Grade 8 graduation, Wishing Well Montessori · Jun 2019
Everyone held up a sign with what they wanted to be when they grew up. Most said doctor, engineer or scientist.
Experience
prefer it plain?
phew, i’ve worked quite a few places
Work
FinksGrowth & Partnerships (Co-op) · Toronto
Apr 2026 – now
Auxo
internal growth app I’m building
CA + US
finance clubs I pitch
UGC
creator program I built
Building the university partnership channel for an AI financial assistant, from first pitch to whole-club rollouts.
Source and pitch finance and investment clubs across Canadian and US schools, and structure sponsored access for entire club rosters.
Building Auxo, our internal growth app: LLM content pipelines, API integrations, SEO and performance tracking.
Led launch work including our Product Hunt launch, and built the creator and UGC program.
Scotiabank2 roles
Mar – Dec 2025
C-suite
Power BI dashboards
10+
financial plans a day
Top Team
Best of the Best, FY2025
Sep – Dec 2025 · Scotia Wealth Management · 40 King St W, Toronto
Designed the logic and architecture for Power BI KPI dashboards used by C-suite executives.
Finalised 10+ financial plans a day across Private Banking, iTRADE, ScotiaMcLeod and ScotiaTrust.
Led an Excel, Alteryx and SQL investigation that resolved data discrepancies affecting compensation for dozens of financial planners.
Part of one of Scotiabank’s Best of the Best Top Teams, fiscal 2025.
Mar – Aug 2025 · Niagara Falls
Lobby lead: helped 40–60 clients a shift with transactions, new accounts and card replacements.
Booked 10+ financial appointments a week.
The Children’s PlaceSales Associate · Newmarket
Jul 2023 – Sep 2024
Multiple seasons
part-time, Newmarket
Floor + till
sales and service
My part-time retail job in Newmarket, which I came back to for several seasons.
Helped shoppers on the floor and rang them up at the till.
Restocked shelves and kept the floor tidy and ready to shop.
Go SalesSubcontractor · Ontario
May – Jul 2024
Telus + Koodo
door-to-door and events
Merit-based
effort showed in results
A summer selling Telus and Koodo plans as a subcontractor, at people’s doors and at events.
Knocked on doors and worked events, showing people how to get more for what they already paid.
Merit-based work, where effort showed up directly in the results.
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Untamed EntrepreneursVideo Transcriber · Remote, Australia
Jun – Aug 2019
First job
summer 2019, remote
Subtitles
written with search in mind
My first job, the summer after Grade 8: transcribing videos remotely for an Australian company.
Transcribed videos and wrote their subtitles.
Worked keywords into the subtitles to help the videos show up in search.
Kept to tight deadlines, fully remote.
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Leadership
Goodman Consulting AssociationPresident · St. Catharines
May 2025 – May 2026
President of the Year
Mar 2026, with Ivan
GCC 2025
hosted on stage
Led Brock’s undergraduate consulting club for a year, and came away with President of the Year.
Co-led the club with co-president Ivan Litviakov.
Hosted the 2025 Goodman Case Competition: briefing judges, guiding competitors, announcing winners.
Named Presidents of the Year by the Goodman School of Business, March 2026.
Goodman School of BusinessStudent Advisory Board Member · St. Catharines
May 2025 – May 2026
All clubs
events across Goodman
Plan + setup
from first plan to the day
Every Goodman club president sits on the Student Advisory Board, so I held a seat during my year as GCA president.
Worked on events for every Goodman club, and on the school’s own events.
Helped from planning through to setup, for the whole Goodman School of Business community.
Ventures
EAP Media2 roles
May 2023 – now
2 founders
we both design and build
Few days
from brief to preview
End to end
design, build and upkeep
now · eapmedia.org
A two-person studio with Peter Zhang. We design, build and run websites for small business owners, so I work on every part of the job: client conversations, design, code and upkeep.
Co-founded with Peter Zhang. We both design and build every site.
Turn each owner’s description of their business, in their own words, into a preview within a few days, then refine it with them before it goes live.
Keep every site running after launch: hosting, the domain and updates.
May 2023 – Sep 2024 · Toronto
Co-founded a paid-social ad agency, ran its outreach and wrote its ads.
Ran Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns for clients across North America.
Wrote the ad copy, shaped to each client’s audience.
Worked with e-commerce and info-product businesses.
Led outreach to bring in new clients.
Ethan Chiang’s Lawn-careFounder, owner & labourer · Richmond Hill
Jun 2023 – Aug 2024
1st venture
the first business I started
2 employees
both close friends
Door to door
how I found every client
My first business. I started it the summer I finished high school and ran it for two summers around Richmond Hill.
Did the work myself as owner and labourer: lawn care, de-weeding and tile cleaning.
Found every client myself by cold calling and knocking on doors, and won recurring customers.
Hired two close friends and ran the jobs alongside them.
Student WorksOperator · Markham
Nov 2023 – Apr 2024
Painting
franchise I operated
Door to door
sales and negotiation
Owner
business ownership and management
Ran a Student Works Painting franchise in Markham through the management program.
Found clients door to door, then negotiated and closed each job.
Owned and managed the business end to end.
Learned the business and marketing side through the program’s conferences and hands-on training.
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Education
Honours BBA Co-op, Finance
Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Sep 2023Last term, Fall 2027
Convocation May 2028
Honours
A. Stoddard Jones ScholarshipAwarded to one incoming student a year; held since 2023
Dean’s Honour ListYear 1 and Year 2, for an 80%+ average
3rd place, GCA Case CompetitionNov 2024, judged by Deloitte, PwC, EY and others
time is flying by so fast, it’s scary but exciting at the same time
Roles
Still ahead.
Milestones
Still ahead.
2026President of the Year, then Finks.
Roles
University club partnerships, the creator program and Auxo.
Source and pitch finance and investment clubs across Canadian and US schools, and structure sponsored access for entire club rosters.
Building Auxo, our internal growth app: LLM content pipelines, API integrations, SEO and performance tracking.
Led launch work including our Product Hunt launch, and built the creator and UGC program.
Co-led with Ivan Litviakov; hosted the 2025 Goodman Case Competition.
Co-led the club with co-president Ivan Litviakov.
Hosted the 2025 Goodman Case Competition: briefing judges, guiding competitors, announcing winners.
Named Presidents of the Year by the Goodman School of Business, March 2026.
Board member: events for every Goodman club, from planning to setup.
Worked on events for every Goodman club, and on the school’s own events.
Helped from planning through to setup, for the whole Goodman School of Business community.
A. Stoddard Jones Scholarship; Dean’s Honour List both years.
Milestones
Judged the Entrepreneurship category.
Judged the Entrepreneurship category at FBL Canada’s Canadian National Leadership Conference at the Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto.
Shared with co-president Ivan Litviakov.
Named Presidents of the Year by the Goodman School of Business, shared with co-president Ivan Litviakov, for their leadership of the Goodman Consulting Association.
Judged the Entrepreneurship category.
Reviewed, graded and judged the Entrepreneurship category of FBL Canada’s 2026 CJLE competition.
2025Scotiabank, the GCA presidency, and judging for FBL Canada.
Roles
40–60 clients a shift; 10+ financial appointments booked a week.
Lobby lead at the Niagara Falls branch: triaged and helped 40–60 clients a shift with transactions, new accounts and card replacements.
Booked 10+ financial appointments a week toward branch targets.
Power BI dashboards for the C-suite, 52nd floor of 40 King St W.
Designed the logic and architecture for Power BI KPI dashboards used by C-suite executives.
Finalised 10+ financial plans a day across Private Banking, iTRADE, ScotiaMcLeod and ScotiaTrust.
Led an Excel, Alteryx and SQL investigation that resolved data discrepancies affecting compensation for dozens of financial planners.
Part of one of Scotiabank’s Best of the Best Top Teams, fiscal 2025.
Event setup and logistics, volunteer.
Co-led with Ivan Litviakov; hosted the 2025 Goodman Case Competition.
Co-led the club with co-president Ivan Litviakov.
Hosted the 2025 Goodman Case Competition: briefing judges, guiding competitors, announcing winners.
Named Presidents of the Year by the Goodman School of Business, March 2026.
Board member: events for every Goodman club, from planning to setup.
Worked on events for every Goodman club, and on the school’s own events.
Helped from planning through to setup, for the whole Goodman School of Business community.
A. Stoddard Jones Scholarship; Dean’s Honour List both years.
Milestones
Judged the Entrepreneurship category.
Reviewed, graded and judged the Entrepreneurship category of FBL Canada’s 2025 CJLE competition.
80%+ average for the year.
Briefed judges, guided competitors, announced winners.
Hosted the 2025 Goodman Case Competition: announcing, briefing judges, guiding competitors, and announcing the winners alongside co-president Ivan Litviakov.
Part of one of Scotiabank’s top teams for fiscal 2025.
Awarded to members of Scotiabank’s Top Teams for fiscal 2025 (Ontario Region), for contributions to the bank’s value proposition to clients, shareholders and employees.
2024Selling door to door, and the first case competition podium.
Roles
Paid-social ad agency: outreach and ad copy.
Co-founded with Peter Zhang. We both design and build every site.
Turn each owner’s description of their business, in their own words, into a preview within a few days, then refine it with them before it goes live.
Keep every site running after launch: hosting, the domain and updates.
Ran Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns for clients across North America.
Wrote the ad copy, shaped to each client’s audience.
Worked with e-commerce and info-product businesses.
Led outreach to bring in new clients.
Two summers, two employees, clients won door to door.
Did the work myself as owner and labourer: lawn care, de-weeding and tile cleaning.
Found every client myself by cold calling and knocking on doors, and won recurring customers.
Hired two close friends and ran the jobs alongside them.
Ran a painting business through the entrepreneurship program.
Ran a Student Works Painting franchise through the entrepreneurship program.
Door-to-door cold approaches, negotiation, and managing a small crew.
Part-time, multiple seasons.
Part-time sales associate at the Newmarket store across multiple seasons: customer service, the till, restocking and the floor.
Door-to-door and event sales for Telus and Koodo.
Subcontracted with Go Sales for Telus and Koodo: door-to-door and event sales across Ontario.
Event setup and logistics, volunteer.
A. Stoddard Jones Scholarship; Dean’s Honour List both years.
Milestones
80%+ average for the year.
Judged by Deloitte, PwC, EY and others.
Placed third at the Goodman Consulting Association’s 2024 case competition, judged by representatives of Deloitte, PwC, EY and other firms.
2023Graduated, started two businesses, then Goodman.
Roles
Paid-social ad agency: outreach and ad copy.
Co-founded with Peter Zhang. We both design and build every site.
Turn each owner’s description of their business, in their own words, into a preview within a few days, then refine it with them before it goes live.
Keep every site running after launch: hosting, the domain and updates.
Ran Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns for clients across North America.
Wrote the ad copy, shaped to each client’s audience.
Worked with e-commerce and info-product businesses.
Led outreach to bring in new clients.
Two summers, two employees, clients won door to door.
Did the work myself as owner and labourer: lawn care, de-weeding and tile cleaning.
Found every client myself by cold calling and knocking on doors, and won recurring customers.
Hired two close friends and ran the jobs alongside them.
Ran a painting business through the entrepreneurship program.
Ran a Student Works Painting franchise through the entrepreneurship program.
Door-to-door cold approaches, negotiation, and managing a small crew.
Part-time, multiple seasons.
Part-time sales associate at the Newmarket store across multiple seasons: customer service, the till, restocking and the floor.
Ontario Scholar; Honour Roll all four years.
A. Stoddard Jones Scholarship; Dean’s Honour List both years.
Milestones
Graduated with Ontario Scholar standing, and Honour Roll for Grade 12.
Awarded to one incoming student a year; held since.
A donor-endowed entrance award given to one incoming Brock student a year, open across all disciplines, renewable for the full degree. Held every year since 2023.
2019–22A sign at graduation, a first remote job, then high school.
Roles
First job: subtitling videos, remote, for an Australian company.
Transcribed and subtitled videos remotely for an Australian company, the summer before high school.
Ontario Scholar; Honour Roll all four years.
Milestones
Everyone held up a sign with what they wanted to be when they grew up. Most said doctor, engineer or scientist.
I’m looking for opportunities to grow, in my career and in my own ventures. I’m still working toward the financial freedom I wrote on that sign in Grade 8. If you have something in mind, I’d love to hear from you.
Grade 8 graduation, Wishing Well Montessori · Jun 2019
