aiden across 8 GPUs.Aiden is RBC's innovative Reinforcement Learning based trading algorithm. The proprietary architecture, reward scheme, and training regime resulted in an industry-leading algorithm that consistently outperformed traditional rules-based algorithms in executing large trades.

  • RBC Capital Markets
    • Canada
    • Investment Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Software Engineer Intern
      • May 2018 - Aug 2018

      Built an automated report generator in Python for evaluating Aiden's performance during training to not only eliminate 1 hr/day of querying the NoSQL database and computing the various performance metrics, but also to allow for more robust performance comparison against a complete history of Aiden instances with different hyper-parameter tunings. Built an automated report generator in Python for evaluating Aiden's performance during training to not only eliminate 1 hr/day of querying the NoSQL database and computing the various performance metrics, but also to allow for more robust performance comparison against a complete history of Aiden instances with different hyper-parameter tunings.

  • Western University Housing
    • Facilities Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Residence Advisor
      • Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

      Responsible for supporting 33 students on my floor through the trials and tribulations of their first year of university by building strong, personal relationships and providing advice on mental health and academic resources. In preparation, I completed a 2-week training program on mental health, crisis management, and community building. Responsible for supporting 33 students on my floor through the trials and tribulations of their first year of university by building strong, personal relationships and providing advice on mental health and academic resources. In preparation, I completed a 2-week training program on mental health, crisis management, and community building.

  • Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd
    • Canada
    • Hospitality
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tennis Instructor
      • Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

      I taught young kids tennis, and they taught me patience. I taught young kids tennis, and they taught me patience.

Education

  • Ivey Business School at Western University
    Honors Business Administration (HBA), 3.70
    2018 - 2021
  • Western University
    Bachelor of Engineering Science (BESc), Mechatronic Systems Engineering, 3.95
    2016 - 2021
  • Crescent School
    OSSD, 97% | AP Scholar with Honor
    2012 - 2016

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