Howard Woon

HOWARD WOON

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Architecting robust, low-latency distributed backends and autonomous AI systems — engineered with algorithmic precision, enterprise scalability, and strategic fiscal discipline.

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SYSTEMS & AI ARCHITECT

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ABOUT // VISION & SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS TO
STAND OUT IN
A NOISY WORLD.

ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS TO
STAND OUT IN
A NOISY WORLD.

Architecting robust, low-latency distributed backends and autonomous AI systems — engineered with algorithmic precision, enterprise scalability, and strategic fiscal discipline.

EXPLORE PROJECTS ↗
LIVE SIMULATORS
LATEST: 2ND PLACE @ SUPERVITY ASIA HACKATHON ✨*
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AUTOPILOT ASIA HACKATHON 2ND PLACE (SALES INTELLIGENCE)*
STRAIGHT 4.00 CGPA COMPUTER SCIENCE (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING) FOR TWO SEMESTER*
UM GAME JAM 2026 PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD*
PERSATUAN KOMPUTER UNIVERSITI MALAYA (PEKOM) FINANCE LEAD 2026/2027*
USM V HACK PRELIMINARY ROUND QUALIFIER*
AUTOPILOT ASIA HACKATHON 2ND PLACE (SALES INTELLIGENCE)*
STRAIGHT 4.00 CGPA COMPUTER SCIENCE (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING) FOR TWO SEMESTER*
UM GAME JAM 2026 PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD*
PERSATUAN KOMPUTER UNIVERSITI MALAYA (PEKOM) FINANCE LEAD 2026/2027*
USM V HACK PRELIMINARY ROUND QUALIFIER*
AUTOPILOT ASIA HACKATHON 2ND PLACE (SALES INTELLIGENCE)*
STRAIGHT 4.00 CGPA COMPUTER SCIENCE (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING) FOR TWO SEMESTER*
UM GAME JAM 2026 PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD*
PERSATUAN KOMPUTER UNIVERSITI MALAYA (PEKOM) FINANCE LEAD 2026/2027*
USM V HACK PRELIMINARY ROUND QUALIFIER*
AUTOPILOT ASIA HACKATHON 2ND PLACE (SALES INTELLIGENCE)*
STRAIGHT 4.00 CGPA COMPUTER SCIENCE (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING) FOR TWO SEMESTER*
UM GAME JAM 2026 PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD*
PERSATUAN KOMPUTER UNIVERSITI MALAYA (PEKOM) FINANCE LEAD 2026/2027*
USM V HACK PRELIMINARY ROUND QUALIFIER*
ABOUT // SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE & VISION

I ARCHITECT RESILIENT BACKENDS AND AUTONOMOUS AI PIPELINES, TURNING COMPLEX IDEAS INTO PRODUCTION-READY SYSTEMS.

Software Engineering undergraduate at Universiti Malaya (4.00 CGPA). Bridging low-latency algorithmic backend performance and AI orchestration with strong technical leadership and fiscal governance to deliver scalable, cost-effective solutions.

01 // DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

High-Throughput Backends

Low-Latency Java 21 & Spring Boot Architecture

Architecting concurrent, fault-tolerant backend services utilizing thread pooling and optimized REST/gRPC endpoints to handle high-throughput workloads at scale.

Core Runtime
Java 21 LTS / Node.js
Architecture
Spring Boot / Microservices / Supabase
Throughput
Sub-50ms API Latency
ThreadPool[Active: 64, Idle: 16] · EventLoop: OK
ACTIVE
02 // AGENTIC AI

Autonomous Multi-Agent Pipelines

Deterministic 5-Operator Agentic Orchestration

Engineering state-machine AI workflows (LangGraph, CrewAI, local Ollama) that autonomously research, synthesize, and execute end-to-end tasks with verified guardrails.

Track Record
2nd Place @ Autopilot Asia Hackathon (ZeroLag)
Orchestration
LangGraph + CrewAI
Guardrails
Deterministic Tool Routing
Agent Pipeline: [Triage -> Planner -> Execution -> QA Review] ACTIVE
ACTIVE
03 // DATA STRUCTURES

Algorithmic Rigor & Graphs

Graph Traversal, Min-Heaps & Sub-MS Optimization

Leveraging Dijkstra's shortest path, priority queues, and dynamic programming for real-time routing engines (e.g. BILAHUJAN flood response app at KitaHack 2026).

Complexity Focus
O(E + V log V) Routing
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Real-Time Pathfinding
Optimization
Spatial Graph Heuristics
[Pathfinding] Dijkstra executed: Sub-1.2ms latency ACTIVE
ACTIVE
04 // OPERATIONS & GOVERNANCE

Fiscal Governance & Security

Corporate Financial Leadership & System Auditing

Bridging software engineering with corporate financial stewardship, managing budgets, and executing system audits as PEKOM Finance Lead and Kraiburg TPE Finance Intern.

Leadership
Finance Lead 26/27 @ PEKOM
Oversight
100% Audit Compliance
Corporate Exp.
Kraiburg TPE Finance
Audit Process: Zero Discrepancies | Ledger Verified ACTIVE
ACTIVE
TECHNICAL TOOLING MATRIX

Verified Production & Research Stack

Production Tested Hackathon Proven Active R&D
CORE LANGUAGES
Java 21Python 3.12TypeScriptSQL (PostgreSQL)C++
BACKEND & APIs
Spring Boot 3FastAPINext.js 15Node.jsDocker
DATA & INFRASTRUCTURE
PostgreSQLSupabaseGit / ActionsVercelREST / gRPC APIs
AI & AGENTIC SYSTEMS
LangChainLangGraphCrewAIOllama (Local LLMs)Prompt Engineering
UI & GRAPHICS
ReactTailwind CSSWebGLFramer Motion
IOT & HARDWARE
ESP32Firmware (C/C++)Sensor Networks
PROJECTS // PRODUCTION & ARCHITECTURE

SCALABLE SYSTEMS & AUTONOMOUS ARCHITECTURES.

Scroll through the stack to deconstruct high-throughput backends, deterministic multi-agent LLM pipelines, and hardware-integrated IoT networks built from 0 to 1.

01
🏆 2nd Place Winner · Supervity Asia Hackathon 2026

ZeroLag

Governed AI Workforce & Autonomous Sales Pipeline

A Bi-Modal AI Agent Architecture built to resolve B2B buying groups and halt PDPA/GDPR compliance violations. Engineered with deterministic halt states to prevent LLM compute waste and enterprise legal liability with zero pipeline pollution.

KEY ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Layer 1 Execution Node: Master Orchestrator triggering 5 specialized Operators (Identity, Dedupe, Comply, Score, Draft)
Layer 2 Governance Node: Dynamic ICP Thresholding & Human-in-the-loop Exception Workbench
Compute-Optimized Logic Gates executing hard halts and raw PostgreSQL SQL Write-Backs
Compliance
100% PDPA/GDPR
Agent Operators
5 Autonomous Nodes
Wasted Compute
Zero
FastAPILangGraphPostgreSQLHubSpot APIReactPython
VIEW MASTER ORCHESTRATORPITCH DECK
PROJECT GALLERY
INTERACTIVE
Dashboard Console
Agent Architecture Flow
AI Insights Module
AI Agent Policies
Backend Telemetry
CLICK ALBUM TO CYCLE
02
🏅 V Hack 2026 Case Study 3 — First Responder of the Future

BILAHUJAN

Decentralised Swarm Intelligence for Flood First Response

An autonomous, edge-ready civic intelligence platform where every civilian acts as a sensor node. Fuses Gemini 2.5 Flash 12-pass image triage with a Gemini 2.0 Flash Command Agent orchestrated via 7 standardised MCP tools to instantly verify floods and dispatch authorities with zero human intervention.

KEY ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Autonomous Command Agent (Gemini 2.0 Flash) running a 3-phase Chain-of-Thought loop
12-pass vision pipeline enforcing unbypassable physical anchor guardrails (e.g., Rooftop = Severity 9)
Decentralised MCP Swarm architecture with real-time Firebase syncing and hardcoded offline-first fallbacks
Agent Tool Calls
7 MCP Tools
Vision Pipeline
12-Pass (Sub-35s)
Swarm Scale
150+ Pre-seeded Towns
ReactTypeScriptFirebase RTDBGemini 2.5 FlashMCP ArchitectureGoogle Maps
LAUNCH LIVE PROTOTYPE
LIVE TELEMETRY WINDOW
ACTIVE PIPELINE
// Dijkstra Evacuation Path Engine
Target Hazard Zone:Inundation Level 3
Calculated Safe Corridor:Path Node #104 ➔ #289
>_ graph.nodes_evaluated: 1,024
>_ priority_queue: "MinHeap_Balanced"
>_ route_dispatch_time: 42.8ms
03
WIA1006 Machine Learning • Ultimate Pipeline

CATFISH DETECTOR AI

Detecting Deception Through Mathematical Behavioral Intelligence

An advanced machine learning pipeline that exposes romance scammers not by scanning static images or text, but by analyzing the mathematical fingerprint of 51 behavioral heuristics. Engineered to process 50,000 raw dating profiles through a custom SMOTE-Tomek balanced, 6-model ensemble engine.

KEY ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Layer 1 Heuristic Engine: Dynamic Z-Score mathematical baseline evaluating engagement density and match conversion anomalies.
Layer 2 ML Vote: 6 independently-tuned models (GMM, SVM, NN, etc.) fused via a dynamic probability threshold.
Explainable AI (SHAP): Fully auditable decision trees breaking down the exact marginal contribution of each behavioral signal.
Features
51 Signals
Class Balance
SMOTE-Tomek
Model Bundle
6-Model (58MB)
PythonScikit-LearnSHAPSMOTEFlask
OPEN IN GOOGLE COLAB
PROJECT GALLERY
INTERACTIVE
Catfish Dashboard
Profile Scanner
Detection Report 1
Detection Report 2
Detection Report 3
System Architecture
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04
Java Spring Boot • Data Structures

SLOTIFY

Multi-Data Structure Architecture & Algorithmic Router

A Spring Boot backend architecture demonstrating seven manually implemented data structures working synchronously. Each API lifecycle threads operations through Custom Min-Heaps, AVL BSTs, HashMaps, and Dijkstra's Shortest Path routing to execute with optimal Big O time complexities.

KEY ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Memory Linkages: Doubly Linked Lists & LIFO Stacks track temporal allocation history for instant O(1) state rollbacks.
Priority Engine: A zero-dependency Min-Heap orchestrates O(log n) physical parking slot assignments.
Algorithmic Pathing: Graph adjacency lists compute optimal node-to-node pathways via Dijkstra's Algorithm.
Algorithms
7 Custom Structures
Routing
Dijkstra (O((V+E)logV))
Data Cache
AVL BST & HashMap
Java 17Spring BootData StructuresDijkstraMin-HeapAVL BST
PROJECT GALLERY
INTERACTIVE
Slotify Interface
Slotify Algorithm
Slotify Diagram
Slotify Flow
Slotify Architecture
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05
⚡ UM Technothon 2026 Finalist · IoT Energy Grid

Sensor X Sensei

Automated Energy Management & Micro-Grid Telemetry

An IoT-mediated building automation system designed for university lecture halls. Integrates dual-sensor fusion (PIR + NFC) with automated HVAC/lighting relays and live carbon emission telemetry dashboards.

KEY ARCHITECTURAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Low-power ESP32 firmware communicating via lightweight MQTT brokers
Next.js 15 telemetry dashboard streaming real-time kilowatt loads
Automated load-shedding algorithms cutting idle energy consumption by 38%
Energy Reduction
38.2% Idle Saved
Hardware Stack
ESP32 + PIR/NFC
Protocol
MQTT / WebSockets
ESP32C++Next.js 15MQTTPostgreSQLTailwind CSS
LIVE TELEMETRY WINDOW
ACTIVE PIPELINE
// Micro-Grid Power & Occupancy Matrix
Current Load
1.42 kW
Idle Savings
-38.2%
>_ sensor_fusion: "PIR_ACTIVE + NFC_PASS"
>_ protocol_broker: "MQTT_TLS_v1.3"
>_ relay_state: "OPTIMIZED_AUTO_SHED"
EXPERIENCE // CAREER & INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE.

01CORPORATE FINANCE
Nov 2025 - Present

Assistant Finance Executive & Intern

// Enterprise SAP Financial Operations & Statutory Compliance

KRAIBURG TPE Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Executed full-cycle Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) operations within the SAP ERP environment, managing high-volume invoice clearing and ledger reconciliations.

Spearheaded vendor and customer master data migrations in SAP to ensure strict compliance with federal E-Invoice regulatory standards and data accuracy protocols.

Compiled and audited statutory financial records, including LMW (Licensed Manufacturing Warehouse) listings and customer tax exemptions to support rigorous SST submissions.

Enterprise StackSAP ERP
Regulatory Compliance100% SST Cleared
Ledger AccuracyZero Discrepancies
SAP ERP OperationsE-Invoice ComplianceLedger ReconciliationStatutory Auditing
02INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP
2025 - Present

Finance Lead & Executive Treasurer

// Led the financial architecture and resource management for Universiti Malaya's flagship technology community, driving the annual fiscal strategy to sustain student-led tech initiatives, hackathons, and professional development programs throughout the academic year.

Persatuan Komputer Universiti Malaya (PEKOM)

Portfolio Management: Architected and oversaw the organization's comprehensive financial portfolio, utilizing strict data verification protocols to ensure 100% ledger accuracy and zero transaction discrepancies across all club operations.

B2B Corporate Partnerships: Partnered cross-functionally with the Sponsorship and PR departments to secure critical funding from enterprise tech sponsors, utilizing data-driven budget models to maximize student value and operational scale.

Process Automation: Spearheaded the transition from manual accounting to an automated digital claims pipeline, eliminating paperwork bottlenecks and scaling the committee's operational efficiency.

Financial Governance: Enforced strict budget allocation frameworks to minimize administrative overhead, successfully delivering consistent net surpluses to fund future software engineering workshops and tech community initiatives.

Budget OversightRM 50,000+
Participant Reach500+ Engineers
Governance100% Audit Cleared
Fiscal GovernanceBudget ModelingCapital AllocationLeadership

Treasurer Event Portfolio [4]

Total Funds
RM 72,880+
Sponsorships
RM 62,550
Net Surplus
RM 9,619+
Leverage Ratio
16.46x
Treasurer | MYTECH Career Fair 2026
Treasurer | UM Alphathon 2025
Treasurer | PEKOM CodeFest 2025
Treasurer | Mental Health Week & Share Your Love
03ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP
2024

Assistant Head of Subject (Computer Science)

// Algorithmic Problem Solving & Object-Oriented Tutoring

KMNS PAL Leader Club

Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) Facilitation: Conducted interactive, student-led tutorials in Data Structures, Algorithms, and Object-Oriented Programming (Java/Python) to reinforce key concepts for matriculation cohorts.

Academic Mentorship & Concept Reinforcement: Mentored 100+ students by breaking down complex theoretical course materials and building effective study strategies, resulting in top cohort distinctions.

Faculty Collaboration & Community Building: Worked closely with academic coordinators and subject lecturers to foster a welcoming, anxiety-reducing learning environment that built academic confidence for incoming students.

Distinction Rate90%+ Top Grades
Students Mentored100+ Cohort
CurriculumJava & Python OOP
DSA CoachingOOP ParadigmsPython / JavaAcademic Mentorship
HONORS // ACADEMIC & COMPETITION DISTINCTIONS

HONORS & COMPETITIVE ACHIEVEMENTS.

A curated log of regional hackathon podiums, 4.00 CGPA academic distinctions, and engineering competition finals.

REGIONAL APAC HACKATHON WINNER
August 2026

2ND PLACE WINNER - SALES INTELLIGENCE

Supervity AutoPilot Asia Hackathon 2026

Architected ZeroLag, an autonomous 5-agent sales intelligence command center. Outperformed over 55 enterprise and university teams across the Asia-Pacific region with sub-second lead scoring pipelines.

Built deterministic LangGraph state machine orchestrating 5 AI agent operators

Awarded 2nd Place in the competitive Sales Intelligence Track

Integrated real-time sentiment scoring with vectorized CRM dispatch

0Out of 55+ APAC Teams
NATIONAL GAME JAM CHAMPION
April 2026

1ST PLACE (PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD)

UM Game Jam 2026 (PEKOM)

Engineered 'The Goofy Experience'-a psychological comedy/horror game themed around 'Losing Control'. Implemented real-time UI hijacking and cursor manipulation mechanics with 100% custom audio.

Voted #1 Public Choice winner among 39 universities nationwide

Engineered procedural UI hijacking & auditory disorientation systems

0Public Choice Nationwide
INNOVATION FINALIST
May 2026

TOP 15 FINALIST (INNOVATION TRACK)

UM Technothon 2026

Engineered 'Sensor X Sensei', a smart lecture hall energy management IoT system. Utilized ESP32 microcontrollers and dynamic web dashboards to optimize university power grids.

Engineered low-power ESP32 + MQTT sensor fusion firmware

Ranked Top 15 among national university teams

0Innovation Track Finalist
NATIONAL INNOVATION GOLD
2024

GOLD MEDALIST (EMAS)

Hari Inovasi PPAL 4.0 (Kebangsaan)

Achieved the Gold Medal (Emas) at the national-level Hari Inovasi PPAL 4.0, demonstrating exceptional problem-solving and technical innovation among top matriculation cohorts nationwide.

Awarded National Gold Medal for technical excellence

Recognized for outstanding presentation and innovative methodologies

0National Champion
STATE DIGITAL INNOVATION
2024

GOLD MEDALIST (EMAS)

Chemcreative-Innovation (Digital Learning)

Secured the Gold Medal at the state-level Chemcreative-Innovation competition, engineering advanced digital learning methodologies and interactive frameworks for scientific education.

Awarded State Gold Medal for Digital Learning Innovation

Pioneered interactive and highly effective digital education frameworks

0State Champion
NATIONAL ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUM
2024

SILVER MEDALIST (PERAK)

Simposium Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) KPM

Awarded the Silver Medal (Perak) at the prestigious national Simposium Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) organized by the Ministry of Education (KPM), showcasing exemplary peer-mentorship strategies.

Awarded National Silver Medal by the Ministry of Education (KPM)

Presented highly effective academic mentorship and leadership frameworks

0National Podium
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Software Engineering @ Universiti Malaya (4.00 CGPA)

Open to full-time roles, high-impact backend engineering, distributed systems architecture, and AI agent research collaborations.

Kajang, Selangor · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Timezone: GMT+8 (Open to Remote / Relocation)
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