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San Francisco, CA, US

San Mateo, California, US

Security engineering, full stack

Non-profit dedicated to building resilient communities through art of all mediums

San Mateo, CA, US

Trusted Document Concierge, Remote Online Notarization, Estate Planning Services

San Francisco, California, US

Building a passwordless future for the web

Redwood City, CA, US

Box Shield, Intelligent Security for the Digital Age

Zense built smartphone authentication systems using human behavior as the password. Managed a diverse group of machine learning, UI, web development, and graphic design professionals and also stayed technical. Was the company's leading programmer for Android applications and web development, responsible for implementing new features, helping improve core.

Menlo Park, California, US

Conducted research on power grid reliability and robustness. Built analytics and visualization tools to simulate how energy distribution networks respond to construction, destruction, and weather conditions. Work also includes recommendations for how regional power companies should adapt to solar power, battery usage, and cyber security changes.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Helped to train the Marine Corps and Navy in cyber security through realistic 'red-team / blue-team' exercises.Developed hands-on laboratories on Android security and embedded systems (SCADA) defense.

Served as the primary technical leader and developer of core software systems. My role included website development, backend development, android development, product design, and user testing.Company monitors brain function and physical behavior to analyze head injuries, concussions and predict athletic performance.

Moffett Field, CA, US

Helped design and build behavioral authentication for smartphones. Built an Android application that can identify when your phone is being used by someone else through typing patterns and rhythms. The original research was accepted into an international conference in Paris and has subsequently been commercialized.

As a newcomer to living in Hong Kong, it was frequently difficult to communicate in the trilingual society. However, there were no cost effective ways of hiring translation or language help, whether you were a foreigner or a local. We built an alternative to very expensive professional translators, enabling users to request and provide language-based.

Alexandria, Virginia, US

Advisor to a data analytics and registration software start-up, Maintained and improved the website, web application and backend software systems.

Falls Church, VA, US

Intern leader of Northrop Grumman's 8-intern CyberCELL program, I orchestrated an effort to design and code a 13k line graphical network modeler for security analysis.Integrated multiple security analysis and vulnerability tools (e.g. Nessus, National Vulnerability Database, and an attack graph generator MulVAL) we modeled and tested host vulnerabilities.

Falls Church, VA, US

I identified a weakness in the current business targets management system and implemented a bridging solution. Program streamlines database comparisons and automatically flags inconsistencies previously found by hand, saving 20 person-hours a month.

US

Primary developer for a interactive virtual training course in Second Life. Modeled, drew and encoded architectural designs and testing materials. The pilot program was sponsored by the US Department of Energy and a positive response subsequently led to a $3 million virtual training initiative.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Information Technology And Information Security

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering

Non-Degree, Computer Science

Computer Engineering