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A list of things I've done previously

places I've worked

  • hook music

    Worked as a contract software engineer to build a web data annotation tool for their music library.


  • fiction bar / cafe

    Worked as a barista + bartender at my local cafe/bar. Learned to make a killer vanilla latte. Helped the owner with building his online coffee business and met incredible people in my community.


  • twitter

    Product manager. Built a safety mode feature used by Nancy Pelosi and killed by Elon Musk. Experimented with recommending related tweets on conversations. Shipped web platform features, including a re-usable tweet component. Went through engineering orientation so I could fix a spacing bug on the <Tweet/>.


  • cisco

    Software engineer intern. Built a microservice for managing role access of Control Center.


  • california path

    Software engineer intern. Worked at Berkeley lab building prototypes from transportation research. Designed and built a mobile app giving bus riders the option to search for local bus stops, find ETAs, and pay for trips based on partial bus trips. A transformational summer where I learned how to move from design to full stack app.


  • missionU

    Data Engineering intern. Wore many hats at a data science education bootcamp. Developed curriculum based on Python, SQL, and Spreadsheets + witnessed the pacing of a startup.

college

  • accel scholars

    Program/community of engineering students at Berkeley


  • free ventures

    Managing director. Led a pre-seed startup incubator at Berkeley and helped startups raise capital from top firms such as Y Combinator, Greylock, KPCB, and Accel


  • net impact berkeley

    A consulting club focused on social impact and sustainability. Met amazing ppl. Built their website


  • cal hacks

    The largest collegiate hackathon in the nation. Led the diversity team and Cubstart, an initiative to introduce newcomers to the hackathon space. Also was a water boy

side projects

  • mind garden 🌱

    (wip) Drag and drop microblogging. Partially broken, use at own risk


  • block action

    Explored class action settlements distributed via Ethereum. We got to work out of Skydeck.


  • hibernate

    A housing and subletting platform for/by berkeley students.


  • self check

    iOS app to assist + remind people to conduct skin self examinations. 10k+ downloads, and some Harvard doctor endorsed us.


  • hs campaign

    Built a web app made to make student council elections fair and equitable. Sold a subscription deal to our high school.


  • action

    Meeting follow-up application embedded into Google Docs. Launched on product hunt + wrote a retrospective.


  • classfinder

    A class-finding app + social network. Over the years, we expanded to five schools + thousands of users. archive 2012, 2017

teaching

  • react decal

    TA for Berkeley's first React course, a popular front-end library for building user interfaces (archive)


  • cubstart

    Initiative from cal hacks to introduce newcomers to the hackathon space


  • ruby on rails decal

    TA for Berkeley course on rails, a web MVC framework for building full-stack applications quickly.


  • develop academy

    Started a summer camp focused on teaching web development, programming, and graphic design. Received an award from Congress.

Last updated March 22nd, 2025

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