/about
Joe Nicol is a tech entrepreneur, engineer & designer. He studies CS @ Columbia University. Originally from UK.
Columbia University CS student (Class of 2026), w/ multiple semester 4.0 GPA & Dean's List standing. Originally from Bradford, UK w/ a Fine Art background. Full-stack dev & product design experience. Prior work @ Harvard Med School BCL & Puberry, a CU startup.
Current Focus Skills
Experience
Stealth Venture
·Founder
2025 – Present
Managing ext team. Designing backend architecture, agile dev plans & integration logic.
ChamoisH2O
·Co-Founder & Lead Innovator
2024 – Present
Personal small business supplying athletic gear across UK & EU. Co-founded & ran with Mum.
Harvard Medical School
·Brain Care Labs
2025
R&D work @ Harvard's Brain Care Labs. Infographics for complex research.
Crackd.ai
·iOS + Prompt Engineering
2025
AI-powered caption generation app for Columbia & Barnard students. Engineered data ingestion pipeline scraping Sidechat to refine joke-generation algorithms.
Puberry
·Founding Engineer
2024 – 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 Captain
2022 – Present
Computer Science BA. Dean's List, multiple 4.0 GPA semesters. First-gen college student. Varsity diving team captain.
Loughborough College
·Diploma in Sporting Excellence
Sep 2019 – Jul 2021
Completed DiSE programme alongside A-Levels. Combined elite diving training w/ academic study.
St. Mary's Sixth Form
·A Level Studies
Sep 2019 – Jul 2021
Concentrations: Mathematics [A*], Further Mathematics [A], Computer Science [A]
UK Diving Career
·Competitive Diver
2014 – 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 · 4.0 GPA · 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
May 2024 – Sep 2024
Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship recipient. Applied classroom learning w/ Puberry, an organisation making social change in youth health education.
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