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AJAX, Business, Design, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, Rails, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development
Location:
San Francisco, CA, USA
Interested in:
Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup
Schools:
California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, The Wharton School
Conceived and engineered a web application that teaches vocabulary via reading contextual snippets, mimicking the way the brain naturally acquires word knowledge: www.dictionarysquared.com
Skills learned: linux administration, web analytics, incorporation law, company management, marketing
Employer:
Stanford (Lab of Peter Lee, advised by Susan Holmes)
Position:
Work experience
Time period:
June 2005 - Present
Description:
Conceived and engineered software that nds objects in images, used to nd cells in microscopic images.
The software is published in IEEE, downloadable, open-sourced, and detailed: www.gemident.com
Skills learned: supervised machine learning, Java-R programming, image processing, UI design
Employer:
Labmeeting, Inc.
Position:
First engineer
Time period:
July 2007 - December 2007
Description:
Skills learned: Web development (with Ruby on Rails, MySQL on Linux Apache), server administration
Employer:
Eventbrite, Inc.
Position:
Junior front/back-end web engineer for small startup
Time period:
February 2007 - July 2007
Description:
Skills learned: Web development (with Python, MySQL on Linux Apache), business development
Employer:
Undergraduate Committee Review of Majors
Position:
Student Body Representative
Time period:
September 2004 - June 2006
Description:
University committee formed to oversee academic major programs
Employer:
Awad Asset Management, Inc.
Position:
Intern
Time period:
June 2004 - September 2004
Description:
Intern for private fund specializing in small cap equities
Skills learned: Financial modelling, Bloomberg
Employer:
Cashflow Group of Stanford
Position:
President and Founder
Time period:
October 2003 - October 2006
Description:
Student group dedicated to personal nance, philosophy of money, and real estate investment
EDUCATION
University:
The Wharton School
Time period:
2009 - 2013
Degree:
Statistics, PhD
University:
Stanford University
Time period:
2003 - 2006
Degree:
Mathematical & Computational Science, BSc
University:
California Institute of Technology
Time period:
2002 - 2003
PUBLICATIONS
Papers:
Kapelner, Adam; Peter P. Lee; Susan Holmes (2007-07), \An Interactive Statistical Image Segmentation and Visualization System" medivis 0: 81-86, IEEE Computer Society, ISSN 0-7695-2904-6
INFORMATION
Hobbies:
Piano / Jazz Piano, travelling, running, swimming, ice hockey
Awards:
Intel Science Talent Search Semi nalist 300 scholarships granted nationwide Jan02
Neuroscience Research Grand Prize Three finalists awarded nationwide Apr02
Currently doing my M.Sc (Information Systems) at the University of Melbourne specialising in HCI and researching in 2010 engagement of users in web and mobile applications. Presently interested in contract work or internships.
dictionarysquared
