Awards & Certifications

Award - Toyota Global Hackathon

🏆 Champion & Fan Favorite - 2025

Led the Movement MudaZero initiative to victory at the 2025 Toyota Swarm Global Hackathon, earning both Champion and Fan Favorite awards among 17 international teams. As team captain, I proposed the original concept, directed its implementation as a working tech demo, and delivered the final pitch. The project exemplified Toyota’s principles of kaizen and innovation through data-driven movement optimization. This achievement showcased my leadership, systems thinking, and ability to unite diverse talent around a shared vision in an intensely competitive, fast-paced environment.

🏆 Fan Favorite - 2024

Recognized as Fan Favorite among over 20 competing teams at Toyota’s Swarm Global Hackathon for the development and presentation of VIA (Vehicle Intelligence Agent) — an innovative concept I originated to enhance driver-vehicle interaction through intelligent, context-aware assistance. As a first-time participant, I led the team’s technical direction and presented the idea in a high-pressure, “Shark Tank”–style pitch to a panel of senior and executive level judges. This experience strengthened my ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, lead under intense deadlines, and inspire collaboration in a global innovation environment.

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Award - Mentoring

🏆 Arnold C. Meltzer Award - Travel Trails Senior Design Group Mentor

I mentored a group of seniors for their senior design project in the 2022-2023 academic year for my alma mater George Washington University. I met weekly with the team to provide guidance, advice, and lead the team towards a path of success.

At the end of the year, the Travel Trails group received the Arnold C. Meltzer Award for best overall senior design project. While the team accounted for a majority of the hard work involved, I would like to think my leadership efforts helped more clearly guide them towards this accomplishment.

See the Travel Trails website here. My acknowledgement as mentor is at the footer.

See the award acknowledgement in the GW 2023 Graduation Celebration program under Student Awards here.

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