Grand Palace
Bangkok, Thailand
October 2010
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I'm an entrepreneur and software developer of web-based and iOS applications. In the past, I started and ran a web hosting company and an online dating service with members in over 40 countries. Now I help companies design and build intuitive, easy-to-use applications that users will enjoy.
As a web developer, I am fluent in both front-end and back-end. I've written my own MVC web application framework in Ruby, called Kiss, and I've also taught classes on how to write better JavaScript, using modern encapsulation and code organization techniques. I can optimize database schemas and queries and know a thing or two about managing servers as well.
| 1985 | Began computer programming in BASIC at the age of 7 |
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| 1989 | Started exploring digital graphic arts on the Mac at age 11 |
| 1991 |
Wrote event-driven, point-and-click applications in Apple HyperCard Submitted a Mac GUI computer program for a "newspaper of the future" English class project, predicting wireless home networking, electronic mass media, and online home shopping |
| 1993 | Learned C at age 15 and wrote puzzle games using the Mac OS Toolbox |
| 1994 | Joined America Online (AOL) and started a nationwide e-newsletter about teen issues |
| 1995 | Embraced the World Wide Web with Netscape 1.1 and began authoring HTML web pages |
| 1996 |
Started my first company Vantech at the age of 18, as a senior in high school Completed and sold a 40,000-line address book program for the Mac Received full-tuition scholarship plus year-round salary from the National Security Agency, one of only 25 annual recipients |
| 1997 | Launched Online Personals, an Internet dating site that grew to over 37,000 members worldwide |
| 1998 | Launched WebSupreme, a mid-tier self-service web hosting brand |
| 2000 |
Graduated cum laude from Carnegie Mellon University's top-ranked School of Computer Science Awarded Undergraduate Entrepreneur of the Year by Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business |
| 2001 | Served as NSA's liaison to the CERT Coordination Center, studying Internet security and network vulnerabilities |
| 2002 | Launched FourBucks.net, a budget self-service web hosting brand |
| 2004 | Moved to Silicon Valley, in the sunny southern suburbs of San Francisco, California |
| 2005 | Expanded Vantech's services to include dynamic-HTML custom software with rich, desktop-like user interfaces |
| 2007 |
Sold Vantech's web hosting businesses Started MultiWidget LLC, launching social media applications on MySpace and Facebook |
| 2008 | Launched LikeSite Shared Interests and Magic Intros: Facebook applications for matching users by interest |
| 2009 |
Released Kiss, an MVC web application framework for Ruby Reinvented the online software foundation to manage the Cleantech Open, a nationwide advocacy group for clean technology startups |
| 2010 | Traveled for eleven months through nine countries of Southeast Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific |
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