Managing Director
2006 - PRESENTAzure Interactive, LLC- Founded a web development, design, and technology consulting company, managing clients in both North America and the Greater China area.
- Managed staff both in Taiwan and abroad.
- Provided custom eCommerce, web design, and other development services geared toward small businesses.
Technologies: Backbone.js, Less, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, iOS, Flask, Django, PHP, PythonSenior Software Engineer
2015 - 2016Noodle Education, Inc.- Provided recommendations on architecture decisions and engineering best practices.
- Redesigned Noodle’s search architecture, improving reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Independently designed and developed command line tools to seamlessly manage developer interactions between environments.
- Developed and supported a versioned API, making Noodle’s search features more available both internally and to external partners.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, Python, DjangoSenior Software Engineer
2013 - 2015Allclasses, Inc.- Performed integrations with third-party data providers including Facebook and Yelp.
- Independently built the Allclasses iOS application, available on the App Store.
- Transitioned Allclasses to Elasticsearch and designed indexing strategies as well as back-end search code.
- Developed the API powering both the Allclasses website and iOS application.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), JavaScript, Backbone.js, AWS, Elasticsearch, Python, FlaskLead Developer
2013 - 2015Dressed Salads HK- Designed and developed an web-based ordering system for all of Dressed's HK locations.
- Localized site content and layout to Chinese.
- Developed HTML5-based mobile applications for tablet/smartphone.
- Integrated payment processing features, handling almost $1M HKD worth of transactions within first six months after launch.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, Backbone.js, Less, Django, PythonSenior Developer
2013 - 2014Construct Digital- Developed core features for the Symplfy UAE car portal.
- Wrote external vendor integration tools via the SharePoint lists service API.
Technologies: MySQL, Django, PythonSenior Developer
2012 - 2014Bread Retail Software and Systems- Analyzed DB performance issues and made query optimization and indexing recommendations, in many cases increasing performance by a factor of 10.
- Implemented DB replication for in-store POS and web-based ordering systems.
- Integrated automatic build and deployment processes.
- Administered several Linux-based servers, managing separate staging and production environments.
Technologies: PostgreSQL, Django, PythonVP of Engineering
2011 - 2012Genie Capital, Ltd.- Led a team of eight engineers in the development of Python-based, large-scale social networking software.
- Defined company-wide engineering best practices including source control, unit testing, build processes, project management, and code style.
- Worked within a Chinese-speaking team.
- Represented company at trade events both in Taiwan and abroad.
- Made key architecture and technology platform decisions.
Technologies: Django, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript, Erlang, PythonDeveloper
2005 - 2006University of Michigan- Designed, developed, and maintained web-based tools designed to improve accessibility to engineering classroom facilities.
- Developed web-based software to record lectures and make streaming videos publicly available online.
- Redesigned the UM technology guide website, a directory of classroom technology facilities published for students and faculty.
- Troubleshot equipment failures and provided on-site support to university faculty.
Technologies: CSS, HTML, SQL, PHP