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Aqil Haydel
About

Aqil Haydel Heelmy

I build the automation that keeps corporate IT running — zero-touch device provisioning, fleet hygiene at scale, and endpoint compliance across regions. Most recently on ShopBack's Global Corporate IT team, where the work touched a 1,600-device fleet.

Final-year Higher Nitec IT student at ITE, graduating December 2026. Open to internships and full-time roles.

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Aqil Haydel Heelmy reading in a library reading room
Education

Institute of Technical Education, Singapore

Higher Nitec in IT Applications Development

Expected Dec 2026

GPA 3.8/4.0 · Director's List, Jul 2024 – Dec 2025

Coursework: Data Analysis, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications Development, PHP and SQL.

Recognition

Awards

  • AWS × Cognizant × SG Code Campus Vibe Coding Ideathon2026
    1st Runner-Up

    Challenge: SG Buddy — Your Hyperlocal Singapore AI Buddy. Competed against polytechnic and university teams.

  • NTUC Starter Awards Scholar2025–2027

    Renewable annually.

  • LBKM Academic Excellence Award2025
  • EAGLES Award2025
  • Edusave Character, Skills, Merit and Academic Achievement Award2025
Certificate of Achievement for 1st Runner Up at the AWS Vibe Coding Ideathon, April 2026
Vibe Coding Ideathon — AWS, Cognizant and SG Code Campus, April 2026.
Team AlWays receiving the 1st Runner Up award on stage at the AWS Vibe Coding Ideathon
Team AlWays, 1st Runner-Up for SG Buddy.
On file

Certificates

Three consecutive semesters on the Director’s List, and the ACE Programme certificate from ITE College Central.

ITE Director's List certificate for Aqil Haydel Heelmy, July 2024 to December 2024
Director's List — Jul–Dec 2024.
ITE Director's List certificate for Aqil Haydel Heelmy, January 2025 to June 2025
Director's List — Jan–Jun 2025.
ITE Director's List certificate for Aqil Haydel Heelmy, July 2025 to December 2025
Director's List — Jul–Dec 2025.
ITE Certificate of Achievement for the ACE Programme, awarded to Aqil Haydel Heelmy on 20 November 2025
ACE Programme — Nov 2025.
Beyond the desk

Leadership and exposure

  • USEAMP

    United States Embassy Alumni Mentoring Programme

    Mentee
    • Toured Boeing, Nike and Google to study global innovation and leadership practice.
    • Completed leadership and character development workshops covering public speaking, resume building and civic engagement.
    • Mentored by U.S. Embassy scholars with international exposure.
  • NTUC Starter Awards

    NTUC Starter Awards

    Scholar
    • Joined a symposium with the ACTFU in Shenzhen, China on workforce transformation and youth development.
    • Toured Huawei's headquarters, Ox Horn R&D campus and flagship store, covering AI, 5G and smart technology.
    • Mentored by an industry specialist (ex-Meta) on the technology sector's career pathways.
  • ACE Club

    ACE Club

    Member
    • Participated in a dialogue session with PM Lawrence Wong hosted at NUS.
    • Volunteered on the Silver Homes elderly refurbishment programme and the DBS Foundation SG Cares Market.
  • OSDP

    Overseas Service Learning Programme, Jakarta

    Sep 2024
    • Refurbished and redeveloped a school library in an underprivileged area of Jakarta.
USEAMP Group E graduation ceremony at the U.S. Embassy Singapore
USEAMP graduation — U.S. Embassy Singapore.
NTUC Starter Awardees welcomed at Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters
NTUC Starter Awards symposium — Huawei HQ, Shenzhen.
Currently tinkering

The homelab

A Mac Mini M2 picked up off Carousell, running a Docker stack for media and home ops. Modest hardware doing real work, and a sandbox for containerised deployments outside of work hours.

  • JellyfinMedia streaming to the household
  • *arr suiteAutomated library management via YAMS
  • Pi-holeDNS-level ad blocking for the network
  • n8nWorkflow automation
  • TailscaleRemote access without opening ports
  • OllamaLocal LLM inference experiments
  • OrbStackContainer orchestration

A documented snapshot of the stack, not a live feed.