Hi 👋, I'm Tiffany Mares

Cloud Developer ☁️ IBM Z Student Ambassador ⚡Student Leader 🗣️

Azure/AWS • IBM Z • AI/Machine Learning

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🔗 Quick Links

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🏅 Certifications

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🌟 About Me

• 🎓 Computer Science student @ University of Guelph
• 💻 Cloud Developer Intern @ BMO – building GenAI chatbot solutions, data pipelines, and production-ready systems with Azure
• 🖥️ IBM Z Student Ambassador – promoting mainframe education & running campus events
• 🌩️ Founder of Cloud Computing Club & Co-President of Guelph Women in CS (GWICS)
• ✨ Student leader with roles in CEPSSC (VP Comms) & SOCIS (former VP External)
• 🌱 Currently preparing for AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) certification
• 💡 Advocate for digital accessibility, inclusive design, and peer-driven learning

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🔧 Skills & Tools

🚀 Cloud & Backend

🖥️ Frontend

🧠 Programming Languages

🏛️ Mainframe & Enterprise Computing

📊 Tools & Productivity

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💼 Featured Projects

🐝 Bee My Tutor

AI-powered study platform with personalized learning plans, quiz generation, and grade predictions.
Stack: React.js, Redux.js, Node.js, Express.js, Firebase, Google Gemini

🔀 Dijkstra’s Graph Traversal

C program with file-based input, dynamic allocation, BFS/DFS, and shortest path logic.
Stack: C

🌌 Mandelbrot Fractal Generator

Assembly program that calculates and visualizes the Mandelbrot set using fixed-point math.
Stack: Assembly Language

🤖 AI Voice Assistant

Voice-controlled Python assistant with PyAudio for speech I/O, capable of web searches, definitions, music playback, and more.
Stack: Python