HALIFAX, June 19, 2012 – T4G Limited congratulates 20-year-old Kassym Dorsel of the University of Waterloo as a 2012 ‘Tech Idol’ winner.

Equals6, the professional social network for students, today announced six winners of the company’s Tech Idol software development contest with each winner sponsored by industry leaders like T4G.

Tech Idol provides students with the opportunity to tackle real-world software challenges, with cash prizes provided by sponsoring companies. Each sponsor chose a winner based on the best solution to that company’s challenge.

“I am delighted that my application won,” said Kassym Dorsel, a Mechatronics Engineering student and triathlete who just completed first year at Waterloo. “The app I built was to calculate the number of occurrences of the digit ‘0’ in a sequence from 0 to n in the most efficient way. The solution not only required the use of efficient code structures due to the size of computed numbers, but also required the development of a mathematical algorithm that was used to do the actual computation.”

“Kassym showed real creativity,” said Peter Moorehouse, T4G’s Vice-President, People. “He is working at the Department of National Defence this summer but upon graduation we’d be interested in possibly recruiting him to T4G.”
 

Other Tech Idol winners are:

Sponsoring Company: J.D. Irving – www.jdirving.com

Sponsoring Company: CGI – www.cgi.com

Winner: Hari Gudigundla, Dalhousie University

Sponsoring Company: NTT Data – www.nttdata.com

Winner: Evan Lowry, Saint Mary’s University

Sponsoring Company: Equals6 – www.equals6.com

Winner: Andrew Redden, Nova Scotia Community College

Sponsoring Company: Lixar IT – www.lixar.com

Winner: Evan Lowry, Saint Mary’s University

Tech Idol is part of Halifax-based Equals6 efforts to support top students and help them connect with employers and other students. The company also offers Top Talent scholarships, with more than $25,000 awarded through the program.

About T4G

T4G is a national, project-based, full-service professional services company founded in 1996 with operations from coast-to-coast. We believe in building high-performing teams and breaking conventional wisdom. We believe in our people and true participation in each and every project we undertake. We believe in The Intelligent Application of Technology™ where less can be more, where innovation leads to opportunity, and where a culture of commitment always strives to exceed customers' expectations.

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