About

I am a student at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. I am majoring in Computer Science and Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship through the NEWPATH program. I am the co-founder of Rewardster. I have worked for Cisco in Raleigh, North Carolina and San Jose, California. ExactTarget, in Indianapolis, San Francisco, and London, and Microsoft in Seattle. I am the co-creator of SeizeTheDay and Zero for iPhone. Feel free to send me a friend request on Facebook. You can check out my profileon LinkedIn. You can also see my thoughts on Twitter. Besides technology, I am also interested in backpacking, running, cinema, audio, photography, golf, ultimate frisbee, and disc golf.

Projects



Rewardster Spring 11 – Current

Rewardster is an automatic rewards platform that helps consumers get the best deals from merchants they love. More information is available here.

Responsibilities:

  • Product Experience


Zero Winter 10 – Current

Functional Delights’s second app, Zero is a minimalist and beautiful reminder-based to-do list for the iPhone with cloud sync to iCal. More information is available here.

Responsibilities:

  • User Experience (product design, feature set)
  • Python Cloud Sync Infrastructure
  • Back End User Management

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Frosh Spring 11

Frosh is a fresh brand for incoming college students. The flagship product, The Frosh Tee, allows high school students to show off where they’re headed. More information is available here.

Responsibilities:

  • Web Design
  • WordPress Theme Development
  • Photography


DryerBro Winter 10

DryerBro alerts you when your laundry’s done using the iPhone’s accelerometer. More information is available here.

Responsibilities:

  • Project management
  • Javascript (Build with Appcelerator Titanium)
  • Copywriting

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SeizeTheDay Summer 09 – Current

I formed Functional Delights, LLC with Ian Kono in September of 2009. We launched SeizeTheDay, an iAd-supported reminder-based task manager for the iPhone in July of 2010. More information is available here.

Responsibilities:

  • iOS Development
  • App Design

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HackerFollow Fall 10

HackerFollow “Twitterizes” HackerNews. It allows you to follow a set of HackerNews users’ submissions and comments.

Responsibilities:

  • Design
  • Front End Development
  • Back End PHP Scraper Development


Business Builders Club Spring 10 – Summer 10

The Business Builders Club is a group of passionate students who collaborate with the Columbus Community and organizations around the world to foster entrepreneurship. The BBC recruits, educates, and funds talented students at Ohio State.

Responsibilities:

  • Website Project Management
  • WordPress Theme Implementation
  • Photography


It’s This For That Summer 10

A satirical site which generates startup pitches.

Responsibilities:

  • This
  • That

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We Are All Buckeyes Summer 09 – Spring 10

We Are All Buckeyes was a campaign for student government at The Ohio State University. The team was successfully elected in the Spring of 2010.

Responsibilities:

  • Design
  • Marketing
  • Site Development
  • Video Production