Co-founder
2012 - 2013Apartment 7, Inc.- Created 4 early prototypes for market validation.
- Created an online video chat feature that supports realtime user tracking.
- Created a web app that scaled up to 80k+ profiles in less than 1 month.
- Built a payment system to start charging users.
- Built a matching algorithm to suggest right matches to users.
Technologies: JavaScript, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Co-founder
2011 - 2012Serenpidity Machine, Inc.- Created the client-side JavaScript-based web application with Backbone.
- Iterated on the back-end API.
- Iterated on the iPhone client.
- Created the internal metrics dashboard.
- Added metrics tracking for both the iPhone app and the web app.
Technologies: Objective-C, Ruby on Rails (RoR), JavaScriptSoftware Contractor
2010 - 2011FLOChip, Inc.- Developed a full-scale eCommerce prototype.
- Developed a custom content management system.
- Developed a music streaming service: Chinese Pandora.
- Managed the launch of a website from a public company.
- Managed the redesign of a client project.
Technologies: JavaScript, Objective-C, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Mobile Developer
2009 - 2010Loopt, Inc.- Iterated on the iPhone app that had millions of users.
- Built the first paid-only feature into the iPhone app.
- Added metrics tracking for the iPhone application.
- Iterated on the chat features on the iPhone app.
- Worked on the product to get feedback from the users.
Technologies: Objective-CCo-founder
2009 - 2009GraffitiGeo, Inc.- Built the early iPhone prototype that got us into Y Combinator.
- Created a real-time heatmap showing users who checked in places.
- Developed the back-end API for the mobile clients that supported up to 50k users.
- Programmed the internal metrics dashboard.
- Iterated on the design for the website and the iPhone client.
Technologies: Objective-C, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails (RoR)