Brian Cao Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Facilitated workshops to teach students how to generate innovative startup ideas, focusing on creativity and problem-solving techniques for the IStartupLab at the University of Washington. - Hosted office hours and provided one-on-one mentorship, offering tailored advice and strategic guidance to students developing their startup concepts. - Served as a panelist to evaluate student proposals and award microgrants, supporting promising ventures and fostering entrepreneurial growth.

- Participated in a 16-week startup incubator, focusing on entrepreneurial development, networking, and market validation.- Guided by workshops, mentorship, panel discussions, and refined startup skills.- Created QuikSwitch, a workspace tool for macOS designed to streamline productivity by enabling users to quickly switch, reposition, and resize custom groups of windows.- Developed QuikSwitch using SwiftUI and CoreData, achieving recognition as one of the top 50 paid productivity apps in the Mac App Store.- Grossed over $100+- Leveraged the program’s resources to validate product-market fit and enhance technical and business acumen.- Featured on Geekwire as one of the top 3 favorite projects from Demo Day

Seattle, Washington , Us

- Selected for a competitive, interdisciplinary program focused on developing entrepreneurial skills through academic coursework and hands-on experiences.- Engaged in workshops, mentorship sessions, and networking events with experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders.- Participated in innovation challenges and team competitions, honing problem-solving and business development strategies.- Gained practical knowledge in startup formation, product development, and market validation, preparing for impactful entrepreneurial ventures.

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Designed and implemented scalable AWS infrastructure to expand past Kinesis's 20 consumer limit to 100+ consumers expanding data consumption capabilities for all teams that work on Amazon's Hire website.- Optimized design to maintain low latency (~70ms publishing data) while minimizing resource costs and mitigating risks of disrupting existing Kinesis Streams.- Leveraged CloudFormation/CDK to develop and automate infrastructure deployment while utilizing Kinesis Streams, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, and IAM.

Sacramento, Ca, Us

- Contributed to an internal project management application for Tesco employees. The application helps Tesco employees filter, sort, and create projects from Tesco’s database of parts.

Redmond, Washington, Us

- Taught kids Scratch and Ev3 programming over the summer.- Taught kids from grades first through fifth grade.