Ayush Narayanaswamy

Management Engineering · UWaterloo
Product · Data · Systems

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1About 2Projects 3Experience 4Education 5Stack
01 — About

about
me.

Ayush Narayanaswamy
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GitHub contributions
GitHub chart
LinkedIn · GitHub ·
  • HackCanada 2026 finalist — built Lucid, a biometric-adaptive LLM study platform
  • StupidHacks 2025 finalist — built ExTerrapy, a multi-persona AI companion
  • Based in Vancouver, BC · studying in Waterloo, ON
  • Check out my Projects →
02 — Projects

Things I've
built

Vytal
ClaudeHacks Winner 2026
Vytal 2026

Contactless vitals monitoring and triage platform using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) to extract heart rate, HRV (SDNN, RMSSD), and respiratory rate from smartphone camera input. Streams frames from a Flutter app to a FastAPI backend where MediaPipe FaceMesh + CHROM isolate blood volume pulse signals, with FFT-based analysis for real-time physiological estimation. Integrates a multi-agent Claude pipeline to combine vitals with adaptive symptom intake and generate structured urgency classifications with plain-language summaries.

Flutter FastAPI MediaPipe Computer Vision Signal Processing Claude LangGraph
Lucid
HackCanada 2026 Finalist
Lucid2026

Biometric-adaptive study platform capturing heart rate, HRV, breathing rate, and blink signals from smartphone camera via Presage SmartSpectra SDK. Streams physiological data over WebSockets to a locally-hosted Qwen 2.5 LLM (Ollama) which classifies cognitive states — flow, fatigue, frustration, disengagement — and generates adaptive study recommendations in real-time. Improved measured study efficiency by 75%.

Node.jsReactWebSockets SQLiteComputer VisionOllama / Qwen2.5
THERAPIST FRIEND EX EXTERRAPY
StupidHacks 2025 Finalist
ExTerrapy2025

Multi-persona conversational AI platform engineered on the Google Gemini API, delivering adaptive emotional support through three distinct relational behavioral profiles: therapist, companion, and ex-partner. Implements dynamic prompt engineering with contextual session memory to maintain persona coherence across extended conversations. Features real-time streaming response architecture, emotional state inference from user input patterns, and a Next.js App Router frontend with custom conversation state management hooks.

Next.jsTypeScript Google Gemini APIPrompt EngineeringStreaming
LENS
Lens2026

Chrome extension performing real-time credibility analysis on long-form media sources during active browsing. Implements live DOM parsing and metadata extraction combined with bias-detection heuristics and citation-density scoring. Lightweight NLP models evaluate credibility signals across 1,000+ analyzed pages, surfacing inline reliability indicators and source bias flags — with natural language explanations via a locally-hosted Ollama inference layer.

TypeScriptChrome Extensions API NLPOllama
DATE AMOUNT CAT Δ EXCELFI
ExcelFI2025

Comprehensive personal finance management system engineered entirely in Excel VBA. Supports structured data management for 5,000+ financial records with automated categorization pipelines and validated data-entry UserForms enforcing strict schema integrity. Features 10+ automated analytical dashboards — spending trend analysis, net cash flow visualization, investment projections with trained exponential growth models, and budgeting scenarios.

Excel VBAFinancial ModelingData Pipelines
03 — Experience

Where I've
worked

LocalStudent
Product & Business
Development Intern
2026
LocalStudent (DMZ Backed) · Toronto, ON
  • Built Python + SQL analytics pipelines serving 40,000+ concurrent users, processing 1,000+ marketplace listings and transactions daily
  • Worked directly with CEO and co-founders to design 10+ internal PowerBI dashboards tracking listing conversion, engagement, and retention cohorts
  • Ran data-driven product experiments on listing visibility and discovery, improving marketplace engagement and transaction liquidity by 15%
  • Analyzed user feedback to implement and ship 3 newly requested features targeting core user pain points
UWFE
Product & Business
Development Specialist
Sep 2025 – Present
UW Formula Electric (UWFE) · Waterloo, ON
  • Secured and managed partnerships with 10+ industry sponsors; coordinated outreach campaigns and sponsorship deliverables supporting Formula SAE development
  • Produced marketing materials and campaigns increasing team visibility; supported recruitment of 100+ prospective members
  • Previously developed embedded firmware modules in C/C++ for vehicle telemetry; applied op-amp and circuit analysis for signal integrity
MECH
Founder
Jun 2023 – Present
Medical Envoys for Community Health (MECH) · Vancouver, BC
  • Founded nonprofit registered under the Government of British Columbia; raised $3,000+ for hospital and community healthcare
  • Directed outreach campaigns engaging 200+ participants; coordinated volunteers, partnerships, and fundraising
  • Designed operational workflows improving volunteer coordination across multi-event campaigns
S-Path Labs
Engineering Intern
Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
S-Path Labs & Scans · Kochi, India
  • Worked with biomedical instrumentation and diagnostic hardware systems, supporting lab operations at the intersection of clinical medicine and engineering
  • Assisted in maintenance and calibration of scanning and imaging equipment, developing hands-on understanding of signal integrity in medical diagnostic workflows
  • Gained practical exposure to laboratory diagnostic pipelines and medical device systems, applying engineering fundamentals to real-world clinical technology
04 — Education

Where I'm
studying

UWaterloo
BASc, Management Engineering
University of Waterloo · Jul 2025 – Jul 2030
Relevant Coursework
MSE 240 — Data Structures & Algorithms MSE 131 — Project Management & Scrum MSE 100 — Excel VBA & Product Management MSE 121 — Python & Git
WatAI
WatAI
Member

University of Waterloo's largest AI club — working on projects at the intersection of machine learning, applied AI research, and engineering. Engaged in workshops, research reading groups, and collaborative ML builds.

UW Data Science Club
UW Data Science Club
Member

Collaborative learning community focused on data analysis, statistical modelling, and applied data pipelines. Participating in case competitions, workshops, and project teams applying data science to real-world problems.

Engineering Society
Academic Representative
Management Engineering · Elected

Elected by 100+ Management Engineering peers to serve as the department's Engineering Society representative — attending faculty meetings, surfacing student concerns, and coordinating academic feedback between students and administration.

05 — Stack

Tools I
reach for

Languages
Python TypeScript JavaScript SQL C++ C VBA Kotlin
Frameworks & Platforms
React Next.js Node.js Docker Supabase NumPy pandas Matplotlib PowerBI Tableau Flutter
ML & AI
NLP RAG Pipelines Ollama Model Training AI API Integration
Tools
Git / GitHub Jira Confluence Vercel Figma Jupyter REST APIs VS Code
Certifications
Technical Product Management PowerBI Dashboards ETL with Python & SQL Docker Foundations Professional