Alvin Lai
Computer Engineering graduate from NUS. Now working as Freelance Web Designer and Software Engineer at Qik Inc.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Design, Engineering, Java, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, PHP, Python, Rails, Software Engineering, Web design, Web Development |
| Groups: | BASES, Women 2.0 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Qik Inc |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Coordinating with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore & various major telecommunication company executives for a likely product demo during the 2008 Singapore Prime Minister’s National Day Rally speech
• Engaging in product evangelism and fostering partnerships between Qik and various other organizations • Managed local and remote engineering teams in different time zones to work on Asia Pacific server deployment • Web scraped online resource for data then used Regex in parsing and regional categorization of international phone numbers |
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Web Designer/Developer |
| Time period: | January 2001 - Present |
| Description: | • Conducted customer branding exercises
• Using Ruby on Rails for agile development of web applications • Tapping on Subversion and Capistrano for systematic code versioning and deployment • Setting up various web hosting solutions ranging from shared hosting, virtual private servers to dedicated servers |
| Employer: | Identity Engines Inc |
| Position: | Engineering Intern |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Authored Product License Key Generator with Salesforce Integration using SOAP and PHP
• Worked on Java Spring Framework for Product UI • Tested product for memory leaks using JProbe • Worked with Java Ant for automating builds • Used Ruby on Rails for interactive display for exhibition booth at RSA Conference, Las Vegas 2007 |
| Employer: | NUS macNUS Apple Macintosh User Group |
| Position: | Webmaster |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Designed and maintained macNUS website. |
| Employer: | National University of Singapore Japanese Studies Society |
| Position: | Singapore-Japanese Tour Facilitator |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Organized Japanese events, facilitated and conducted Japanese student tours in Singapore |
| Employer: | United Overseas Bank Pte Ltd |
| Position: | Web Designer/Developer |
| Time period: | December 2006 |
| Description: | • Utilized Ruby on Rails for agile development of projects with constantly changing requirements
• Designed marketing material and websites for various sub departments • Used Ruby for data scraping for collecting weather data of 3 years from wunderground.com |
| Employer: | National University of Singapore Business School Career Services Office |
| Position: | Web Designer/Developer |
| Time period: | December 2005 |
| Description: | • Used Ruby on Rails to create portal for managing multi-user membership logins, catalogs and information sharing
• Employed Ruby for scripting and automating processes • Designed websites for various sub-departments |
| Employer: | Nexus System Integration Pte Ltd |
| Position: | System Integrator Assistant |
| Time period: | December 2004 |
| Description: | • Setup and deployed Linux and Windows desktop and servers
• Conducted on-site software/hardware consulting services • Developed PHP websites for company’s clients |
EDUCATION
| University: | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| Degree: | Bachelor of Computing, Computer Engineering |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Apple Macintosh, Guitar (Classical & Acoustic), Jogging, American Pool, Hiking, Swimming, GentooX (Linux distribution on Microsoft XBox), Gentoo & Arch Linux distributions, VOIP-to-PSTN gateways, sending/receiving SMSes via AT modem commands to an old Sony Ericsson phone. |
