Hi, I'm Akshay

Love experimenting with emerging technologies.

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Akshay working at a desk

About Me

I've worked with organizations across various industries, ranging from IT and cybersecurity to aviation and healthcare, to solve performance challenges and drive measurable business outcomes.

By leveraging performance gap analysis, learning analytics, and employee performance data, I uncover actionable insights that help leaders make data-driven decisions, and improve organizational performance.

Passionate about solving business problems at the intersection of people, data, and business impact.

Hobbies & Interests

Traveling Sports Cooking Reading Music

Projects

Reviewd

Video Review Platform (Next.JS, React)| Freelance Tool

A video review platform that converts hosted video links into collaborative review workspaces, streamlining stakeholder feedback collection and collaboration throughout the review process.

Cognito Blox

Learning Components Library (Next.js, Tailwind CSS) | Articulate Community

Developed a tool that automates the generation of engaging, customizable learning components, enhancing both learner experience and designer productivity.

Fire Extinguisher Training

Compliance Training (Blender, After Effects, Storyline) | Trainingport

Designed and delivered an adaptive, gamified, scenario-based lesson that enhanced the learning experience for aviation professionals.

Workday @ UBC

Design & Motion Graphics (After Effects, Photoshop, Camtasia) | UBC ERP Tutorials

Collaborated with the Office of the Dean, UBC Marketing Team, and external contractors to produce a launch video for the Workday ERP system and tutorial platform.

Device Installation Videos

Instructional Design (Blender, After Effects) | Motorola Solutions

Developed 9 device installation videos for end-users, reducing installation-related inquiries and bridging key product knowledge gaps.

SCORM Citation Tracking

Analysis (Python) | Trainingport - Internal Tool

Developed an automation script to streamline updates of aviation training materials, ensuring compliance with current FAA, EASA, and Transport Canada regulations.

Old Growth Training Factsheet

Learning Design (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) | Interfor Corporation

Collaborated with Interfor's forestry researchers to design a factsheet and lessons addressing misconceptions about British Columbia's logging practices.

UBC Course Grades Dashboard

Data Visualization & Analytics (Pandas, Matplotlib, NumPy, Plotly) | UBC Vancouver

Created an interactive dashboard for side-by-side comparisons of grade distributions and course averages across years, semesters, and instructors.

Social Media Ads Toolkit

Design (Figma) | Dentsu & UBC

Created a high-impact social media marketing template that empowered businesses to promote events, products, and initiatives—receiving 1,100+ downloads.

3D Interactive Brain Model

Instructional Design (Blender, JavaScript) | UBC Teaching Assistant

Developed an interactive 3D brain model featuring clickable hotspots, offering detailed labels and information to enhance students' spatial awareness and learning.

Gradient Generator

HTML, CSS, JS, Canvas API | Internal Tool IRP

Built a web-based gradient generator tool to create multicolor gradients and export PNG/JPEG in preset or custom sizes for slide, demo, and eLearning backgrounds.

Co.ak

Web Development (HTML, CSS, JS, Web Speech API) | nwHacks 2020

Co.ak, winner of the Hootsuite Innovation Award, lets you code by speaking without worrying about syntax, enabling faster prototyping and fewer errors.

Planetoid

Game Design (HTML Canvas, CSS, JS) | IIITD Hackathon 2018

Built and launched a Space Invaders–inspired web game from scratch during a 24-hour global hackathon, earning 3rd place worldwide out of hundreds of entries.

2D Objects Animation

Animation (After Effects) | Exun Clan

Crafted dynamic 2D animation transitions in After Effects to demonstrate the transformation of simple shapes into complex objects through motion graphics.

Work Experience

ID - Learning Technology & Design

Accendra Health

2026 - Present

ID - Tech & Innovation

Owens & Minor

2025 - 2026

Designer

Motorola Solutions

2024-2025

E-Learning Developer

TrainingPort.net

2023-2024

Sr. Teaching Assistant

University of British Columbia

2022-2023

Content and Insights Specialist

Interfor Corporation

2021

Head Editor - Media

The Ubyssey Publications

2020-2021

Learning Technology & Digital Media Specialist

University of British Columbia

2020

Certifications

Learning Design with GenAI

Learning Design with GenAI

University of Michigan

L&D

Learning and Development

HRCI

gamification

Gamification

University of Pennsylvania

cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Tools: Linux & SQL

Google

cybersecurity

Law & Economics of Media Platforms

University of Chicago

cybersecurity

Network Security

Google

cybersecurity

Managing the Organization

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Linear Algerbra and Regression

Linear Algebra and Regression

University of Pittsburgh

cybersecurity

Designing the Organization

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Internet of Things

Internet of Things

UC San Diego

UX Design

Crash Course in Data Science

Johns Hopkins University