Specialties: Ruby, Rails, JavaScript/JQuery, Python data analysis, database design & administration, Linux server administration/scripting, Git, economics Ph.D., statistics/econometrics, project management (TDD & agile), analysis (780 of 800 on GMAT multiple choice; 6.0 of 6.0 on GMAT analytical writing essays), Mandarin Chinese
Senior Application Developer @ From March 2015 to Present (8 months) Purchase, NYAuthor & Publisher @ ·
Specialties: Ruby, Rails, JavaScript/JQuery, Python data analysis, database design & administration, Linux server administration/scripting, Git, economics Ph.D., statistics/econometrics, project management (TDD & agile), analysis (780 of 800 on GMAT multiple choice; 6.0 of 6.0 on GMAT analytical writing essays), Mandarin Chinese
Senior Application Developer @ From March 2015 to Present (8 months) Purchase, NYAuthor & Publisher @ · Wrote and published the widely praised (see: www.patriotsbook.com/reviews.php) "Management Secrets of the New England Patriots," Vols 1 & 2.
· Performed all publishing functions (book and website design, ISBN/LCCN, marketing & publicity, printer RFQs, order taking & fulfillment, EDI integration, accounting/tax, etc.) From 2003 to Present (12 years) Programmer @ From April 2013 to March 2015 (2 years) Developer @ From 2012 to 2013 (1 year) Contractor @ From 2012 to 2012 (less than a year) Entrepreneur @ Building websites that help students of Mandarin Chinese learn more effectively by accessing resources on subjects of interest to them at an appropriate difficulty level and providing tools that enhance the learning experience. From September 2009 to March 2011 (1 year 7 months) Researcher & Advisor @ · Urged Ned to run two months before he launched his campaign
· My advice and research helped completely unknown candidate win primary over 18-year incumbent who outspent us 2-1 and had the support of Bill Clinton, almost all Democratic leaders, and much of the media From January 2006 to November 2006 (11 months) CEO & Founder @ Built information-rich and highly personalizable real estate information service with buyer-agent communication tools but could not raise investment after “The Bubble” burst.
· Researched industry, wrote business plan and designed features.
· Invented automated “distributed scraping” method for aggregating data from many sources using our users’ browsers. Wrote 80-page patent application.
· Attracted and collaborated with nine part-time, unpaid Java programmers.
· Designed, built and maintained 125-table database. Programmed triggers and stored procedures. Migrated from Oracle to SQL Server 2000. From 2001 to 2003 (2 years) Sr Product Development Manager @ MeetChina (MeetWorldTrade) was a B2B portal linking Asian suppliers with global buyers.
· Designed website features and managed their implementation.
· Improved supplier info by redesigning data model, XML schema and data standards.
· Led global expansion: Designed and implemented process for gathering, storing, translating, QAing, uploading, and displaying supplier data. Trained trainers in India.
· Automated performance reports and identified data/software errors using SQL.
· Retained as office shrank from 65 to 12. Laid off when US office closed. From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Economist, Manager, and Acting Director @ Perfect sells B2B multidimensional reverse auction software that stimulates supplier competition.
· Co-developed ideas underlying PerfectMarket (multidimensional indicative bidding reverse auctions/exchanges) and co-authored patent applications, MRDs, PRDs, and white papers.
· Collaborated with engineering, sales and marketing to build and sell PerfectMarket.
· Promoted to form business intelligence team. Designed data structures (star schemas and MDDBs) and reports. Hired contractors. Selected OLAP tool. Built functional prototype. From 1999 to 2000 (1 year)
Ph.D., Economics @ Stanford University From 1992 to 2000 M.A., East Asian studies @ Stanford University From 1996 to 1998 M.Sc., Economics @ The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) From 1991 to 1992 A.B. (magna cum laude), Government @ Harvard University From 1987 to 1991 Wayland High School