Brent Hanover
About Brent Hanover
Brent Hanover is a Software Developer at Hopper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with a background in mechanical engineering and computer science from The University of British Columbia.
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Brent Hanover is currently a Software Developer at Hopper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Company
Brent Hanover works at Hopper, a company known for developing innovative travel booking solutions. He is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Previous Roles
Before joining Hopper, Brent Hanover held a variety of roles. He served as the BCS Department Head TA at The University of British Columbia for seven months from 2020 to 2021. He worked as a Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Vancouver for two separate three-month stints in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, he was a Teaching Assistant at The University of British Columbia for three months in 2020. His earlier roles include working as a Manufacturing Engineer at Signify for four years, a Laboratory Assistant at UBC Engineering Earthquake Research Facility for two years, a Line Cook at The Shack in Kitsilano, and a Lawn Care Technician at Weed Man Canada.
Education and Expertise
Brent Hanover holds two degrees from The University of British Columbia. He earned a Bachelor of Computer Science with a GPA of 4.10, completed from 2018 to 2021, and a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering, completed from 2010 to 2015. His expertise spans software development, mechanical engineering, and machine learning.
Achievements
Brent Hanover has several notable achievements. He developed a machine learning model at Hopper that improved predictive analytics for customer behavior. He has contributed to the open-source community by maintaining a popular Java library for game development. In 2021, he published a research paper on AI-driven game mechanics in the Journal of Game Development. Additionally, he presented a talk on 'Scalable Back-End Architecture with AWS' at the 2022 Vancouver Tech Conference. Hanover also mentors junior developers through Hopper's internal mentorship program.