GAVL

Startup-competition panels still run on stacks of paper, spreadsheets and in-person rooms. Panelists in different cities can't easily score the same contestants against the same criteria, and organizers drown in collating results before the next round can even start.

1. 01Partnered with Innovate4Nature to map the real evaluation flow: how panels are formed, how criteria are defined, and where time is actually lost during scoring.
2. 02Designed a single platform where organizers configure events and criteria once, then invite panelists who can rate contestants from anywhere on a shared rubric.
3. 03Built the backend in Django + PostgreSQL with a clean domain model for events, panels, contestants, criteria and scores; containerized the whole stack with Docker for reproducible team dev.
4. 04Built the frontend in React + Redux with a focused panelist UI — open a contestant, score against criteria, submit — and an organizer dashboard for live results.
5. 05Worked across the stack inside a five-person team (2 frontend, 3 backend) as part of Constructor Academy's full-stack program, shipping the MVP for the Innovate4Nature pitch.

• →MVP demoed for the Innovate4Nature startup competition with end-to-end panelist scoring.
• →Replaced the paper-and-spreadsheet flow with a single shared rubric across distributed panels.
• →Roadmap defined for a pilot phase: contestant sign-up, profile creation, feedback loop and scalability work toward a market launch.