Jay Liew

Current

• Business Development Associate at Wokai.org
• Security Researcher at Websense, Inc.

Past

• Software Applications Engineer at Websense, Inc.
• Physics Lab TA at University of Louisiana at Monroe
• System & Network Administrator at American Horizons Bank

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Education

• University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Sun Microsystems

Recommended

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Connections

472 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Personal website
• Personal weblog

Jay Liew’s Summary

There are two things I love: people and technology.

Technology is exciting and I'm passionate about it. I believe that with technology, we can provide surgeons with better precision tools in the O.R. to minimize margin of error. We can mechanize any task automatable by machine to free up humans for high-level decision making. We can make technology go anywhere in this solar system to perform any task so dangerous you wouldn’t send a friend or family member to do.

Our basic human needs remain the same. How needs are met, can always be improved upon.

Everyone owns an equal and limited quantity of time which progresses at a constant linear fashion. All the money in the world cannot buy more time. To stay ahead of the competition, just do more in less time.

There will always be someone smarter than me. Ergo, I don't want to be the smartest person in the room, I want to work with people smarter than me.

Technology is a sink-or-swim industry. If you're not swimming, you are probably sinking!

Jay Liew’s Specialties:

Learning new technology, fast. Moving businesses, fast.

Jay Liew’s Experience

• Business Development Associate

  Wokai.org

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Wokai is a 501(c)(3) non-profit microfinance startup focused on poverty alleviation in China.
  
  http://www.wokai.org

• Security Researcher

  Websense, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WBSN; Computer Software industry)

  October 2006 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Security Researcher at Websense Security Labs -- http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com

• Software Applications Engineer

  Websense, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; WBSN; Computer Software industry)

  November 2004 — October 2006 (2 years)

• Physics Lab TA

  University of Louisiana at Monroe

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2004 — May 2004 (5 months)

  Guided freshmen and junior computer science majors with programming conundrums and various computer science assignments, helped physics students understand lab material and complete experiments, graded student lab reports which consisted of topics covering motion, particle equilibrium, vectors, forces (Newtonian laws and friction), periodic motion, work and energy

• System & Network Administrator

  American Horizons Bank

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

  August 2001 — July 2003 (2 years)

  - Administered UNIX and MS Windows servers, wrote shell scripts for task automation, worked to troubleshoot and implement solutions with the technical staff from third party mission-critical proprietary software companies including Fidelity National Financial (fnf.com), Financial Institution Service Corporation (fiscdp.com); network connectivity troubleshooting alongside telco (bellsouth.net) and ISP (sendtech.net) engineers
  - Implemented, maintained web-based applications and intranet using PHP, CSS, Javascript & MySQL
  - Collaborated with CFO in planning and implementing technology within the company including server, network, security, and software copyright issues
  - Facilitated in the 2003 federal audit by FDIC (fdic.gov) with various I.T. tasks including implementing and documenting standard I.T. procedures, data retention, data security, network and server infrastructure security, disaster recovery strategy, and other tasks to ascertain compliance with federal I.T. regulations

Jay Liew’s Education

• University of Louisiana at Monroe

  BS, Computer Science, 2000 — 2004

  Minor in mathematics and research

  Activities and Societies:

  Upsilon Pi Epsilon (inducted to computer science honor society), Kappa Mu Epsilon (inducted to math honor society), Phi Eta Sigma (inducted to freshman honor society), Alpha Lambda Delta (inducted to freshman honor society), Association of Computing Machinery (chapter officer), Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Dean's List, President's List

• Sun Microsystems

  Certification, Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform

  Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform (ID: SR1778462, September 20th 2004)

Additional Information

Jay Liew’s Websites:

• Personal website
• Personal weblog

Jay Liew’s Interests:

Cutting-edge technology R&D, business management, wireless, ham radio & emergency services, social-engineering, ice hockey, motorcycles

Jay Liew’s Groups:

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), Dept. of Commerce NWS Storm Spotter, DEMO, Wokai

•    Venture Capital Cafe member
•    California Clean Tech Open member
•    TiEcon 2008 (May 16-17th, 2008, Santa Clara Convention Center) member
•    MicroPlace member
•    Wokai member
•    Hacker News member

Jay Liew’s Honors:

- College of Arts and Science 2003-2004 outstanding student, ranked top 3 in the 2004 Student Research Symposium (science category)
- Presented an original research at the national AMS/MAA mathematics meeting in Phoenix, AZ 2004 (see personal website for link to PDF)
- Inducted into various national and international honor societies: computing sciences (Upsilon Pi Epsilon), mathematics (Kappa Mu Epsilon), and freshman (Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma)

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