Kenneth Chuen

chuenwaigam@gmail.com | 347-681-6599 | github.com/kenkenchuen | linkedin.com/in/kennethchuen

Work Experience

Epic Systems Software Developer

2021 – 2026
  • Worked on Epic’s Telehealth team, responsible for development surrounding workflow for patients to schedule On-Demand Video Visits.

Columbia Entrepreneurship Office Design Challenge Manager

2019 – 2020
  • Managed 11 student teams tasked with creating projects using federal open data to increase U.S. Census participation rate.
  • Recurrently answered technical questions related to project completion and forged connections between these teams and data stewards from the federal government to bolster census awareness in over 30 NYC communities.

Fordham School of Law Teaching Assistant

2019
  • Initiated, created, and taught a Python course called "Programming for Lawyers" to 40 Fordham Law students.
  • Helped create 12 lesson plans, from control flow to creating web servers, that correlated programming techniques with concepts taught in law school to increase students' understanding of the logic and constraints that shape technical decisions, and thus be able to intelligently communicate with technologists.

Skills

Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, C, SystemC, Matlab, HTML, CSS, SQL
Frameworks: Bootstrap 4, Flask, jQuery, Node.js, React, Express
Tools: Git, AWS (DynamoDB, EC2), Unit Testing (JUnit, Jest)

Projects

Upmed Developerupmed-starmen.firebaseapp.com

2020
  • Developed a website that provides healthcare professionals (HCP) and patients a way to schedule and keep track of virtual appointments, and allows HCPs to view and update patient health records.
  • Developed with intent to replicate actual software engineering work with best practices in mind (i.e creating and following design schema, implementation of APIs, unit/integration/user testing, Jenkins CI/CD, automated style/bug checking, etc.)
  • Built using a React, Node.js, TypeScript frontend and Flask, Python, Firebase backend.

Pokémon AI Developer

2020
  • Developed an AlphaZero-based self-play algorithm to perform exceedingly well in a non-deterministic game that imitates battle scenes in Nintendo's Pokémon franchise.

Census 2020 Design Challenge Participant

2019
  • Incorporated human-centered design techniques to increase census participation in Chinese-American communities in NYC.
  • Worked with the NYC Census Office and community-based organizations to conduct market research, create poster prototypes, and receive feedback from one-on-one interviews with citizens.

Education

Columbia University B.S.E. Computer Engineering

2021
  • C.U. Application Development Initiative (ADI)
  • Senior Technical Mentor on Columbia University Lion Dance Team

Fordham University B.S. Computer Science

2019
  • Executive at Tech@LC
  • Executive at Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC)

Relevant Coursework

Machine Learning Theory, Computer Architecture, System-on-Chip, UI Design, Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Science Theory, Human-Centered-Design