Howard Woon Hao Zhe

👋 About Me

Hi, I'm Howard! I am an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Science in Software Engineering at the University of Malaya.

🚀 What Drives Me

I am deeply passionate about leveraging software to build efficient, real-world solutions. My background uniquely blends technical engineering with foundational financial experience—having previously worked as an Assistant Finance Executive. This dual perspective drives me to create applications that are not only technologically robust but also resource-efficient, practical, and highly optimized for enterprise environments.

🛠️ Things I'm Good At

• Programming & Frameworks: Java, Python, Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and machine learning structures.
• Project Leadership: Serving as a Project Manager and Lead Software Engineer for academic tech initiatives, and managing documentation and corporate sponsorships as a committee Treasurer (e.g., MYTECH Career Fair 2026).
• Technical Problem Solving: From digital logic circuit analysis to architecting bi-modal AI systems and debugging complex ML models.

💻 Interesting Projects I've Built

• ZeroLag (AutoPilot Asia Hackathon 2026 - 🥈 2nd Place, Sales Intelligence): Engineered a bi-modal enterprise AI command center to automate inbound lead qualification while enforcing 100% PDPA/GDPR compliance. Architected the integration between a cloud-based 5-agent AI workforce (Supervity Auto) and a localized governance dashboard utilizing Next.js, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
• Sensor X Sensei (UM Technothon 2026) - Top 15 Finalist: Engineered the layout for an automated lecture environment controller utilizing occupancy logic gates and power optimization metrics.
• BILAHUJAN (KitaHack 2026): Acted as Lead Software Engineer to design and build a mobile application repository incorporating automated vision testing and external cloud databases.
• Enhanced Random Forest Classifier: Optimized a machine learning model for account verification assessments, integrating explainable AI visualizations and threshold adjustments.
• BIOMELON: Awarded a Gold Medal at the Hari Inovasi PPAL 4.0 event for my contributions to this innovation project.