I am currently studying Software Engineering at the University of Waterloo exploring human-computer interaction and building joyful software experiences.
I have been working with early-stage startups for the last 5 years, leading teams from pre-seed to Series A and beyond. Previously, I spent a year working at Wispr AI, where I helped craft voice interfaces to help people communicate more naturally with technology.
Humans and the connections we form remain at the core of everything meaningful. That's why communities are everything to me. After graduating from high school, I took a gap year and moved to Vermont to work as a creative technologist at Hack Club HQ, helping teenagers worldwide discover the joy of building. Now at Waterloo, I help run Socratica, an open collective of makers, artists, engineers, designers, writers, poets, and everything in-between.
I find the most joy in curating and producing large-scale events. I have been hosting events ever since I was in high-school. The first one ever being a small 75-person hackathon in my home-town in Mumbai. More recently, I helped organize the world's largest science fair with 2,500+ people in attendance from all over the world in Waterloo.
If you cannot make yourself happy, make someone else happy.
See more on my resume or say hi at faisal.sayed@uwaterloo.ca