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Hanze Li

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Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent) at Cresta
📍 North York, Ontario, Canada

Hanze is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Cresta, building AI agents for contact centers. A graduate of the University of Toronto, he specializes in Large Language Models and Recommender Systems, with prior experience developing RAG-powered code translation systems and agentic LLM workflows.

While at university, Hanze served as a Governor, contributing to the University Affairs Board. He advocated for student welfare, focusing on mental health support, aid for international students, and reducing tuition fees, demonstrating a strong commitment to community and institutional improvement.

He was the first author on a paper accepted into the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, a top-tier conference with an 18% acceptance rate.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent)
Job Level
Middle
Location
North York, Ontario, Canada
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AI Agent Development
His current role at Cresta and past work at Next Pathway are centered on building and deploying sophisticated AI agents and agentic LLM workflows for production environments.
Recommender Systems
Has a strong academic and practical interest in this field, demonstrated by co-authoring a paper on the topic for a prestigious ACM conference.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent)
Cresta
5-2024 - 10-2025
AI Engineer
Next Pathway
1-2021 - 5-2024
Software Engineer
Ratio.City, a division of Esri Canada
6-2020 - 12-2020
Software Developer
Do Good Points
6-2018 - 7-2019
Governer
University of Toronto
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Education
9-2023 - 12-2024
Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC)
University of Toronto
9-2015 - 6-2020
Engineering Science
University of Toronto
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