# Alexander Wong

alex-wzm@outlook.com | (808) 500-4438 | [alex-wzm](https://github.com/alex-wzm) | [alex-wzm.dev](https://alex-wzm.dev)

Engineering lead who translates business goals into user-centric solutions. Focused on energy storage and decarbonization.

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## Experience

### Fellow
**Climatebase** | Mar 2024 – Present | Remote

Resigned from Kount to care for a terminally ill parent. Spent the following year traveling and immersing in climate education before committing to the work below. Coordinates monthly community events.

**Project Lead** — Carbon Foodprint *(carbon accounting for meal tracking)*
- Prototyped Flutter app to quantify, track, and visualize carbon efficiency of nutrition and food waste.
- Built Supabase backend integrating external APIs to process meal data through a carbon accounting model aggregating LCA data across Scope 1–3 agricultural emissions.

**Software Architect** — Nui *(blue carbon RFP platform)*
- Designed multi-tenant system with permissions-aware RAG enabling human-in-the-loop agentic workflows.

**Software Architect** — Grove *(micro-investing in verified tree planting)*
- Designed onboarding and authentication flows with Plaid integration.

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### Engineering Lead, Digital Identity
**Kount, an Equifax Company** | Apr 2020 – May 2024 | Remote

- *Staff Engineer* · Sep 2022 – May 2024
- *Senior Software Engineer* · Apr 2020 – Sep 2022

Steered development from proof-of-concept to production-ready platform. Built core APIs and services powering Kount 360's Identity Proofing and Account Protection products.

- Led design and contributed significant code for SDK-driven OAuth/OIDC and Identity Proofing flows (50+ permutations, NIST 800-63 compliant).
- Integrated fraud mitigation and consent management with embedded WebAuthn/Passkeys into a unified sign-on flow under strict compliance constraints.
- Built and led a semi-remote team of 12 engineers ($2M budget); bridged security, enterprise architecture, cloud platform, and external vendors.

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### Software Engineer, Natural Resources
**Accenture Innovation Hub** | Oct 2018 – Jan 2020 | Singapore

Sparked new client business by demonstrating emerging digital technologies across O&G, utilities, mining, agriculture, and transportation.

- Engineered and scrum-mastered 10+ prototypes using agile principles and design thinking.
- Simulated distributed energy marketplace showcased at a regional energy summit.
- Built multilingual voice agent with LSTM predictive analytics and extended-reality interface.

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### Machine Learning Developer
**Automify** | Oct – Nov 2017 | Ottawa, ON

- Predicted automation risk in online job postings via Chrome extension; presented at the Trilateral Commission's North American Regional Meeting.

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## Education

**B.A.Sc in Cognitive Science (Honours)** — McGill University | 2018 | Montreal, QC

Major: robotics, machine learning. Minor: ecological economics, embodied energy analysis.
Thesis: *Building trust in human-machine interactions*, published at IEEE CRV 2019.

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## Skills

**Languages:** Go, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Kotlin, Bash, Terraform  
**Platforms:** AWS (Solutions Architect), GCP (Cloud Engineer)  
**Domains:** Software architecture, DevEx, DevOps, UX, auth, zero-trust security, agentic systems  
**Tools:** gRPC, OpenAPI, TensorFlow, PyTorch, ROS, Git