software engineer, web developer, event producer, hackathon organizer, videographer
I'm a graduate from the University of Maryland pursuing my passion for tech x business. I love building things. Impactful projects at work, open source software, personal initiatives - I'm always keeping myself busy learning new things and honing my craft.
Currently, I'm building out features on Google Docs! My past work revolves around web application development, event management & production, video production, graphic design, and motion graphics. I've also spent considerable time providing organization management, logistics, and marketing on various organization boards.
Outside of work and side projects, you can find me e-boarding around the city, attempting to replicate recipes from Food Network shows, and trying to get my SEO up to beat out the hundreds of other Timothy Chen's out on the Interwebs.
University of Maryland, College Park
BS in Computer Science, BS in Finance
Class of 2019
Honors: cum laude (GPA: 3.92)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EIP) Honors Program
Dingman Jumpstart Program
Google
Senior Software EngineerMay 2022 - Present
Software Engineer IIINov 2020 - May 2022
Software EngineerJul 2019 - Nov 2020
Fullstack engineer building out new features on Google Docs.
Lyft
Software Engineering InternAug 2018 - Dec 2018
Fullstack engineer on the Driver Engagement Team developing web tools to manage Personal Power Zones (a driver incentive aimed at balancing supply and demand) and streamline data science workflows.
Google
Software Engineering InternMay 2018 - Aug 2018
Implemented image upload and insertion for Google Sheets on Android and iOS!
CMSC389O: The Coding Interview
Course FacilitatorJan 2019 - May 2019
Taught a 1 credit course as part of the UMD STICs (Student Taught and Initiated Courses) Program, providing a comprehensive, practical introduction to technical interviews. Set up and documented course infrastructure improvements (automated testing for Java and Python projects, submit server setup instructions) and created high-quality course content and mock interview questions.
CMSC389K: Full-stack Web Development with Node.js
Course FacilitatorJan 2018 - May 2018
Taught a 1 credit course to introduce practical skills and modern web technology. Also wrote and graded exams/projects, maintained course materials, and held office hours to help students debug their projects.
UMD Computer Science Department
CMSC351 (Algorithms) Teaching
AssistantAug 2017 - May 2019
Helped students become smarter. And graded homework/projects/exams and such!
Appian
Software Engineering InternJun 2017 - Aug 2017
Implemented user-facing components in React.js and SAIL (Appian's proprietary language), allowing clients to build powerful and beautiful interfaces with little code. Also prototyped and presented machine learning use cases within the Appian platform.
NETSCOUT
Software Engineering InternJun 2016 - Aug 2016
Developed a Ruby on Rails web application to analyze team productivity and produce beautiful scrum reports, eliminating five man-hours of menial chart and metric generation per week.
Triple G, LLC
Chief Technology OfficerSep 2015 - Jan 2017
Provided domain management, website development, and front-end responsive design. Generated widespread exposure (30 million views within a month) through video advertisements.
Fidelity Direct Mortgage
Marketing and Design InternMay 2015 - May 2017
Designed and maintained 50+ customizable property, product, ad, and informational fliers for the mortgage industry. Also wrote VBA scripts to unprotect, update, and reprotect documents to save 5+ hours of repetitive updates to each template every time a change is requested.
Pixel Point, LLC
Independent ContractorApr 2016 - Apr 2019
Pursued my passion for event production through various roles such as stage manager, video producer, and cameraman for various conferences and events.
EventEQ
Video Production and Graphic Design Intern
Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
Produced video and graphics content for client events and to advertise company capabilities such as 3D Projection Mapping and Presentation Management & Publishing.
Bitcamp
Tech Team Backend Lead / AdvisorMay 2018 - May 2019
Co-Executive DirectorMay 2017 - May 2018
Director of LogisticsMay 2016 - May 2017
Multimedia CoordinatorAug 2015 - May 2016
Organized the largest spring hackathon in the nation with 1,275 attendees and managed a $195,000 budget to foster innovation, forward thinking, and community among hackers. Led 70+ organizers to put on the best hackathon ever!
Technica
Tech Team Backend LeadJun 2018 - Dec 2018
Volunteer2016, 2017
Led a 4-person team in building out a powerful open source hackathon expo app. Designed parallelizable milestones and tasks, architected and implemented a majority of the backend Flask infrastructure, and deployed the Flask and React apps on AWS EC2 and GitHub Pages.
Smith Undergraduate Student Association (SUSA)
WebmasterSep 2015 - Jan 2017
Provide anything “tech” including domain management and Wordpress installations to member clubs. Also implemented a smart quiz that recommends a club or organization based one's response.
Maryland Future Business Leaders of America
Independent ContractorOct 2013 - Nov 2016
State WebmasterApr 2014 - Apr 2015
Revamped the state organization website and deployed it on Weebly’s content management system to allow for simple site maintenance for future webmasters. Currently providing web-related support for officer teams. Produced multimedia graphics for the 2013-2017 State Fall Leadership Conferences.
MIT Zero Robotics Programming Challenge
Project ManagerAug 2014 - Dec 2015
Led a team of 45 international programmers to design algorithms for SPHERES satellites to competite against other teams across the world. Placed 16th out of 126 teams in the 3D round and 2nd out of 13 teams in the Virtual Finalists round.
UMD GCal Schedule Importer
1,600 schedules imported + counting
Chrome Extension that imports a University of Maryland course schedule into a new Google Calendar.
Lyrics Sanitizer
Ruby on Rails web-app that analyzes song lyrics and sanitizes it based on default or user-entered explicatives.
QUESTify Photo Filter App
Small flask/python server to generate QUEST branded profile photos through Facebook OAuth integration and file upload functionality.
Square Up
A reimagination of the Computer Science Undergrad event registration page using HTML, CSS, and JScript.
Metronome
Google NYC Intern Hackathon Winner
Improving the metro riding experience via real-time ambient feedback about car capacity.
1&1 Cloud Server Facebook Messenger Interface
Facebook messenger bot written in Node.js that allows 1&1 Cloud Server users to manage their servers.
Maryland FBLA Website
Modern and dynamic website based in Weebly’s content management system to provide an aesthetic web presence and allow for simple site editing for future webmasters.
Dinezen
$2,500 earned in pitch competition
Mobile application that hooks into university dining systems to curate personalized meal plans based on your dietary targets and restrictions.
Open Source Hackathon Expo App
Bringing powerful admin and sponsor voting features to the classic expo app.
Alexagram
3rd Place, a16z Battle of the Hacks
Holographic virtual assistant controlled via Amazon Alexa.
Ecofy PowerPoint Add-In
PowerPoint Add-In/Macro that optimizes a presentation for printing by changing fillable object colors to white and text to black.
NETSCOUT Manager Reporting Tool
Ruby on Rails web application for automating scrum of scrums report generation. Managers can analyze team productivity with a few simple clicks, eliminating five man hours of menial chart and
metric generation per week.
2019 |
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H. C. Byrd Citizenship Award Finalist (top 20 graduating seniors) |
2019 |
University of Maryland President's Scholarship |
2015 - 2019 |
Dean's List (CMSC and Smith School of Business) |
2015 - 2019 |
Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society |
2018 |
2018 |
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1st Place, Google NYC Intern Hackathon (see Metronome) |
2018 |
1st Place, IBM Design Challenge, QUEST Honors Program |
2017 |
3rd Place, a16z Battle of the Hacks 4.0 (see Alexagram) |
2017 |
$1,500 Outstanding Presentation Award, Terp Tank (see Dinezen) |
2017 |
$1,000 Audience Choice Award, Terp Tank (see Dinezen) |
2017 |
2nd Place, Deloitte Consulting Case Competition (UMD) |
2017 |
2nd Place, 1&1 Cloud API Challenge, YHack (see 1&1 Cloud Server FMI) |
2016 |
1st Place, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Case Competition |
2016 |
2nd Place Overall, Daemon Dash Hackathon (see SquareUp) |
2015 |
1st Place, CS Undergrad Challenge, Daemon Dash (see SquareUp) |
2015 |
National Merit Scholarship (College-sponsored) |
2015 |
Top Flight Award, River Hill High School |
2015 |
John Harvey Memorial Scholarship, MDFBLA Board of Directors |
2015 |
Microsoft Office Specialist in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2010 |
2015 |
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