Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs

• Drove Dispo to generate over $80k / month in revenue
• Managed up to 15 team members split across iOS, Android, Infra, and Backend
• Built out two top 10 apps Dispo (camera utility app) & Mila (dating app)

Sep 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• Led the video integrity team which is responsible for blocking non-recommendable videos on Facebook
• Move our ML infra to entirely daily re-trained models vs. one off ad-hoc solutions
• Significantly reduced the rate of violating content
• Launched the first enforcement for divisive content
• Partnered with Privacy, Policy, Communications, and Internal Security teams
• Managed an $16MM/year manual review budget

Oct 2016 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Seattle, Washington

• Manage a team of 8 developers
• Own the Java based platform for website development in Amazon Retail, currently run on over 50k servers
• Improve server CPU usage by an average of 15%
• Introduced the ability to run JavaScript code within an isolated sandbox to make it easier to combine code from multiple teams into a single server without increasing the risk of a production outage
• Migrated to a Docker container-based deployment model

Dec 2014 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

• Built from 9 developers to a 30-person org split across 3 scrum teams plus a shared QA team
• Transition our 600 companies (85k+ users) from a combination of 5 different systems to a single unified insurance brokerage and wellness product
• Integrated our product with many top companies (Google, Microsoft, Unilever, Rabobank, Schoeders) handling their most sensitive employee data and employee health insurance claims

Sep 2012 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Singapore

• Rebuilt backend server in Scala delivering a 5x performance increase and significantly reducing feature delivery time
• Combined iOS, Android, Web and Telco data analytics into a BigQuery DB
• Built fully function mobile & desktop website with login, audio recording, account management, instant messaging
• Moved telco product to Asterisk which significantly increase maximum concurrent calls per server

Jan 2012 – Aug 2012 · 7 mos · Beijing, China

• Short project building educational apps for kids
• Collected and analyzed data to determine how to create a more effective learning platform

Jun 2011 – Dec 2011 · 6 mos · Beijing, China

• Managed team of 30 to build Android, iOS and Symbian IM app from scratch in under 4 months
• Designed IM server (XMPP) architecture capable of over 1 million concurrent conversations

Jun 2008 – Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Beijing, China

• Windows Embedded
• Managed 20 Fulltime Software Developers and 25 Vendor Software Developers
• Owned Browser, Media Player, Networking, and Device Management for Windows Embedded
• Addressed code quality concerns through a combination of process changes and culture changes
• Drove completion of Windows CE 7.0 and started Windows Embedded 8
• Microsoft KIN Phone
• Concurrently managed up to 17 Software Developers
• Enhanced Windows Mobile development using Silverlight and C#
• Collaborated with US home office to coordinate schedule and negotiate work assignments
• Ensured high quality code through modern development practices: code reviews, scrum meetings, design reviews
• Established team-wide technical training classes
• Identify important dependency and came up with a strategy to work around them, re-arrange the schedule to lessen their impact, and change the design based each case’s circumstances

Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs

• Analyzed hockey player performance NHL teams to determine which combinations of players produced the best outcomes
• Analyzed optimal method to handle common hockey situations where you have more or less players than the other team
• Real-time in game analytics to identify players that are performing significantly different than their norm

Oct 2006 – Jun 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos · Seattle, WA & Kunming, China

• Built a new UI platform mixing 2D & 3D graphics concepts
• Built Organizer and Calculator applications using my UI platform
• Built demo app for design studio – check it out at http://www.andalib.com
• Developed skills in DirectX, Java, Pixel/Vertex shaders

May 1999 – Oct 2005 · 6 yrs 5 mos · Redmond, WA

• Windows XP Shell Team
• Primary developer for the Taskbar and assisted with the Display CPL and System Tray.
• Rewrote a piece of low level rendering code making the Windows XP run 5% faster.
• Designed and implemented the fade to gray feature that is used when shutting down or when changing display settings.
• Designed and patented a method for adjusting the color of the current theme dynamically.
• Longhorn Shell Team
• Primary developer for the Sidebar, a managed component based on Avalon that resided on the right hand side of the screen.
• Microsoft Codename Maxx
• Worked closely with the graphics design team to develop a list view control in managed code based on Avalon/WPF to perfectly match their original design goals.