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- AI Engineer
Precious Elekwa
- Waterloo, Canada
- 2 projects
I am an AI Engineer with 3+ Years of experience and a masters degree in Computer Science (Human - AI Interaction). I specialize in Computer Vision and Agentic AI development with LLMs and RAG workflow.
About
I am an AI Engineer with 3+ Years of experience and a masters degree in Computer Science (Human - AI Interaction). I specialize in Computer Vision and Agentic AI development with LLMs and RAG workflow.
Beyond AI Development, I am highly skilled in CGI and 3D animation, which I have done professionally since 2015, and even participated in top conferences like SIGGRAPH and interned at Electronic Arts during my university days.
I leverage a mix of my skills and experiences to create interactive conversational AI agents that exhibit high levels of intelligence, while embodying human connection in a multimodal fashion.
On Upwork, I have helped my clients deliver stellar results and hope to do the same for you.
- Joined October 2025
Skills· 13
Languages
- EnglishFluent
- JapaneseIntermediate
Industry experience
- Healthcare
- Computers & Electronics
- Education
- Software & Internet
- Professional Services
- Media & Entertainment
Projects · 2
Designed an interactive digital human that fetches queries and responds in real-time to users. Charlie is an interactive human AI Avatar whose purpose is to converse naturally, fitted with expressions and gestures.
- 3D Animator
- AI Developer
Work experience· 10 roles
Graduate Researcher · Persuasive Computing Lab, Dalhousie UniversityJul 2025 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos
Developed an interactive AI avatar for mental health intervention; used NVIDIA ACE framework; integrated CGI modeling with real-time AI to create empathetic digital humans; implemented WebRTC-based architecture for low-latency, browser-accessible therapeutic conversations without specialized software requirements.
Founder & Director of AI Programs · Turin AI AcademyJan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos
Founder & Director of AI Programs; performed AI risk audits for stakeholders at a tax and advisory accounting firm; prevented sensitive data from being accessed by the AI model and by proxy unauthorized users; conducted performance audits on SMEs to identify AI-enabled workflow improvements.
Systems Integration Intern (AI) · Huawei TechnologiesMar 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos
Deployed and trained Large Language Models on Huawei Cloud Infrastructure; ensured sensitive information was protected; applied JavaScript for web scripting; leveraged SQL for data management and visualization of KPIs for four major internet service providers.
Systems Integration Intern (AI) · Huawei TechnologiesMar 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos
Student Volunteer · ACM SIGGRAPH, Vancouver, BCAug 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos
Student Volunteer · ACM SIGGRAPH, VancouverAug 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos
Research Assistant · Covenant UniversityNov 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs
Research Assistant · Covenant UniversityNov 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science · Dalhousie University2025 – 2027
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering · Covenant University2017 – 2022
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