Entrepreneur / Software Engineer
Greater Boston Area
Entrepreneur / Software Engineer
Greater Boston Area
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.
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.
(Financial Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 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.
(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.
(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.
Bachelors and Masters , Computer Science , 2004 — 2008
Completed the BA/MA Program which grants both a bachelor's and master's degree upon graduation.
entrepreneurship, tech startups, philanthropy, playing basketball, going snowboarding
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.