I have extensive skills
I have deep experience with technology
Here are some of the organizations I've already provided value for.
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VisitGlobalClassroom
As a paid programming intern at GlobalClassroom, a Vermont e-learning startup, I designed and developed interfaces for their online classroom environment. In particular, I led the development of social features, allowing students to interact with the friends on the platform.
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See the Hackathon forNYUAD Computer Science
As a intern in the computer science department, I oversaw NYUAD's participation in the first NYU Global Idea Exchange and developed a custom Facebook application for assessing and measuring voter partisanship. I am also organizing our annual hackathon by building systems for managing registrations and other tasks.
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VisitSila Connection
As the webmaster for the inaugural Sila Connection conference, I worked on the executive committee to plan this conference focused on environmental isssues in Abu Dhabi. In addition to providing high-quality design deliverables on tight deadlines, I programmed a custom system for integrating and publicizing Dropbox uploads during the conference.
I use my abilities for good by volunteering
These are some of my contributions.
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See some of my plugins forHabari
Since 2007, I have been contributing to Habari, an open source blogging engine written in PHP5. In addition to submitting many bug fixes and features to the core repository, I have written over a dozen plugins integrating services such as Simplenote and Dropbox.
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SeeStudents 2.0
After a successful launch with a widely-distributed countdown, I acted as the publisher for this award-winning educational blog, designing the blog and coordinating an international group of student writers to produce content reaching thousands of teachers.
I have a strong education
My education has exposed me to diverse people and fields.
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See what I've built forNew York University Abu Dhabi
As a student at NYUAD, NYU's new honors college in the Middle East</em>, I study a liberal arts curriculum, concentrating in computer science, economics, and political science. As the chair of the student government's research & development committee, I develop technical solutions for students, including an OAuth-based student directory written in Node.js and deployed on Heroku.
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Learn more aboutUnited World College-USA
Together with 200 students from 70 different countries, I studied the International Baccalaureate on a full scholarship at this international boarding school in New Mexico. While there, I transitioned the student government to an electronic voting system, organized the school's annual conference, and pioneered a computational approach to conflict resolution (our forté) with agent-based modeling.
I'm driven to create
I've started 3 companies of my own.
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VisitMasterMade
Since starting this web development company in 2005, I've designed and developed websites for clients ranging from international corporations to local nonprofits. Working on MasterMade gave me my start in both programming and entrepreneurship and it has pushed me to constantly expand both my technical and business skills.
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VisitCrassus Investments
I started this investment fund in 2011 with partners from 7 countries. In addition to making primary investment decisions as the fund's general manager and raising over $50,000 in capital, I built a custom system for monitoring the fund in realtime and rapidly communicating information with partners.
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VisitFundShift
Building on the custom platform from FundShift, I am creating a financial innovation startup which will increase transparency in the financial sector. Our platform will make it easier for fund managers to share information with investors and connect investors, including first-time investors, with managers who will be open to communicating with them.
I've worked on many development projects
Here are 3 of my latest projects, but you can find many more in my lab.
I'm all over the web
I have passions besides programming:
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Expeditioning
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Debating
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Travelling
I have friends from all over the world and love to travel.
Thank you for your consideration!