Consumer startup backed by Y-Combinator and other top VCs (e.g. Greycroft). 1m+ users.

• Managed the iOS team transition from UIKit/Objective-C to SwiftUI, modernizing architecture and interface, which tripled development velocity and enabled over 50 app version releases within 6 months

• Led the development and launch of "Spaces," a multimodal content feature with generative AI and gestural input, boosting user engagement, content creation, session times, and achieving a 1000% rise in external sharing, significantly increasing K-factor

• Spearheaded performance optimization, reducing memory usage by 90% and doubling app speed via Xcode profiling and debugging, enhancing user experience and session times

• Developed a new zero-to-one iOS and web-app focusing on "Spaces" feature, leading both the technical creation and strategic product management of key features

• Drove product strategy and analytics; leveraged KPI analysis to refine product direction, resulting in large increases in retention and growth metrics

Personalized investing app for Gen-Z backed by Y Combinator

• Led iOS development effort in SwiftUI and UIKit, responsible for scaling usage from 100 to 30k active users

• Developed core investment and social APIs using Node and MongoDB, later reducing average server response times by 95% using a distributed Redis caching strategy

• Improved frontend app build times by 60% using a modular Swift Package Manager architecture

• Innovated and developed competitive features including social investing “Playlists”, cryptocurrency and equity portfolios, and automated risk-based funds

• Implemented portfolio recommendation and optimization based on AI graph-embedding and Markowitz models

• Held regular design meetings and workshops to hone product roadmap, user experience, and marketing strategy

Sports-based fantasy stock market startup under Beryllium Ventures

• Evaluated and debugged current Python machine learning pricing and scoring models to improve accuracy

• Utilized Hasura serverless backend and GraphQL to identify and mitigate data flow issues

• Enhanced main website by developing front-end responsive functionality and animations using React Native

Summer IBM Summit technical sales training program

• Developed simulator web-app connected to IBM IoT sensors using React to enable technical demos

• Selected to pitch simulator project at quarterly conference to enhance business value of IoT solutions