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  • Fizz
  • New York, NY

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Education 🎓

  • Harvard University - Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science. Graduated in 2021
  • AIT Budapest - Study Abroad, Human Computer Interaction & Graphics.
  • Mang'u High School - Graduated with highest national honors (A of 84 points)

I am passionate about:

  • Human-centered design
  • Finding simple solutions to complex problems.
  • Creating beautiful, performant and user-friendly app and website experiences.
  • Experimenting with new technologies.

Areas of Expertise

Current Job

  • Founding Engineer at Fizz, a venture-backed fintech startup (YC S21). We are building the financial ally for students - a debit card that builds credit and offers discounts on campus. Interested? We are hiring
  • I am also a Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow in the 2021 Cohort.

Previous Jobs

  • Worked as a Frontend Developer at Nearside, a venture-backed startup that is building financial products for small business owners. Nearside was acquired for $130 million by Plastiq in early 2023.
  • I was a Facebook intern at their Seattle office where I learned all things ✨Android✨.
  • I worked at Dev: A Harvard Student Agency as a full-stack developer where I built web and mobile apps for 2 years.
  • My first developer job was at Twende Mobility, a Kenyan startup that is building logistics solutions such as carpooling and on demand delivery services.
Some interesting tidbits about me...

Here we go.... 🎶

  • I love aeroplanes✈️ and anything to do with Aviation. In another life I would totally be a pilot.
  • I love video games 🎮. Current favorites: Legend of Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom), Elden Ring, Super Mario Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2.
  • Favorite Movies: The ShawShank Redemption, Gladiator, The wolf of Wall Street, The Dark Knight and Iron Man.
  • Favorite Series: Avatar - The Last Air Bender, The Big Bang Theory and Game of Thrones (Before season 8).
  • Favorite sports: Rugby and Football (Soccer). I don't have favorite teams, but usually I'm rooting for the underdog.

Let's connect and chat!

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  1. Freshtable Freshtable Public

    Freshtable is a grocery management app created to reduce food wastage at home by helping users keep track of the groceries they buy and their expiry dates.

    Java 1

  2. Curate Curate Public

    An android app that generates unique playlists for you based on your current mood. Built using the Spotify Remote SDK and Spotify Web API

    Kotlin 1

  3. Parstagram Parstagram Public

    Instagram Clone built using Java and a Parse-server backend

    Java

  4. Realestate-Django Realestate-Django Public

    Real-estate listing website built using Django 3.0, PostgreSQL and Bootstrap

    CSS

  5. Image-Editor Image-Editor Public

    A simple app that allows users to edit images online. Made while playing around with the FileReader API and CamanJS Image Manipulation.

    HTML

  6. Speech-api-project Speech-api-project Public

    A simple web-page that uses the web-speech-api to read text input in various languages and accents.

    HTML