Work | Portfolio | Holman Gao

Boost My School

The easiest way for school administrators to raise money and engage their donors. Started as a side project to help my own high school math team raise money.

Position:

CEO & Founder (Jan ’19 – Current)

Technologies:

Rails, Express.js, React.js, GraphQL, Relay, Redux, CSS Modules, Ruby, ES6, Heroku, PostgreSQL

Press:

CaptivateIQ (YC W18)

The easiest way to calculate and pay sales commissions.

Position:

Software Contractor (June ’18 – July ’20)

Technologies:

Django, React.js, Python, ES6

Worked with:

Hubert Wong hwong, Co-founder, CTO

Mira Financial (500 Startups)

Get personalized life insurance quotes for people with diabetes.

Position:

Software Contractor (Feb ’18 – May ’18)

Technologies:

React.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, ES6, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker

Worked with:

Walter Woodall walter-woodall, Co-founder, CTO

TowerView Health

TowerView Health is an end-to-end solution helps patients manage complex medication schedules with ease.

Position:

Software Contractor (Jan ’18 – Mar ’18)

Technologies:

TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, Slack bot

Worked with:

Osuvaldo Ramos osuvaldo90, Software Engineer
Hareesh Ganesan hareeshganesan, Co-founder, COO

Zenysis (YC W16)

A data analytics platform used by governments and international organizations to tackle global health issues

Position:

Software Contractor (Feb ’16)

Technologies:

Flask, React.js, Bootstrap, Python, JavaScript, SCSS, MongoDB

Worked with:

Ian Webster typpo, Co-founder, CTO

Responsibilities:

Build and test new features

Thum.io

Creating the fastest real-time website thumbnails. The only thumbnail generator to stream thumbnails as soon as they are requested.

Position:

Co-founder (Oct ’16 – Current)

Technologies:

Express.js, Sequelize, React.js, Redux, Bootstrap, JavaScript, SCSS, Heroku, PostgreSQL

Worked with:

Zeki Mokhtarzada zmokhtar

Press:

Featured on Product Hunt

Verse

Verse lets you find new poems and create poetry playlists.

Position:

Software Contractor (Dec ’16 – June ’18)

Technologies:

Django, GraphQL, React.js, Redux, Python, TypeScript, SCSS, Heroku, PostgreSQL

Worked with:

Andrew Badr reverie

Chalk Schools

A digital workflow system created for K-12 schools and school districts.

Position:

Software Engineer (Jan ’14 – Sept ’15)

Technologies:

Rails, React.js, Backbone.js, Bootstrap, Ruby, JavaScript, SCSS, HAML, Heroku, PostgreSQL

Worked with:

Qian Wang qianwang83, Co-founder, CTO
Robert Fletcher mockdeep, Software Engineer
JT Bowler QuotableWater7, Software Engineer

Joined when:

Team had 3 employees (2 engineers)

Responsibilities:

Full stack of website development, from code architecting to frontend UI/UX
Spearheaded a database redesign that significantly opened up the product to larger sales opportunities
Help create an engineering culture that values collaboration and a strong testing suite

Room 77

Search across dozens of hotel sites to find the best price.

Position:

Software Contractor (Sept ’15 – Oct ’16)

Software Engineer (Jul ’12 – Jan ’14)

Technologies:

AngularJS 1, jQuery, JavaScript, SCSS, PHP, C++, Python, Bash, Amazon EC2, MySQL

Worked with:

Stephen Ball stephenball1, Software Engineer
Roger Wong, VP of Product
Ian Webster typpo, Software Engineer
Andy Kearney, Software Engineer
Julius Elinson, Software Engineer

Joined when:

Team had 15 employees (6 engineers)

Responsibilities:

Build out infrastructure to allow partners to bid for search result placement in a second-price auction
Design and implement a native-like HTML5 and Angular.js single-page mobile app framework
Occasional forays into backend and production infrastructure projects

Press:

Company was acquired by Google

BookBooster

An initiative for the 2016-17 school year to provide books to 20 Bay Area schools serving low-income students. As of October 2017, BookBooster has raised over 14,000 books ($42,000)!

Position:

Co-founder (May ’16 – Aug ’18)

Technologies:

Express.js, React.js, Sequelize, Foundation, TypeScript, SCSS, Heroku, PostgreSQL

Worked with: