Poh Chuan Kuan

Washington, DC · (917) 963-6393 · pohckuan@yahoo.com

I am always seeking for new challenges and opportunities to grow as a developer and make a difference in the world.

Experience

Software Engineer

NCI

- Update existing code to improve and maintain site performance

- Work with product owner, stakeholders, business analysts, and team members to understand product specifics and to create quality code

- Collaborate with the client for system deployments

- Monitor and support projects as JIRA administrator and operation analyst

April 2017 - Present

Web Development Immersive Student

General Assembly

- Student at a rigorous 500-hour full-stack web development program

- Focused on common best practices in object-oriented programming, MVC frameworks, data modeling, and test-driven development

- Collaborated with instructors and classmates to produce high quality applications

- Designed and built full-stack RESTful web applications

- Created user-friendly front-end experience with HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, and AngularJS

- Built back-end web applications with Node.js, Express.js, and Ruby on Rails

September 2016 - December 2016

Diamond Grader

Gemological Institute of America

- Performed diamond grading process on natural and synthetic diamonds submitted to the GIA Laboratory for Diamond Grading Services

- Assigned clarity, polish and symmetry grades based on the laboratory’s procedures in accordance with the GIA International Diamond Grading System

- Accepted and learned from constructive feedbacks of senior coworkers

February 2015 - August 2016

Education

General Assembly

Certificate
Full-Time Web Development Immersive Program
September 2016 - December 2016


Syracuse University

Bachelor of Science
Chemistry, Forensic Science

GPA: 3.2

August 2010 - May 2014

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
  • HTML5

  • CSS3

  • Javascript

  • jQuery

  • Bootstrap

  • AngularJS

  • Node.js

  • MongoDB

  • PostgreSQL

Interests

WHEN I AM NOT CODING, I AM ...

...COOKING AND TRYING NEW RECIPES

OR

...WATCHING THE LATEST VIDEOS OF ELEPHANT NATURE PARK

OR

...EXERCISING