About Me

Hi, I'm Brandon Aperocho! I currently work at Oliver Wyman Vector as a L4 Software Engineer with 5 years of experience in the field. I studied at University of Toronto and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BASc). I majored in Computer Science with an Information Security Specialist and a Mathematics Minor.

With my spare time, I currently enjoy playing games such as Genshin Impact, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Monster Hunter: World and in anticipation of Monster Hunter: Wilds! When I am not playing games, I like to watch the NBA and the League of Legends E-Sports competitive scene. I also enjoy reading and watching videos on new tech to learn about and stay up to date with the fast growing tech world.

With the current experience that I have in this field of Software Engineering, I continue to look to improve to better myself and the company I work for. If you think you have some opportunities that I may be interested in and think I may be a perfect fit, feel free to contact me!

Contact Details

Brandon Aperocho
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
baperocho@gmail.com

Work

Oliver Wyman Vector

L4 Software Engineer • Feb. 2024 - Present

- Helped with code reviews with other colleagues - giving suggestions on making improvements on their code
- Lead the team when the main lead was absent, ensuring the team and the customer requrements were met
- Updated application security seamlessly to use OIDC, ensuring user and application privileges are maintained
- Included in client meetings and maintained great customer relations through thorough communication in tackling defects to be addressed and implementing feature requests

Aerosoft Systems Inc.

Senior Software Developer • Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2024

- Updated the search processes in the application to ensure results returned are as expected and improved query types available for end users
- Implemented XML document comparison in the application to work as a REST server, allowing the application to be hosted in AWS - allowing the company to save on costs
- 1 on 1 mentoring with new hires and interns - ensuring their understanding in the problems, solutions and processes

Aerosoft Systems Inc.

Intermediate Software Developer • Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2022

- Updated legacy third party libraries, to the most up to date libraries to improve performance of the application, removed some depricated functions, and implemented new ones in place
- Implemented a few features which helped improve the performance of the application by upwards of 80%

Aerosoft Systems Inc.

Junior Software Developer • Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2021

- Learned how parts of the main project worked I worked on by reading through documentation, debugging and bug fixing
- Fixed some critcal bugs which directly impacted the end user, ensuring the application worked as the customer expected it to
- Able to effectively communicate issues, blockers, and bugs to senior colleagues to ensure the work done is correctly done

Think Green Lighting (TGL)

Project Manager • Sept. 2017 - Sept. 2018

- Planned daily meetings with team members onsite, and devised plans to complete a part of a multimillion-dollar project with the given scope of work
- In charge of leading a team of electricians, training new recruits, and creating a list of necessary supplies to be ordered to complete the project
- Wrote daily reports to update key stakeholders about the progress being made on the current project, and plans that were to be executed on the following business days

Think Green Lighting (TGL)

Work Site Supervisor and Labour Worker • June 2016 - Aug. 2016

- Managed multiple tasks and assigned them to others to ensure optimal workflow
- Ensured that all safety and company regulations were being followed by all workers on site
- Documented all activities and progress, then sent a final draft to the Project manager

Education

University of Toronto

Specialist in Information Security and Minor in Mathematics • Sept. 2014 - June 2019

Some of the courses that I have enjoyed during my university career were: Computer and Information Security, Data Structures and Algorithms, Software Design and Engineering, Computer Complexity and Computability, and Computer Forensics.

Computer and Information Security covered some fun topics such as buffer overflow exploits and defenses, OWASP top 10, penetration testing, and teaching a lecture on a chosen topic to the class. The topics I chose to research with a partner were John the Ripper (an offline password cracking tool) and Stegosploit ("A way to deliver an exploit with STYLE!").

Computer Forensics covered some topics such as computer ethics, some basic law, finding and reporting metadata, general investigation protocols and hardware tools, investigation principles by ACPO, IOCE, and NIJ, and using AXIOM and OSINT.