Tommy L is a fourth-year Bachelor of Commerce student at UBC Sauder specializing in Accounting and pursuing a CPA, combining academic rigor with eight years of leadership and operational experience across campus clubs and community services. He currently serves as CUS Video Editor while managing external sponsorships for the UBC Tax Assistance Clinic and leading the UBC Formula 1 Club, demonstrating strengths in communication, event logistics, and stakeholder relations. Tommy has practical accounting co-op experience auditing public companies and preparing tax returns at Davidson & Company, giving him both technical tax knowledge and audit exposure. Outside finance, he contributes front-end improvements to open-source projects (notably adding social media integrations to the well-known osmlab/name-suggestion-index), reflecting a hands-on interest in UI work and community collaboration. Comfortable switching between creative media, competitive esports organization, and technical contributions, he brings a multidisciplinary approach and curiosity—ask him about his favorite movie or his cat for a quick conversation starter.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting Co-op, Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting Co-op at The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting Co-op, Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting Co-op at UBC Sauder School of Business
Canonical common brand names, operators, transit and flags for OpenStreetMap.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:43 reviews, 249 commits, 143 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Tommy primarily contributed to the front-end of the project by adding support for social media links. They implemented new UI components and updated existing ones to integrate social media icons and links, specifically for platforms like Weibo, Weixin, and Threads. Their work involved modifying the `CategoryRowSocialLinks.jsx` component and updating the build process to include the new social media IDs. The user also made a minor typo correction.
Website to help welcoming new OpenStreetMap contributors in your region
Contributions:18 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years
javascriptregionosmopenstreetmap
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