“My Firebase Growth team was lucky to get Ben as our Associate Product Manager intern for the summer of 2017. Ben is a self-starter. He is resourceful, technically capable, and and a very reliable team member. He came up to speed in record time and quickly developed strong working relationships with the team. Ben got to experience and contribute to all stages of product management from ideation, OKR setting, usability testing, writing product requirement docs, bug triaging, all the way to launching quite a few well thought-out changes to our Dynamics Links product. His contributions to the team, the product, and our developer community were valuable and his presence and energy will certainly be missed. ”
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I wrote up some thoughts on what we've learned over the past few years building products powered by ML at Opendoor. If you're interested in working…
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Experience
Education
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University of Pennsylvania
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Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant (Data Structures and Algorithms - CIS 121) Spring 2016
Majoring in Computer Science and Cognitive Science
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Projects
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Transcribe4All
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Created Go web application with MongoDB database for seamless speech-to-text transcription of audio files. Wrote task queue library using Go concurrency primitives to manage parallel transcription jobs. Implemented client-side websockets logic for IBM Watson API. Integrated CMU Sphinx speech models.
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Cardboard Artboard
Wrote Google Cardboard application which provides an intuitive virtual reality interface for creating art with the motion of one's head. Developed with Unity 3D Engine, Google Cardboard SDK, and Firebase. Designed for millions of people globally with quadriplegic paralysis who would benefit from making art but physically cannot.
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IdleFreePhilly.org
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Created Python Flask web application to crowdsource illegal vehicle idling. Led design of Postgres SQL database. Integrated Redis Queue for long-running asynchronous jobs. Created conversational SMS interface using Twilio API. Developed inline editing system in JavaScript for staff to alter pages without writing code.
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PhillyFoodFinder.org
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Created map-based web application to help individuals find food programs for which they qualify. Led design and implementation of SQL database and Flask backend for user management and encryption. Developed inline editing for staff to alter pages without writing code. Created dashboard to analyze usage.
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ThirdEye, Tech Lead
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Directed engineering of Google Glass, Android, and iOS object recognition applications for visually impaired. Integrated with Parse and Stripe to allow user accounts with paid subscriptions across all apps. Finalist at PennApps (top 10 out of 500 teams). Featured in TechCrunch, Huffington Post, and Technical.ly.
Honors & Awards
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Finalist (Top 8 out of 200 teams) in Wharton Business Plan Competition
The Wharton School
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Winner at Google’s Hack4Humanity Hackathon, Most Creative Solution
Google
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Finalist at World's Largest Hackathon
PennApps
• Top 10 out of 500 teams from 50 schools and 15 countries.
• Only freshman to make it to final round. Winner of “Most Intuitive Interface” Award.
• Developed ThirdEye, an object recognition Google Glass app for the blind. See more information in projects section.
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Dean’s List
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2014 - 2016
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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