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Hello World, I am Benn Tan
I am an incoming Computer Science freshman and am keen to know more developing for public good and technological entrepreneurship
about me. ðĪŠ
I have a growing interest in Entrepreneurship as I enjoy creating tangible and scalable products to solve novel consumer problems.
Given my prior experience in coding, I believe that my critical and logical thinking skills honed will also help me in my pursuit of creation of SaaS solutions
experience. ðž
Software Engineer @ EdTech Startup
> Developed a custom video player on React Native, with custom video controls and modal educational quiz popups
> Created an advanced filtering options panel to enable users to sort through questions with a range of criterias
> Co-developed a worksheet generation system that automated the process of exporting a A4-sized PDF from the quiz database
Software Engineer @ Stealth Startup
> Created a graph theory algorithm that optimised and automated the traditionally laborious problem of assignment of tutors to students
> Pioneered the creation of a web portal from scratch with admin CMS as a front-end for the backend algorithm
awards. ðïļ
Victorian Pioneer Award 2020
The Victorian Pioneer Award is a prestigious award presented only to the most outstanding students who epitomise the spirits of entrepreneurship and innovation for a worthy cause, in honour of the pioneer cohort of VJC.
National Olympiad in Informatics 2020
Silver Medal & Top School Scorer in VJC
YouthHacks Hackathon 2019
3rd Place in Open Category
DSTA BrainhackCTF
2nd Place - Gold Award in JC/IP Category
Singapore Gaames Creation Competition 2018
Finalist & Merit Awardee
Singapore Gaames Creation Competition 2017
Finalist & Commendation Awardee