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Russell Corbett

Project Management • Engineering • Software

Automation • Robotics • Software

Computer Engineering graduate and MBA candidate (expected 2028), open to project management roles where I can lead the team and understand the build.

Computer Engineering graduate building software, robotics, and automation systems, open to engineering roles.

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1st Place

Engineering Presentation, MATE EXPLORER World Championship 2022 & 2023

Team result with Eastern Edge Robotics

1st Overall

2026 MATE EXPLORER World Championship

Team result, as COO of a 35-member team

10 Companies

Coordinated green and ocean technology deployments and demonstrations

Angler Solutions, econext program

$435K

Raised for the Canadian Cancer Society by our events over four years

Team result, as Relay for Life Tech Lead

99.7%

Less manual processing effort from a Python automation

Bell Canada Enterprises

100x

Throughput increase from a new communications and networking system

Avalon Controls

ROS2

Architected an underwater ROV control system in Python

Eastern Edge Robotics, as Software Lead (2022-2023)

500+

Smart home devices integrated across Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Bluetooth

Corbett Homelab, self-hosted on Proxmox and Docker

Russell Corbett in graduation attire

Hello, World! My name is Russell Corbett

I'm a Computer Engineering graduate from Memorial University of Newfoundland, now completing my MBA (expected 2028). I like working where technical and business decisions meet: deciding what to build, getting people aligned, and staying close enough to the work to know what's feasible.

As COO of Eastern Edge Robotics, I helped lead a 35-member team of software, electrical, and mechanical students to a 1st-place finish at the 2026 MATE EXPLORER World Championship. I've also built software at Nasdaq Verafin and automation at Bell, and at home I run a self-hosted smart home with 500+ devices.

I'm looking for project management or engineering roles where I can do both: lead the team and understand the build.

Memorial University Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

2021 – 2026

Memorial University of Newfoundland
Memorial University Faculty of Business Administration

2026 – 2028

My Leadership and Engineering Teams

Eastern Edge Robotics

Chief Operating Officer (2023-2026) • Software Lead (2022-2023)

Oct 2021 – Jun 2026

An undergraduate team that designs and operates a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for the international MATE ROV Competition.

  • Led a 35-member cross-functional team (software, electrical, mechanical) to a team 1st-place finish at the 2026 MATE EXPLORER World Championship, owning prioritization and trade-off decisions under a fixed budget and deadline
  • Part of the team that placed 1st in Engineering Presentation at the 2022 and 2023 MATE EXPLORER World Championship
  • Decided each season which capabilities to build, defer, or cut by weighing technical effort, risk, and competition value
  • Served as the link between technical builders and non-technical stakeholders, including sponsors, judges, and university administration
  • As Software Lead, architected an ROV control system in Python and ROS2, including a diagnostics GUI and integrated thrusters, servos, lighting, and network communications
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Paradigm Engineering

Path Planning Lead

Oct 2022 – Apr 2024

An undergraduate team developing an autonomous self-driving vehicle for the International eV Grand Prix Competition.

  • Developed a path-planning algorithm for a high-speed vehicle navigating a dynamic environment
  • Designed a vehicle and pit crew communication system for real-time updates using Python and UDP
  • Tested the algorithm and system in a ROS2 simulation environment
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Engineering Student Society

Director of Communications

2023 – 2025

A student-run organization that represents engineering students at Memorial University and organizes events and initiatives to enhance the student experience.

  • Led communications for the society as a director on its student executive
  • Contributed to the society's website, a hub for engineering at Memorial
  • Attended two conferences: CELC 2023 and CSE 2024
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My Experience

Maverick Sports and Collectables (opens in a new tab)

IT Specialist

Present

  • Run the store's point-of-sale, security, and climate control systems, keeping day-to-day operations running smoothly
  • Produce and broadcast live streams for the company's online audience
  • Organize and upgrade the company's online profiles to strengthen its web presence
  • Track e-commerce trends to keep the business current online

Nasdaq Verafin (opens in a new tab)

Software Developer Intern

May 2024 – Aug 2024, Jan 2025 – Apr 2025

Second placement: full-stack development (Winter 2025)

  • Turned a high-level product brief into a database schema, API structure, and integration plan for a live financial crime management platform
  • Built the frontend UI and backend API, including Add, Edit, Delete, and Get service methods
  • Integrated the new functionality into existing case management workflows without disrupting current processes
  • Identified repetitive manual workflows and designed scalable, rule-based automation to reduce operational overhead
  • Presented the work and forward-looking recommendations to the engineering team and academic supervisors

First placement: debugging and user support (Summer 2024)

  • Worked directly with users to diagnose reported problems, separating the surface request from the underlying need and routing fixes into engineering
  • Optimized database import parameters to improve data-transmission performance within the Verafin platform

Angler Solutions (opens in a new tab)

Co-op Engineering Student

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023

  • Led a team of three under Agile practices to deliver a Python wind-farm analytics application that determined optimal turbine placement from sensor readings
  • Managed the econext Community Workforce Development program, coordinating the deployment and demonstration of 10 companies' green and ocean technologies at the Marine Institute's The Launch facility in Holyrood, NL
  • Aligned each company's scope, budget, and schedule with facility capabilities, and led stakeholder engagement across the program
  • Configured network systems across the ten partner companies, including secure video transmission, peer-to-peer device communications, and live streams to an online audience

Bell Canada Enterprises (opens in a new tab)

System Analyst

Jan 2023 – Apr 2023

  • Identified a high-effort manual workflow and delivered a Python automation that cut processing effort by 99.7%
  • Established a repeatable automation process for future co-op students, standardizing design and format across the team
  • Identified and solved migration issues, and worked directly with SharePoint end users as needed
  • Created system documentation and support procedures for project deliverables

Avalon Controls (opens in a new tab)

Engineering Co-op Intern

May 2022 – Aug 2022

  • Architected a communications and networking system that increased throughput 100x, weighing the trade-off against long-term maintainability
  • Produced a deployment plan defining how the system would scale beyond the initial build
  • Worked with procurement on purchase orders for IT upgrades, and with shop and field service teams on hardware installation
  • Assisted the engineering group with the production of design deliverables

Celtx (opens in a new tab)

High School Summer Intern

Summer 2021

  • Collaborated in the development of a webpage for an upcoming company event
  • Supplied education market insights to potential clients for follow-up by the company
  • Developed Python programming skills with Keyin College in collaboration with TechNL
  • Worked with the sales department on a research initiative within the Salesforce platform

My Projects

Smart Home & Homelab

I designed and built a smart home system covering connectivity, data management, climate control, lighting, voice assistance, and motion control. Everything is integrated into a single app so that it stays easy to use and under local control.

521 devices, 149 integrations, 42 automations

  • Cut home electricity consumption 30% by automating lighting and heating control
  • Integrated 500+ smart home devices across IoT, Zigbee, Z-Wave, and Bluetooth
  • Scoped and self-hosted a service suite on a Proxmox and Docker environment
  • Prioritized which services to run by weighing maintenance cost against value
  • Built my own components when off-the-shelf options fell short, including RoomRelay, mysa2ha, and Russtum Cards
  • Home Assistant
  • Proxmox VE
  • Docker
  • Zigbee
  • Z-Wave
  • Bluetooth

RoomRelay

RoomRelay handles wake word detection, voice commands, inter-room communication, environmental sensing, and Home Assistant integration without sending any data to the cloud.

  • Offline voice pipeline using OpenWakeWord, Whisper, and Piper
  • Multi-room intercom with LAN device discovery and a Bluetooth fallback
  • Sensors for temperature, humidity, air quality, light, and presence
  • Web dashboard served from the device, plus an optional Flutter companion app
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Whisper
  • MQTT
  • Flutter
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mysa2ha

mysa2ha connects Mysa thermostats to Home Assistant by authenticating with the Mysa cloud, sending commands through the AWS IoT data plane, and polling device state over REST.

  • Supports baseboard heaters and mini-split ACs
  • Exposes climate controls plus temperature, humidity, power, and energy sensors
  • Discovers devices automatically and installs through HACS
  • Python
  • Home Assistant
  • AWS IoT
  • HACS
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Russtum Cards

A set of custom Home Assistant cards, installable through HACS. The NAS card shows drive bays with live status, a drive health bar, temperature, uptime, and network link status.

  • JavaScript
  • Home Assistant
  • HACS
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InfinityCross

Players take turns choosing a tile next to an existing card and making a guess. A correct guess places the card, while a wrong one wipes a row or column and adds to their score. More adjacent cards mean harder guesses.

295 cards placed across 8 games

  • Web
  • Online multiplayer
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Game Night Leaderboard

Wins are weighted by how heavy each game is, and ranked games can award podium points. The site tracks standings, recent games, game champions, and points over time.

  • Web
  • Data visualization
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Off the Clock

157 plays

of 33 board games so far in 2026

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Checking...

The Minecraft server I run for my friends

My Skills

Product & Leadership
Cross-functional team leadership • Stakeholder communication • Roadmap prioritization
Process & Analysis
Requirements gathering • Trade-off analysis • Success-criteria definition • Agile
Technical Depth
Python • JavaScript / TypeScript • C/C++ • React • Node.js • ROS2
Platforms & Tools
Docker • AWS • Git • GitHub Actions • Grafana • Proxmox VE
Embedded & Hardware
Raspberry Pi • ESP32 • Arduino • Integrated hardware/software systems
  • Python
  • C++
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Astro
  • Tailwind
  • React
365Microsoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Power BIGoogle DriveGoogle DocsGoogle SheetsGoogle SlidesGitGitHubVisual Studio CodeProxmoxDockerUbiquitiNextcloudOnshapeOctoprintHome AssistantQNAPJiraSalesforceWebex

My Awards and Recognitions

Individual Awards

Verafin Computer Engineering Scholarship

$3000 • Fall 2022

MUN Alumni Entrance Scholarship

$5000 Yearly (Renewable) • 2021-2023

Loran Semi-Finalist and Provincial Award

$2500 • June 2021

Team Awards

Eastern Edge Robotics

MATE EXPLORER World Championship

2026
  • 1st Place Overall
  • Oceaneering Health and Safety Award
2025
  • 3rd Place Overall
2023
  • 1st Place Engineering Presentation
  • 1st Place Marketing Display
2022
  • 3rd Place Overall
  • 1st Place Engineering Presentation

My Volunteering

Memorial University Relay for Life

Tech Committee Lead • 2023-Present

At Relay For Life events, participants of all ages gather and take turns walking a track to symbolize the perseverance and action needed to change the future of cancer. Across my four years as Tech Lead, our events raised $435,014.76 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Why I relay

I relay for my Pop. Gerry Robert Russell was a fighter all his life. He lost both his parents by the time he was 5, then was constantly moving houses until he was 10. Later in life, he was in and out of hospital every couple of months. From four hip replacements to winning many fights against cancer, he was always optimistic and kept a smile on his face. In August 2022, Gerry passed away, but he will always be in our memories.

Many other members of my family have had run-ins with cancer. Some were able to fight it off, some were not. I hope that someday, we can put an end to this disease.

Relay for Life is our opportunity to give back to the doctors and researchers who put in their time to fight cancer.

The Memorial University Relay for Life team holding a cheque to the Canadian Cancer Society

MATE ROV Regional Newfoundland

Event Volunteer • 2022-Present

A regional underwater robotics competition hosted by the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University.

Russell operating a camera on a platform over the competition pool

FIRST LEGO League

Event Volunteer • 2019-Present

FIRST LEGO League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math to children ages 4-16 through hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experience through a guided, global robotics program.

Volunteers at a FIRST LEGO League event, with Russell in an Eastern Edge sweater

O'Donel Senior High School OD-4D Robotics

Volunteer • 2021-2024

OD-4D is the robotics team of O'Donel High School in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, undertaking technological development and fabrication for underwater exploration.

An OD-4D remotely operated vehicle working underwater in a test tank

Contact Me

Russell Corbett

Russell Corbett

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St. John's, Newfoundland

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