Siddharth Rao Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

GroupMe Team - working on the Android app

Stanford, Ca, Us

As a UIF, I help to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at RPI. Some projects I am currently working on are: giving guest lectures on design thinking at classes and clubs, hosting a 2 hour long design thinking workshop, spearheading an entrepreneurship-focused freshmen orientation program.The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of changeat their schools. The Fellows are a national community of students in engineering andrelated fields who work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudesrequired to compete in the economy of the future. To accomplish this, the Fellows advocatefor lasting institutional change and create opportunities for students to engage withentrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, design thinking and venture creation at theirschools. The program is run by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design(d.school).

Redmond, Washington, Us

Built & helped release two features on the GroupMe Android application. GroupMe has over 14 million DAU.- A new camera experience that lets users add text stickers, filters, and draw on their photos. Users can both edit preexisting photos or take photos in-app- Added the ability for users to quote reply messagesThe new camera experience has been used over 500,000 times, and the ability to reply is rolling out soon.

I mentor RPI students that are working on open source projects to ensure they build their projects to be the best they can be and develop skills that will carry over to SWE/PM positions in the industry. I've worked on 2 RCOS projects: Venue, an attendance verification system for off-campus events. I helped to implement the TA endpoint, along with managing the team. I also spearheaded real-life tests of Venue, collaborating with professors and other faculty members to test the program in real life scenarios. Venue can be found at venue.cs.rpi.eduObservatory, which is RCOS's main project management tool/info hub. I helped with the frontend rewrite of Observatory using Vue.js. Observatory can be found at rcos.io

Redmond, Washington, Us

Spending half of the summer in a Project/Program Management role and the other half in a Software Engineering role at Microsoft. So far I've done the following:- Developed project specifications from scratch, including defining project scope, creating mockups, and getting feedback from business stakeholders- Designed and configured system and development infrastructure using Azure and following microservices design patterns- Used React.js to create frontend components for a web application- Used C# and .NET core to develop web APIs that interface with SQL servers-

Troy, New York, Us

As Project Manager, I was responsible for managing a team of 25+ engineers that werebuilding a series hybrid formula racecar. I wrote and submitted project plans and progress reports, and delivered a presentation on the effectiveness of the team's efforts to stay on task and finish the racecar. During my tenure as Project Manager, the team received the highest scores for Project Management in its history. I also allocated resources as necessary to ensure that all tasks were completed in a timely manner.

Started a startup company in Boston while in high school. I developed the website, assisted in marketing, public relations, and the technical aspects of our electronic business card. I have also pitched this company to Goldman Sachs and other investment firms, and have participated in various pitch competitions. Received a grant from 1517 Fund.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science, Information Technology And Web Science

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