Hello, I'mHeesu Kim.I build and ship software, end to end.

The route so far

1. HK1

   MDIS

   Higher Diploma in IT & Cybersecurity, Management Development Institute of Singapore

   Mar – Oct 2023

   Modules

   • Object Oriented Programming
   • Network Technology
   • Database Systems
   • Operating Systems
   • Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures
   • Computer Hacking Forensics Investigation
   • Computer Security Incident Handling
   • Certified Project Manager
2. HK2

   Republic of Korea Army

   Tactical C4I operator-maintainer, battalion signal platoon. Discharged as Sergeant.

   Mar 2024 – Sep 2025

   • Led a 5-soldier team guarding our antenna site at a KCTC brigade exercise; communications stayed up throughout, a first at brigade level, and our platoon was named best-performing
   • Coordinated equipment lending and returns with every company in the battalion, and followed faulty kit through to repair
   • Looked after the battalion's batteries, getting 600–800 out to every company before each exercise
   • Kept the battalion's radio links up during exercises, setting up relay antennas on TICN vehicles
   • Noticed units repeating the same signal tests without sharing the results, and proposed COM-X Plus to share them at the Army Data Fusion Idea Competition

   Skills

   • Leadership
   • Teamwork
   • Coordination
   • Planning
   • Initiative
3. HK3

   Project:Address

   Started building while in service

   Jan 2025

   • Generates block and building numbers for Laos from OpenStreetMap roads and buildings plus official boundaries
   • Next.js, FastAPI and PostgreSQL + PostGIS
4. HK4

   SF & LA Tech Week

   Two weeks of a16z tech events in San Francisco and Los Angeles

   Oct 2025

   • Talked with 30+ founders, engineers and product people, and shared Project:Address
5. HK5

   Coventry University

   Enrolled in the BSc (Hons) Computing Science at PSB Academy, Singapore

   Since Nov 2025

6. HK6

   Coway Map

   iPhone app in Expo / React Native, live on the App Store

   Aug 2026

   I'm here

   • Sheltered routes keep you dry through covered walkways, overhead bridges and underpasses; Shaded routes keep you in the shade of buildings, planned against the sun
   • Compares Sheltered, Shaded, Fastest and Transit routes in one step, routed with A* over a PostGIS walking graph
   • A live Transit tab: bus arrivals and crowding at nearby stops, each service's buses on the map, and MRT service advisories
   • A Contribute tab where people map covered paths as they walk, check paths that need a field visit and report blocked ones; checked submissions feed the routes
7. HK7

   Graduation

   Open to graduate and junior roles

   Opening 2027

   • Software engineering, product or geospatial roles in Singapore, and internships before then