Ming Jack Po

Current

Member, Alumni Advisory Board at Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM)
Member, Board of Directors at New York City Interscholastics Mathematics League
Member, Board of Directors at New York Math Circle

PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University
Adjunct Professor at City College of New York
Member, Advisory Panel at American Mathematics Competition
Instructor at Center for Talented Youth

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Past

CEO at PeerDecision
Business Analyst at Capital One
Credit Finance Intern at Fannie Mae

Instructor at Center for Talented Youth
Intern at D.E. Shaw & Co.
Code Monkey at TeamSphere Interactive

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Education

Columbia University in the City of New York
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University

Stuyvesant HS

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Connections

407 connections

Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Websites

Ming Jack Po’s Summary

I have particular interests in web startups, global health, and education reform. Give me a buzz if you want to chat about any of these.

Ming Jack Po’s Specialties:

SAS, C++, Perl, Server Administration, Non Profit Management, Education Reform, Strategy Consulting, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Image Processing, Biomechanics

Ming Jack Po’s Experience

Member, Alumni Advisory Board

Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM)

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

March 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)

The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) is an intensive six-week residential program that trains high ability high-school students in the mathematical sciences and mentors undergraduate and graduate students in teaching, research, and career navigation. Our primary goal is to identify, invite, and prepare motivated high-school students to pursue mathematics and mathematical vocations.
Member, Board of Directors

New York City Interscholastics Mathematics League

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

The New York City Interscholastic Math League (NYCIML) is a non-profit organization that offers mathematics competition to all participating member schools. We seek to provide an enjoyable educational and competitive experience for high school students from New York City and beyond.
Member, Board of Directors

New York Math Circle

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

March 2008 — Present (2 years 1 month)

The New York Math Circle offers interested students an opportunity to develop reasoning and problem solving skills through exploration of Mathematics. Find out more at our website.
PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering

Columbia University

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

2007 — Present (3 years )
Adjunct Professor

City College of New York

(Higher Education industry)

January 2007 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Train new NYC Teaching Fellows for the classroom. Courses taught:

- Math Immersion
- Teaching with Sketchpad
- Advanced Euclidean Geometry
Member, Advisory Panel

American Mathematics Competition

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

January 2004 — Present (6 years 3 months)

The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) is dedicated to the goal of strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation’s youth. We believe that one way to meet this goal is to identify, recognize and reward excellence in mathematics through a serics of national contests.
Instructor

Center for Talented Youth

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

January 2002 — Present (8 years 3 months)

Currently teaching MathCounts to middle school students. Used to teach AP Biology, and served as a consultant for Descartes CoVE.
http://cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/cove/index.html
CEO

PeerDecision

(Internet industry)

July 2007 — February 2008 (8 months)

PeerDecision is a community focused on all aspects of the college application process. Users post a profile and have the community vote if he or she will be accepted to specific colleges. Additional features include an interactive forum, user submitted wiki pages throughout the site, and an application cycle management system to streamline the application process.

Site archived here: http://peerdecision.swarmventures.com
Business Analyst

Capital One

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

July 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Credit Finance Intern

Fannie Mae

(Financial Services industry)

June 2005 — July 2005 (2 months)
Instructor

Center for Talented Youth

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

September 2002 — January 2005 (2 years 5 months)
Intern

D.E. Shaw & Co.

(Financial Services industry)

September 1999 — August 2001 (2 years )
Code Monkey

TeamSphere Interactive

(Financial Services industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Ming Jack Po’s Education

Columbia University in the City of New York

PhD , Biomedical Engineering , 2006 — 2011 (expected)
Johns Hopkins University

BS , Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science , September 2001 — May 2005
The Johns Hopkins University

BA, MA , Mathematics , 2001 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

Biomedical Engineering Design Team Leader
Stuyvesant HS

HS , September 1997 — June 2001