Entrepreneur / Software Engineer
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Software Engineer at Lime Brokerage
- Past
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- Information Technology Student Consultant Manager at Boston University
- Software Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Education
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- Boston University
- Stanton College Preparatory
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Han Chang’s Summary
I am a serial entrepreneur and and a software engineer.
Occasionally, I work as a technical consultant / freelance web developer who not only listens to clients but strives to understand their business goals in order to help achieve them quickly and efficiently through technology.
I have great interest in passive income streams, and I develop websites on the side for fun and profit. I want to participate more heavily in philanthropy in the future.
Han Chang’s Specialties:
Versed in the tech startup world and community.
Very fluent in the command line on UNIX/Linux systems; vim is my text editor of choice.
Java, C++ / C,
PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, Ruby on Rails
Subversion (svn), CVS, IBM Rational ClearCase, Git, Bazaar (bzr)
Handy with basic Linux system administration and Apache configurations.
Fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese.
Han Chang’s Experience
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Software Engineer
Lime Brokerage
(Financial Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (11 months)
Designed and developed a risk analysis system that uses basic elements of equities measurements (like open order value, current buying power, shares traded, etc) combined with mathematical and boolean operators to build customizable risk metrics on demand that broadcasts the values to clients in real time.
Prepared and demonstrated presentations of this technology to both internal users and potential customers. -
Information Technology Student Consultant Manager
Boston University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2005 — May 2008 (3 years 5 months)
Provided Boston University students, faculty, and staff both in person and over the phone with a variety of technical consulting including account administration, scanning, system troubleshooting, and website development.
Developed the Sedule scheduling plugin for the Horde Framework through the Google Summer of Code program.
Trained new hires on the Boston University tech infrastructure.
Handled escalated cases of customer dissatisfaction. -
Software Intern
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
(Educational Institution; Defense & Space industry)
May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)
Worked on a satellite communications team to develop software for the classified satcom network protocol.
Programmed a Java Swing UI framework to take variable inputs by parsing XML files using Xerces. Hooked the Java UI into a C++ backend to send the data to the desired destination.
Han Chang’s Education
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Boston University
Bachelors and Masters , Computer Science , 2004 — 2008
Completed the BA/MA Program which grants both a bachelor's and master's degree upon graduation.
- Activities and Societies:
- Ski Club, Boston University Snowboard Team, Intramural Flag Football, Intramural Broomball
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Stanton College Preparatory
Additional Information
Han Chang’s Websites:
Han Chang’s Interests:
entrepreneurship, tech startups, philanthropy, playing basketball, going snowboarding
Han Chang’s Groups:
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Boston Web Innovators Group -
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Boston University Alumni -
Startup Specialists -
Stanton College Prep Alumni -
Micropreneur Academy Networking Group
Han Chang’s Honors:
Graduated Cum Laude in 4 years with both a Master's and Bachelor's in computer science by completing an advanced dual degree program which normally takes 5 years.
Han Chang’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
