VP Product Management
Built the student agency’s product function, mentored product managers, evaluated nonprofit proposals, and aligned product, engineering, and design teams around community outcomes.
NICOLAS RAMIREZ ENGINEERING × PRODUCT × PEOPLE
Technical roots.
Product mindset.
People first.
Hi, I’m Nicolas. A computer engineer turning complex challenges into thoughtful products—and bringing people together to make them happen.
NICOLAS / IN FOCUS
Engineer at heart.
From memory allocation to machine learning. I like knowing how things work.
EXPERIENCE ACROSSSanctuary AIOSI MaritimeBlackBerrySimon Fraser University
01 / MORE THAN A ROLEAn engineer’s curiosity.
An engineer’s curiosity.
A builder’s instinct.
I’m a Computer Engineering graduate from Simon Fraser University. I’m drawn to the space where technology meets business: understanding what people need, figuring out what’s possible, and helping a team move together.
That’s taken me from robotics and embedded systems to student leadership, nonprofit software, and a semester studying product and project management in Singapore.
See my engineering projects ↓02 / THE JOURNEYBig systems.
Big systems.
Shared ambition.
I work at the intersection of technical
complexity and cross-functional delivery.
Sanctuary AITechnical Program Management Intern+
Turned ambiguous humanoid robotics objectives into milestones, timelines, and clear ownership across hardware and physical AI teams. Brought deployment feedback into planning for future releases.
OSI Maritime SystemsTechnical Project Management Intern+
Led a $20M vessel navigation hardware and software program. Built Power BI dashboards for inventory and procurement, supporting on-time production readiness and a 30% reduction in development costs.
SFU Faculty of Applied SciencesStudent Faculty Ambassador+
Led workshops and conversations for prospective engineering students on academics, internships, career paths, and public speaking, helping students navigate the transition into university.
BlackBerryTechnical Project Management Intern · IVY+
Coordinated embedded IoT cybersecurity development and dependencies with AWS partners. Developed a Kanban process proposal that reduced program delays by 25%.
Biomedical Optics Research GroupUndergraduate Student Researcher+
Helped develop autonomous eye tracking for optical coherence tomography through microcontroller-controlled motors, PCB design, 3D modelling, and performance testing.
03 / LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITYBuilding teams.
Building teams.
Giving back.
Product leadership, consulting, and advocacy
across campus and Canada.
Senior Consultant
Developed strategy for a major real-estate developer through global market research and 10+ interviews with agents, brokers, portfolio managers, planners, and policy makers.
Ranked 1st in cohort
Selected as one of 12 students from 100+ applicants; completed 30+ case interviews and researched more than ten industries through SFU’s consulting preparation program.
Advocacy Commissioner
Represented 85,000+ engineering students across 45 Canadian universities and brought student evidence to national accreditation discussions.
President & VP External
Led student advocacy and support during COVID, represented SFU at 18 national conferences, and served as a voting member of CFES and WESST.
Student Volunteer
Supported the Functional Anatomical Image and Shape Analysis Lab by labelling MRI and fMRI landmarks for a medical-imaging research dataset.
04 / PROJECTS
Ideas into impact.
From early discovery to delivery.
A few things I’ve helped move forward.
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT01
RAPS↗Volunteers, matched.Care, coordinated.
SCOPE → BUILD → LAUNCHSupporting 550+ volunteers.
A platform for Richmond's largest animal shelter.
Built for the animals people show up for.
A volunteer management system for RAPS (Regional Animal Protection Society), built with SFU Blueprint to help a Richmond animal shelter coordinate its volunteers.
Explore RAPS +
As VP of Product Management at SFU Blueprint, I scoped requirements with RAPS stakeholders, defined the volunteer intake and scheduling workflows, and led the team building the platform end-to-end.
Visit the RAPS project ↗CO-FOUNDER / PRODUCT MANAGER02
proximo↗Finding the way.Starting with people.
LISTEN → VALIDATE → LAUNCH15+ customer interviews.
View the venture story and photo on LinkedIn.
From interviews to a venture.
A search and rescue mobile app shaped by customer discovery, product strategy, and hands-on engineering.
Explore Proximo +
15+ customer interviews informed personas, requirements, and success metrics. I helped build the Flutter tracking app and pitched the venture at the Coast Capital Venture Competition, earning a top-finalist placement and $5,000 award.
View Proximo on LinkedIn ↗AI / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT03
MediConnect↗Less admin.
More connection.
EXPLORE → PROTOTYPE → ITERATETop 5 of 100+ teams.
A product vision made tangible at nwHacks.
Making room for care.
An AI-powered medical consultation transcription app, built with a multidisciplinary team at nwHacks 2025.
Explore MediConnect +
I led market analysis, product vision, and Figma wireframe iterations, working with designers and developers to translate the concept into a prototype using LLaMA, React, and Azure APIs. The team placed among the top five of 100+ teams for the TELUS sponsor prize.
View MediConnect on Devpost ↗STRATEGY / CASE COMPETITION04
YMCAResearch to recommendation.Story to stage.
RESEARCH → MODEL → PRESENTA 20-minute growth case.
Strategy grounded in community needs.
Deloitte Community Case Competition.
Built and presented a membership-growth strategy for YMCA BC with a multidisciplinary consulting team.
Explore the case +
Our October 2024 team combined market research, financial modelling, and structured storytelling into a practical set of recommendations and a compelling 20-minute presentation.
HANDS-ON / ENGINEERINGThe code behind
The code behind
the product mindset.
Selected personal and academic projects.
Explore the implementation on GitHub.
01 / WEB DEVELOPMENT
Browse all repositories ↗Amazonia
An Amazon-inspired e-commerce project connecting a React storefront to Firebase and Stripe. The checkout flow brings together basket state, payment integration, and order records.
02 / APPLIED MACHINE LEARNINGHematopoietic Cell Classification
A team research project exploring convolutional neural networks for white blood cell classification. Includes training, evaluation, prediction, data augmentation, and saved model weights.
03 / DATABASE SYSTEMSLibrary Management Application
A Python and SQLite command-line application for finding, borrowing, returning, and donating library items, plus event registration. Connects everyday workflows to relational data modeling.
04 / SYSTEMS PROGRAMMINGCustom Memory Allocator
A C systems project exploring First Fit, Best Fit, and Worst Fit allocation. Works with free and allocated block lists, deallocation, and memory statistics to examine memory-management trade-offs.
05 / EDUCATION & GLOBAL LEARNINGEngineering at home.
Engineering at home.
Perspective abroad.
Technical foundations at SFU,
product perspective in Singapore.
Simon Fraser University
BASc. Computer Engineering, Co-op · April 2026
Engineering Science Student Society · MCCP, ranked 1st
National University of Singapore
Study Abroad · Product & Project Management · January–May 2024
Awarded more than $10,000 in exchange scholarships.
Earlier global learning: a five-week French immersion at Université de Montréal through the Explore scholarship program.