Opto

New York, web optimizer start-up

Python Developer                     

Sep 2016 – Present

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• Worked with founder to build Python API library codes for multi-disciplinary optimizer on local machine

• Enhanced UI & UX on the web optimizer via additional feature and intuitive function mapping

 

Columbia Fast Fitch Competition

New York

Finalist                                        

Nov 2016

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• 60 second pitch for my initiative “YourETF”, a platform for individual investors to manage Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) portfolios

• YourETF helps investors to best pick ETFs traded in NY, LN & HK with specified budget and risk tolerance

 

Columbia Election Hackathon

New York

Oct 29 – Oct 30 2016

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• Collaborated with graduate students and faculty from Schools in Journalism, Political Science and Data Science to investigate the popularity and viability of social media usage on senate election campaign

• Identified the distribution on total posts and timestamp across Twitter, Facebook and YouTube among two parties

 

Columbia Data Science Hackathon

New York

Sep 30 – Oct 1 2016

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• Led a team of two graduate students to build a predictive model to forecast overstock up to 95% accuracy in 14 hours

• Processed stores, products and sales data by Walmart on Python; clustered store features and located products with high correlation on MathLab; Chose product pairs with high correlations and used random forest model to forecast stocking decision

 

Twinkle Baker Décor

Hong Kong

Business Consultant

Sep 2012 – Aug 2016

 

• Products are available in CostPlus, Walmart and boutique cake shops in US, Canada, Japan and Europe

• Worked with founder to define the company’s mission; guided product design team to identify regional preference

• Joined global trade exhibitions in Japan, US, UK, Germany, Russia and Brazil for brand exposure and market shares expansion