Gareth Harcombe
Senior Consultant at EY
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolGareth Harcombe is a Senior Consultant and accomplished technologist from Christchurch with seven years of hands-on experience in algorithm development, quantitative research, and full-stack product work. He graduated top of his computer science class with first-class honours (9.0 GPA), has interned on execution-speed research at Optiver and built deep learning/computer-vision features for an iOS app at ZOZO, and now applies that mix of research rigor and product delivery at EY. Gareth pairs strong technical results—2nd place in the NZ Programming Contest and multiple competition podiums—with leadership experience as President of a 2,000-member Student Volunteer Army chapter. He’s comfortable moving between low-latency quantitative problems and end-to-end engineering, and brings a rare blend of competitive programming, academic excellence, and large-scale volunteer leadership to commercial engagements.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSc(Hons), Computer Science, 9.0 GPA, Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSc(Hons), Computer Science, 9.0 GPA at University of CanterburyNCEA Level 3, English, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Endorsed with Excellence, NCEA Level 3, English, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Endorsed with Excellence at Wakatipu High School
English, Welsh
Github Skills (5)
linked-open-data5
digital-humanities5
ecology5
biology4
simulations4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GarethHarcombe/bioSimulation
May 2019 - Aug 2021
A website based around teaching natural selection through ecology simulations
Contributions:3 releases, 65 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 3 months
linked-open-datateachingbiologysimulationsselection
GarethHarcombe/cosc470
May 2023 - Dec 2023
Contributions:20 pushes in 7 months
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