hi, i'm chigozie nnani! 👋🏿
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i'm a third-year information & data science student at the university of north carolina at chapel hill, passionate about creating innovative solutions through technology.

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background

i'm a nigerian-american born & raised in raleigh, north carolina.

interests

outside of tech-related activities, you'll probably find me:

  • - doing random sidequests
  • - playing basketball or soccer
  • - listening to music
  • - gaming
  • - graphic designing
  • - watching informational YouTube videos

passion

at the age of three-years-old, i got my first computer. since then, it's just been never-ending learning with anything technology-related.

goals

i want to build a career creating ethical technology, particularly in software or machine learning engineering. creating accessible technology for the betterment of society is something i see myself doing for a long time.

fun facts

favorite sports teams:

  • - real madrid
  • - las vegas aces
  • - baltimore ravens
  • - carolina hurricanes
  • - anything associated w/ my north carolina tar heels

favorite artists:

  • - davido
  • - asake
  • - flavour

random:

  • - i've owned a clothing brand since i was 15-years-old
  • - i wanted to become a dermatologist for a decade of my life & changed my mind when i looked at professor ratings for intro pre-med courses my freshman year of college
  • - my first name directly translates to "God bless" & my aunt calls me "Eze Chigoziri" which means "the King that God blessed" in Igbo
Google Cloud
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
VS Code
Firebase
Jupyter
Photoshop
Procreate

Incoming Product Development Engineer Intern - Data Engineering

NVIDIA
May 2026 - Aug. 2026

Santa Clara, CA

returning to the slt-ops team for summer '26.

deep learning ci/cd aws llms data engineering

Founder & Co-President

ColorStack at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Aug. 2025 - Present

Chapel Hill, NC

founded & co-lead the ColorStack chapter at carolina, fostering community & professional development for students of color in tech.

leadership community building event planning mentorship diversity & inclusion

Technology Support Analyst

ITS Service Desk, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Aug. 2025 - Present

Chapel Hill, NC

troubleshoot technical issues related to accounts, software, & campus systems for students, faculty, guests, & staff.

technical support systems knowledge troubleshooting & documentation incident management cross-team collaboration

Ignite Intern: Data Engineering & Machine Learning

NVIDIA
May 2025 - Aug. 2025

Santa Clara, CA

roughly 80 interns selected in my cohort. contributed to the slt-ops team by building data & software engineering systems that supported cross-functional efficiency efforts & ml-driven automation.

python aws data pipelines etl postgresql software development

Full-Stack Developer

Computer Science + Social Good at UNC-Chapel Hill
Sept. 2024 - Dec. 2024

Chapel Hill, NC

built a full-stack web application through a semester-long solo project, progressively mastering javascript, react, & node.js.

javascript react html/css firebase node.js

Founder & Creative Director

InOptive Studios®
Sept. 2020 - Present

Raleigh, NC

founded a clothing brand at 15-years-old, grew it to over 1k instagram followers, run needed operations.

shopify adobe photoshop procreate meta ads web development

i'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities to be part of your visions.

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