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// joe.nicol

Tech entrepreneur, engineer & designer. CS @ Columbia. Born in the UK.

Full-Stack, Product Design & AI Engineer. Builder of AI-powered systems & digital health platforms. NCAA D1 Dive Captain. Entrepreneur. Storyteller. Traveler. Photographer. Artist.

While studying CS @ Columbia, I balanced D1 athletics, shipped products across startups, & built mission-driven mental health ventures. Experienced in full-stack engineering, AI systems, & product design. Prior work @ Harvard Med School BCL & Puberry, a CU startup.

9 experiences·3 languages·35 countries
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- current focus -
// stack & tools
TypeScriptReactNext.jsAWSPostgreSQLSpring BootProduct DesignHealth TechAI ApplicationsMachine LearningNatural Language Processing (NLP)Full-Stack EngineeringBioinformaticsClinical ResearchBlockchain / Decentralised IdentityProduct DevelopmentHuman Centric DesignTypeScriptReactNext.jsAWSPostgreSQLSpring BootProduct DesignHealth TechAI ApplicationsMachine LearningNatural Language Processing (NLP)Full-Stack EngineeringBioinformaticsClinical ResearchBlockchain / Decentralised IdentityProduct DevelopmentHuman Centric Design
- experience -
Stealth Venture·Founder2025 - Present

Managing ext team. Designing backend architecture, agile dev plans & integration logic.

ChamoisH2O·Co-Founder & Lead Innovator2024 - Present

Personal small business supplying athletic gear across UK & EU. Co-founded & ran with Mum.

Harvard Medical School·Brain Care Labs2025

R&D work @ Harvard's Brain Care Labs. Infographics for complex research.

Crackd.ai·iOS + Prompt Engineering2025

AI-powered caption generation app for Columbia & Barnard students. Engineered data ingestion pipeline scraping Sidechat to refine joke-generation algorithms.

Puberry·Founding Engineer2024 - 2026

Co-built an interactive learning platform (K-12 health education). Led UI/UX design & frontend. School children K-12 benefit from an interactive learning platform (similar to Duolingo) for "Health Class".

Columbia University·CS Student · NCAA D1 Dive Captain2022 - 2026

Computer Science BA. Dean's List, multiple 4.0 GPA semesters. First-gen college student. Varsity diving team captain.

Loughborough College·Diploma in Sporting ExcellenceSep 2019 - Jul 2021

Completed DiSE programme alongside A-Levels. Combined elite diving training w/ academic study.

St. Mary's Sixth Form·A Level StudiesSep 2019 - Jul 2021

Concentrations: Mathematics [A*], Further Mathematics [A], Computer Science [A]

UK Diving Career·Competitive Diver2014 - 2022

Leeds Diving & City of Bradford Esprit Diving. Junior Nationals 3m Gold (2017). Scottish Open 1m Bronze (2019).

- diving -

Competitive diver since age 12. Trained @ City of Leeds Diving Club & City of Bradford Esprit Diving, competing nationally & internationally before joining Columbia as an NCAA D1 diver & team captain.

  • NCAA D1 Dive Captain > Columbia Lions
  • NCAA Zones 3m Finalist > 10th, 676.25 (2025)
  • Multiple time Ivy League finalist
  • Junior Nationals 3m Gold Medal (2017)
- education -

Columbia University

2022 - 2026

BA Computer Science · Dean's List · First-gen student

Loughborough College

Sep 2019 - Jul 2021

Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) · Elite athletics programme

St. Mary's Menston

Leeds, UK · Completed 2021

A-Levels: Mathematics [A*], Further Mathematics [A], Computer Science [A]

- volunteering + funding -
Tamer Fund for Social Enterprise ↗

Columbia University · May 2024 - Sep 2024

Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship recipient. Applied classroom learning w/ Puberry, an organisation making social change in youth health education.

Bambisanani Partnership ↗

Volunteering & Leadership · Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

Collaboration between St. Mary's Menston & Mnyakanya High School in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Used sport as a catalyst for international understanding, education & health. Organised fundraising events.

- languages -
🇬🇧

English

Native

🇩🇪

German

Proficient

🇨🇳

Mandarin

Studying

- interests -
Fine ArtEntrepreneurshipTravelBlockchainUKG / House DJLego Builder