Nicholas Ma Email & Phone Number

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Protocol Engineer for ArConnect

Full-Stack developer for Bitus Labs, a blockchain consulting firm specializing in building decentralized applications. • Developed and designed various applications on the Ethereum Virtual Machine and Solana Network focused around decentralized finance.• Tested and deployed smart contracts on the Ethereum Test Net to verify security of on-chain applications.• Integrated deployed contracts to our React front-end using libraries such as ethers.js and web3.js.

A back-end server that was built to replace a provided legacy code to handle multi-million rows of data across multiple tables. The inherited legacy database was inefficiently returning data (query speeds at 600+ms, with a limited amount of users per minute)Technology Used: Javascript, Node.js, Express, AWS EC2, PostgreSQL, Loader.io, k6, Axios• Rebuilt the server to handle different querying methods through raw SQL.• Deployed multiple servers to AWS EC2 instances through Docker.• Integrated an NGINX server to handle load balancing, successfully managed to handle over 4000 requests per second at an error rate of less than 1%. • Locally tested through k6, deployed testing through Loader.io

Developed and designed a dynamic and highly modular e-commerce site for a comfortable and intuitive shopping experience with optimized components that can be reused for scaling the site. Technology Used: Javascript, React, Node.js, Express, Babel, Webpack, AWS EC2, Axios• Built components that are dynamically rendered from requests to an external API• Fully integrated CRUD operations through Axios. • Implemented Babel and Webpack to compile React and served the site through an Express server. • Deployed the application on an AWS EC2 instance.

An application designed to simplify meal planning and connect consumers to local farms. Consumers are able to browse products and purchase weekly meal-kit boxes.Technology Used: Javascript, React, React Hooks, material-UI, Firebase, AWS RDS, Vite• Built a multi-component application through React and structured the design through Material UI.• Implemented React Context to maintain state status across components. • Created the database with PostgreSQL deployed on Amazon RDS.• Deployed HelloHealth on Netlify with continuous GitHub connection.

Boulder, Co, Us

After completing Hack Reactor’s Bootcamp, I was given the opportunity to mentor and help lead the incoming cohort. • Onboarded students to the program by introducing them to development environments.• Lead review sessions focussed on using React as the front-end paired with Node.js and a MySQL database. • Provided one-on-one tutoring for students who were stuck on certain concepts; identify where the student was stuck and helped them understand the concepts before looking for the solution.

• Photographer for special events, portraiture, fashion, and products (clothing)• Production-End retouching through Adobe Photoshop CC - Frequency Separation, Spot Removal, Color Correction.• Organize/culling of photos and provide specialized edits to the clients with any specifications requested• Studio Lighting Experience - Setups in controlled environment • Utilize creative vision with clients to help navigate their vision and the message they want to portray.

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Worked on a variety of projects, ranging from lifestyle photography, product photography, ande-commerce photography.•Shot and retouched the updated e-commerce photos to better represent the product,•Utilized Photoshop as my main tool in image manipulation and image creation.•Worked closely with the Marketing team to pitch concepts for on-site photography to help bring theproducts to life.•Created images and graphics for marketing and sales pitch decks.

•Lead product photographer for a luxurious sneaker retailer/reseller•Worked in a professional studio environment with off-camera strobes and lighting modifiers. •Expert in Photoshop for product retouching, creation of banners, color correction, etc.•Worked alongside the marketing team to develop campaigns for new releases, handled all the graphic design work. •Overhauled the image standard for the company to a higher benchmark in order to make the online shopping experience more pleasant.

City Of Industry, California, Us

Follow up with internal/external customers/clients to encourage referrals and enhance business development and management.Managed all third party vendor A/P accounting processing needs for Markwins Beauty Brands' Lina Gale, Inc. business unitsCreated and organized invoices into accounting information system by inputting transactions to the correct general ledger accounts and resolve any discrepanciesReconciled A/P vendor statements with account information and resolved any outstanding issues in a timely mannerResponsible for processing, printing, and mailing the weekly A/P check batchesParticipated in managing month-end accounting procedures

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

• Assist with daily marketing operations pregame, during game, and post game. Such operations includegiveaways, Player of the Games, and promotional events.• Worked in teams with other marketing interns to help attain the customer satisfaction of a high pace NBAgame.