Steven Zhang

Co-Founder

Boston, Massachusetts, United States13 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in energy data analytics and infrastructure research.
Co-founder of multiple impactful data-driven initiatives.
Fulbright Fellow with a focus on environmental research.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a data-driven professional with expertise in energy analytics and software engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Power SystemsData AnalyticsGrowth EngineeringDistributed SystemsUser ResearchQualitative ResearchUser-centered DesignQuantitative Research

Other Skills

Renewable EnergyTypeScriptJournalismQualitative & Quantitative Research MethodologiesUX ResearchJavaScriptMathematicaMathematicsMATLABElectricity MarketsJob Search StrategiesInterviewingProduct ManagementNo codeLow code

About

Currently working on: Interconnection.fyi: Leading analysis and live tracking of transmission, distribution, and load grid interconnection queue requests across ISOs and utilities. Providing digital infrastructure developers, energy utilities, and investors with vital data on what types of power generation and load projects are being proposed, where, and their approval timelines. Data updated daily. WARNTracker: Layoff Insights & Data Tracking from Public Records: https://www.warntracker.com/ Before my career in data analytics and infrastructure research, I was a Fulbright Fellow in Hangzhou, China, researching environmental attitudes of factory owners. I graduated in the 7th class (ever) of Olin College of Engineering. See http://madeinchina.stevenzhang.com/ In the past, I did civic data volunteering through US Digital Response and policy advocacy through Citizens' Climate Lobby. In my spare time, I do a lot of salsa and west coast swing dancing. More about me, with links to other data research and writings, here: stevenzhang.com

Experience

13 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Interconnection.fyi

Co-Founder

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Live tracking of transmission and distribution grid interconnection queue requests across ISOs and utilities. Learn what types of power generation projects are being proposed, where, and how long they take to get approved. Data updated daily.

Power SystemsData AnalyticsRenewable Energy

Climatetechlist

Creator

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

ClimateTechList is the web's most comprehensive climate tech jobs site for tech and non-tech professionals looking to work on climate change. Access our live job tracker with 30,000+ climate tech job openings from over 900 companies, updated daily.

Warntracker

Co-Founder

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

Deeper insights into U.S. layoffs. Track layoffs live from WARN reports.
Learn how these government-reported layoffs are affecting levels, roles & salaries across a variety of industries.
We use publicly-available information that employers are required to file with certain states when they perform large layoffs.

Airtable

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Engineer #20. Worked on:
rebuilding importing https://support.airtable.com/docs/importing-and-adding-data
rich text field type (https://support.airtable.com/docs/formatting-rich-text-in-the-long-text-field )
view sidebar: https://support.airtable.com/docs/views-overview
growth engineering (user activation)
large base performance

TypeScriptDistributed SystemsGrowth Engineering

Tableau software

Software Engineer

Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 · 5 yrs · Greater Seattle Area

Tableau makes data visualization software.
New features and infrastructure improvements for Tableau Online.
Browser client work for new features, including data-driven alerts
Unofficially promoting the use of Tableau for Quantified Self activities.

U.s. department of state

Fulbright Fellow

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Hangzhou, China

I was a visiting student at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, doing environmental science research.
I conducted an ethnographic study of factory managers in Zhejiang province, their environmental consciousness, and factory environmental practices. I published several articles on news and analysis venues including The Atlantic (see below), and on my own research blog: madeinchina.stevenzhang.com

User ResearchJournalismQualitative & Quantitative Research MethodologiesQualitative Research

Google

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 · 0 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

I worked on the communication backends for new Google Hangouts chat experience. Used Java and Google GUICE dependency injection framework.

Wolfram research

Intern

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo · Greater Boston Area

I worked on education mobile apps related to Wolfram|Alpha.

UX ResearchUser-centered DesignJavaScript

Drs sustainment systems

Intern

Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 · 0 mo · Greater St. Louis Area

My team used a user-centered approach to design a system to reduce waste output of water distribution systems for military in combat theatre. We interviewed several dozen current and formal military personnel, and codesigned with a local Marines reserve unit. We presented ﬁndings to company senior leadership team.

UX ResearchUser-centered Design

Olin college of engineering

Researcher

Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 · 0 mo · Greater Boston Area

I participated in two-month long summer research experience sponsored by NSF under direction of Dr. Sarah Spence Adams. We investigated multilevel Hadamard matrices, which have applications in wireless communications and coding. Published paper (see below).

MathematicaMathematicsQuantitative ResearchMATLAB