I'm a developer, designer, and doodler.

I love to explore compassion in everything I do, especially engineering. Compassionate engineering can be practicing self-care with your codebase, focussing on accessibility on a product, or standing up for an inclusive culture within the team.

I also love kundalini yoga, drawing cartoons, and improv.

The web is where I love to work and grow. Every day is exciting, with an opportunity for growth.

Got a Cool Project?

I'm always interested in hearing new, neat projects. I'd love to help.

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Shan

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Bits
Bits

A personal comic with life bits and learnings.

See my bits
Shan Doing Standup
Standup

A 8 min video of me doing standup comedy

2023

Watch Me
My, Myself, and I
Me, Myself, and I

A short comic about the relationship with yourself

2020

Read Me
Valentine
Valentine Greeting Card

Short 2 minute video for a valentine

2003

Play Me
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To Animate

An easy to use web-based animation tool with lip-syncing and puppeteering.

2026

Animate
Card Cosmos Screenshot
Card Cosmos

An playable, sharable card platform for live play with friends.

2024

Let's Play
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Video By CoPilot AI

An AI video messaging platform to help engage with customers at scale.

  • Founding Engineer of AI Video Product, Built it from scratch
  • Started from Ideation, Designed, Validated, Built, and Successfully Shipped
  • Led an engineering team of 6 people to build the MVP in 4 months

2022-2024

Story Time
Story Time

An interactive choose your own adventure story about whatever you want!

2023

What story do you want to hear?
Open up
Open up

An therapy chat bot that uses non-violent communication and cognative behavioral therapy to help

2023

What's up?
Breakup
BeakUp

An interactive text story about love, loss and reality.

2021

Let's Breakup
Shan's Salty Seamen
Shan's Salty Seamen

A fun game built with Unity for a Game JAM. Using your voice you bring down seamen to their doom

2017

Play Shan's Salty Seamen
SEAS
Simulator Evaluation & Assessment System

Built an evaluation system using AngularJS and Firebase. Worked with client to extract requirements and determine the best approach to achieve goals Designed the web app to be loaded on a mobile device and support intermittent connectivity

  • Supported evaluations of up to two participants at the same time
  • Allowed evaluators to review results with students
  • Enables administrators to change questions and weighting on forms

2015

Career Navigator
Career Navigator

Designed and built a competency management system using AngularJS and .NET.

  • Created an interactive timeline to show student progress in learning plan
  • Performed series of usability testing on the product to improve UX

2014

Course Scheduler
Course Scheduler

  • Built to match their process in scheduling courses for the year
  • Supported their day to day operations with thousands of students a year
  • Collaborated with clients with series of mockups and prototypes before coming to the final product

2013

Focal Filter
Focal Filter

Co-authored this free Windows productivity tool which has been downloaded over 10,000 times and featured on CNET and CBS Radio.

2010

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BC Cancer Agency Screenshot
BC Cancer Agency

Built a Medical Document Management System. Developed to provide the most intuitive and effective point of entry for Doctors and medical professionals.

2010

AssociCom
AssociCom

Developed from the ground up a multi-purpose community SAS solution.

2010

Brainify
Brainify

An academic social bookmarking and networking site.

2008

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BC Radical Faeries

Board member at-large of a community organization that supports queer folx in BC.

2026

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QDBIPOC
QTBIPOC Design

Committee memember on a non-profit for empowering LGBTQ+ BIPOC designers with education, mentorship, and networking opportunities.

2021

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Bare Chest Calendar 2021
Bare Chest Calendar 2021

Fundraising effort for the Positive Resource Center in SF.

2020

Support PRC
Broadway Bares SF
Broadway Bares / San Francisco Strips 2019 - Comic Strips

Costume production for a fundraising effort for the REAF in SF.

2019

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What is your name short for?

It's not short for anything. It pronounced like Sean. It means dignity.

How do you pronounce your last name?

It's long but if you sound it out I'm sure you'll get it.

NAZ

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POUR

Where are you from?

I'm from Weyburn, Saskatchewan. A small town where there was only one Zellers.

No - like where are you really from?

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. We were mostly in the Marpole area in Vancouver, but now I'm honored to live the West End area.

Where are your people from?

My parents are refugess from Iran.

Where do I know you from?

I have a twin brother. So you've probaly seen him.

I also have a very common face, the beard hides a lot.

Hi! I'm Shan

I'm a compassionate Engineering Leader working in Vancouver, BC.

I love knitting, cartoons, and improv.