Homer Quan - Innovation, Hardcore software development, Technical leadership

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New York, NY 10027 E-mail: advgfr@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/homerquan

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Professional

Experience Pajama Cats Media Inc, Hanover, NH

Co-founder and CEO Feb 2022 – present

• Achieved a minimum viable product (MVP) within a month by transitioning a research prototype. Released two mobile apps in 10 months. Led the design of the architecture and development of key software components, while also con- tributing to the technical specifications of the core patent and collaborating with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.

• Revamped engineering processes to expedite book creation from several months to under two weeks, while also spearheading the technical strategy and product roadmap.

• Engage in face-to-face communication with pilot customers to achieve product- market fit, and deliver compelling pitches and demos to investors and partners. Establish and prioritize features, set goals, and track progress, while also driving key business decisions for the startup.

Reflen Inc, Hanover, NH

Co-founder and CTO April 2014 – Dec 2020

• Proposed the implementation of a JavaScript widget to enable seamless inte- gration of AI and data-driven decision support into legacy enterprise software, which was selected for the NH Accelerator program in 2019. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and the departure of a key co-founder, the company had to be dissolved in 2020.

• Designed and implemented a comprehensive end-to-end solution, encompassing JavaScript web components for an intuitive user interface, and a streamlined analytical data pipeline (available in the open-source projects listed below). Im- plemented natural language understanding techniques to accurately predict user intentions from inputs.

• Recruited and oversaw a team of developers, mentoring and coaching to foster a high-performing and collaborative work environment. Established engineer- ing practices and procedures to ensure consistent quality and efficient project delivery. Collaborated with the other co-founder to facilitate communication be- tween customers and the development team, leveraging an agile methodology to iteratively refine the product.

Wayfair, Boston, MA

Architect(lv4) Jan 2016 – Feb 2016

• Revamped the software architecture of the order fulfillment department, intro- ducing a microservices architecture to replace their existing legacy monolithic database solution.

Wise Systems Inc, Boston, MA

Chief Architect March 2015 – Nov 2015

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• Transformed the startup’s idea into a functional MVP. Created a complex event processing data pipeline that enables real-time routing decisions, using Scala and Akka, and contributed hands-on coding expertise to ensure a maintainable and robust code base for the company’s early growth.

• Assembled and managed the early engineering team (2 PhD researchers, 3 en- gineers), providing guidance and mentorship to create a high-performing and collaborative work environment. Established and implemented engineering pro- cedures.

Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, California USA

Software Engineer June 2011 – Dec 2013

• Spearheaded the development of Yahoo’s experimental natural language search engine, Graph Entity Search, which utilizes knowledge graph and natural lan- guage understanding technologies. Be a key player in a team of 5 developers to create a prototype that emulates Apple Siri’s conversational capabilities.

• Developed software for several flagship products, including Yahoo US News, Ya- hoo Shopping, and Yahoo Local, leveraging expertise in natural language pro- cessing and web performance to deliver high-quality, user-friendly solutions that meet customer needs.

• Developed a content injection pipeline using Apache Spark to extract the most relevant local news stories for daily publication. Designed and implemented a software to review and cluster semantic topics, to improve NLP models in collaboration with Yahoo’s research team.

• Maximized the performance of Yahoo News by optimizing software components on multiple fronts, including frontend, content delivery, data storage, and cache. Managed end-to-end engineering tasks, from testing to DevOps, leveraging ex- pertise in big data, cloud architecture, and browser rendering engines to create a scalable and efficient solution that delivered timely and engaging content to Yahoo’s user base.

Google Inc, Mountain View, California USA

Software Engineer Intern in the Platform Team June 2010 – September 2010

• Conceptualized and developed an innovative internal tool for Google’s hardware engineers and testers to maintain a comprehensive database of qualified hardware components. Created an intuitive user interface and utilized graph data struc- ture to facilitate component compatibility lookup, streamlining its data center operation.

Education Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA M.Sc (PhD incomplete) in Computer Science September 2009 – June 2011

• Thesis Topic: Human-Centric Trust Metric for Online Social Networks

• Adviser: Prof. Jie Wu

• Area of study: Computer and network systems, online social networks The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

M.Sc in Computer Science September 2004 – August 2006

• Thesis Topic: Analyzing the Visual Complexity of Web Pages

• Adviser: Dr. Simon Harper

• Area of Study: Web standards and semantic web

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Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei P.R.China

B.S. in Computer Engineering September 2000 – June 2004

• Thesis Topic: A Genetic Algorithm Solution of TSP

• Area of Study: Software and information system

Certification

Foundations of Venture Capital Jan 2023

• Columbia University Business School Executive Education [link] Publications

• Book Chapter: online social network chapter, Pervasive Communications Handbook CRC Press 2011 [link]

• A Connectivity-Based Popularity Prediction Approach for Social Networks, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Communications(ICC) 2012 [link]

• Analyzing the visual complexity of web pages using document structure, Behavior and IT, 2013 [link]

Skills

• Natural Language Processing (NLP): utilizing both deep learning methods and ex- isting libraries such as spaCy, NLTK, and Stanford NLP. Experienced in developing, prototyping, and integrating NLP into various products. Knowledgeable in related cloud services, including GPT and Stable Diffusion.

• Graph data analysis infrastructure: enabling the processing of large and complex graph data sets using open-source solutions or cloud-based technologies such as Ama- zon Neptune. Research and development to optimize the performance of the system and implemented custom graph algorithms. Designed and built a complete end- to-end data platform for graph data including ETL, data modeling, storage, graph query languages such as Gremlin, APIs, .

• Software architecture: Skilled in designing and implementing architecture that bal- ances the needs of both current and future requirements. Capable of building scalable and reliable solutions while avoiding over-engineering. Experienced in mitigating code complexity and managing technical budgets.

• APIs: Developed and maintained numerous APIs over the course of my career, including RESTful and GraphQL APIs for a variety of use cases. Implemented var- ious engineering best practices to ensure the performance, reliability, and security. Created detailed documentation using prototyping tools such as RAML.Utilized ad- vanced features such as in-memory and MQ status synchronization, websockets, GraphQL subscriptions, and OAuth2 to provide a overall API solution.

• Product design and management: Aspire to be a hub for multi-disciplinary teams, in- cluding engineers, designers, and end-users. Proficient in executing budget, market, and competition analyses, as well as establishing metrics to measure performance. Skilled in supervising the entire software life cycle, from prototype to the deprecia- tion of products. Possess extensive firsthand experience of challenges at each stage of development.

• Hands-on software development: Highly skilled in functional programming lan- guages, with expertise in Scala, JavaScript, and TypeScript, as well as experience with reactive libraries such as RxJS and Akka. Proficient in real-time streaming and event processing solutions. Proficient in a variety of front-end and mobile frame- works. Skilled in transforming concepts into successful products end to end. 3 of 3

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