Wealthfront
Aug 2015 - Present
iOS Engineer
Mar 2016 - Present
• 8 yrs 6 mosI work at the intersection of the iOS and the Cash teams.
Backend engineer
Aug 2015 - Apr 2016
• 9 mosI built Wealthfront's custom AB testing infrastructure and AB experiment data pipeline from the ground up.
Summer Fellow
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
• 4 mos• Founded, designed, and developed Dishful.co – a shared economy marketplace for home-cooked meals – using Backbone.js, Rails, HTML/CSS with team of four
• Gained practical exposure to "Lean Startup" principles, rapid prototyping, business development, marketing, product/market fit, LTV/CAC modeling, and VC pitches
• Grew Dishful.co to over 400 dishes served to about 100 diners in the Bay Area, generating over $2000 in revenue over 3 months
Stanford University
Jan 2013 - Jun 2015
Course Assistant
Jan 2013 - Jun 2015
• 2 yrs 6 mos• CS210 (Software Project Experience with Corporate Partners): conduct weekly project management sessions with teams, coordinate logistics with liaisons and guest lecturers
• CS107 (Computer Org and Systems): lead weekly hands-on lab exercises in advanced C programming for up to 25 students, grade 20 projects/wk, 4 hrs/wk office hours, midterm and exam grading
• CS181 (Computer Ethics and Public Policy): led 30-student discussions, evaluated research papers on computer ethics and software policy
CS106 Section Leader
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
• 1 yr 1 mo• Member of a community of section leaders working to deliver quality introductory core CS curriculum
• Assist at weekly two-hour shifts helping CS106 students debug weekly programming assignments
• Teaching weekly 1 hour section for students and grading their individual programs for functionality and style
Software Engineering Intern
Twitter
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014
• 4 mos• Conceived, designed, and developed Django app for music partners (e.g. Spotify, iTunes, Billboard) to curate Music Artist data
• Implemented a dynamic programming Levenshtein algorithm to reduce manual data analysis load by 99%, freeing up 500 hours of analyst labor
• Conducted 6 iterations of user testing to improve the interface, automate and facilitate usage, and decrease client-side latency by 100x
Web Developer Intern
LinkedIn
Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
• 4 mos• Worked with the LI Growth team on front-end development of features to increase user sign-up and new member engagement
• Used JS Control, JavaScript, jQuery, Java and SCSS to build a guest page directory for SEO when searching international LI members
• Built member-to-guest email invitation that provides recipient-specific PYMK context using Dust and REST.li backend
• Rewrote JS Control API for OAuth to Twitter and Facebook using Fiber, Underscore.js, JQuery, JavaScript, Inject.js, and Backbone.js
Stanford University
Apr 2011 - Oct 2012
CURIS Designer and Researcher
Mar 2012 - Oct 2012
• 8 mos• Redesigned and prototyped a cognitive aid for medical crises situations as a paid UX design intern for 40 hrs/wk with the Stanford HCI Group
• Submitted Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) Conference paper on the effectiveness of digital aids over paper counterparts
• Continue implementing a functional version for testing phase with Bootstrap, Backbone.js, Mustache.js, and juggernaut
Residential Computer Consultant
Apr 2011 - Sep 2012
• 1 yr 6 mos• 8 hrs/wk in-house network consultant and manager for connecting students to residential networks and troubleshooting any hardware, software, network, and security issues
• Trained to conduct 10 applied-skills workshops on WebDev, UNIX, graphic design, and Internet policy for residents
• Managed $12,000 event programming budget and implement EAST staff’s vision for the community
Research Scholar
Hawaii Pacific Health
Jun 2011 - Jan 2012
• 8 mos• One of 12 scholars out of 90+ applicants for 10-week intensive Summer Student Research Program, a medicine and research immersion experience
• Mined Hawai‘i EPIC database for trends between Heart Failure documentation and treatment outcomes
• Presented statistical significance of core measures on best practice adherence and outcomes at STRAUB conference
Gumball Challenge Co-Director
Gumball Capital
Oct 2009 - Sep 2011
• 2 yrs• Coordinated the biannual Gumball Challenge competition to encourage students across the world to engage in third-world poverty alleviation through promising social entrepreneurial tools such as microfinance
• Raised $4,000+ from the Stanford (2009), University of Maryland (2010), and Princeton (2010) Gumball Challenges
• Increased academic institution Challenge participation from 5 (2008) to 12 (2009) to a targeted 50+ (2010)
• Secured $412 in corporate sponsorships from Palo Alto businesses for the 2009 Challenge prizes
Marketing and Business Development Intern
Rural Returns
Jun 2010 - May 2011
• 1 yr• Researched the U.S. rice market and developed plan to target young mothers with gluten-free children and the college students as the organization’s primary consumer base.
• Set up a Stanford Dining contract with anticipated sales of 300lbs rice/month sold at $2/lb over 2010-2011
• Organized rice promotion at Stanford’s El Bistro Café that earned over $300 worth of special orders
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
• 3 mos• Front-end development of the graphical user interface using Java and Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
• Laid out buttons, anchors, text boxes, images, and panels on the Accevia home page and user profile pages
• Designed graphics for these Accevia web pages and the Accevia logo using Adobe Photoshop
Research Assistant
Stanford Hospital Bariatric and Metabolic Interdisciplinary Clinic
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
• 3 mos• Analyzed trends in lab tests to compare patient’s quality of life both pre-operation and post-operation
• Streamlined data from patient surveys and EPIC into the BMIC’s internal databases for clinical information
• Assisted in data collection for a study on the effects of regular pedometer use on post-surgery weight loss