2RE Factory

2013 | UCLA Hackathon
Play In Motion
An app that lets you create trivia games on the fly at hosted locations. We used the PhoneGap framework to build it.

2013 | National Day of Civic Hacking
MeHavior
A behavioral-incentive platform that utilizes rewards programs to steer consumer choices toward socially beneficial outcomes, with a focus on educational support, civic engagement, and grassroots community involvement.
Won 3 awards: Amazon WS Cloud Challenge, Element, and Scopely Challenge: Best Civic App with a Gaming or Social Element.
Slide deck presentation

2013 | Hack For LA
Transparent LA
An intuitive interface for accessing and visualizing the City of Los Angeles' municipal financial data. By transforming complex governmental datasets into an accessible platform, the application enables ordinary citizens to examine public spending, thereby promoting informed civic participation, greater governmental transparency, and enhanced public oversight at the local level.

2014 | Protohack
FRample
A location-based mobile application that sends push notifications to users when free product samples are available in their vicinity. By leveraging real-time geolocation data, the platform reduces the friction between consumers and promotional offers, enabling users to discover and access complimentary goods with minimal effort while providing businesses with an efficient channel for targeted product distribution and brand engagement.
Slide deck presentation

2014 | Internet of Things Hack Day
Click-O-Meter
An internet-enabled, multi-user voting system where global participants visit a website and repeatedly click on either 'A' or 'B' to influence the position of a physical needle on a real-world display. The system uses an Electric Imp module to control a servo motor and LED indicators, with PubNub (one of the event sponsors) providing real-time data synchronization between the hardware and all active web clients. When aggregate voting drives the needle to either extreme, the LED array illuminates in blue or green, signaling the conclusion of the voting round.
They created a new award for us and we won Honorable Mention.
Slide deck and video presentation

2014 | Swift Hack Day @ Github
Watch IDE
An Apple Watch emulator for iPhone that was built before Apple released its official Watch SDK. Developers could use the app to design and test watch interfaces directly on their phones. To showcase the platform, I built a working clock face prototype using Swift, Apple's new programming language at the time.

2014 | San Francisco Maker Startup Weekend
The Duo
A Wi-Fi-enabled, interactive adult toy designed for remote play. The harder one person squeezes their device, the more the partner's device vibrates. Full vibration only happens when both people are squeezing at maximum intensity. The shape is also designed to be accessible for people with disabilities. At the hackathon, we built a working demo using Snap Circuits (one of the event sponsors) and 3D-printed a looks-like mockup.
Won 3rd Place

2014 | Connected Car Hackathon
AutoMon
A driver assistant app that rewards responsible driving. It used a Pokémon anime style for the assistant character. You earn points for driving well, and insurance companies could use that data to offer lower rates.

2014 | Alpha Game Jam
Deep Water Dragon
An infinite vertical scroller videogame where a water creature swims up a river, eating items to grow longer while avoiding obstacles.

2015 | LAUNCH Hackathon
DownForIt
An app that lets you create spontaneous events for anyone interested. It uses Twitter tags to post and find events through the Twitter API. Just use a special tag and the app picks it up, or you can post directly from the app.
Won Twitter Prize.
Devpost entry

2015 | ProtoHack
Design Mentor
I served as a hackathon advisor, helping teams with design decisions and user experience throughout the event.

2015 | Internet of Things Hackathon
Open Sesame
A two-factor authentication system for unlocking doors using your phone. It also lets you generate temporary access codes for renters, guests, or anyone else who needs one-time entry.
Won Most Innovate.
Devpost entry

2015 | GigaHack
$1 Internet
A proposal that uses a mesh network to provide cheap internet access across cities. The model makes internet affordable for residents while also benefiting the ISP. More people use the service, but the load gets spread across all users, reducing strain on the network.
Won Most Potential Impact on Society prize
Devpost entry

2015 | Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon
Cardboard Sunglasses
A VR headset with no lenses so you can view reality in full resolution.

2015 | Ooyala Employee Hackathon
mapIncrease
IoT-enabled display that shows real-world video plays from our database, with LEDs lighting up to match US locations. We built it using a laser-cut world map, six LED matrix panels, and six Arduino Megas. The software stack included Python, Scala, and the Arduino language.
Won Judges Choice Award

2015 | Tech Crunch Disrupt SF
Corgi Co-Pilot
Biometrics for your car where Cara the Corgi helps keep you safe. A sensor in the steering wheel reads your heartbeat, and Cara sends calming or alerting messages based on your state. We built a working prototype using duct tape, sensors, and an Arduino.

2016 | Tech Disrupt SF
Fake Number Club
You give out a fake number when you don't want to share your real one. If someone calls or texts that number, a robot responds to let them down gently and explain that the person who gave it to them doesn't want to be contacted. I used TwiML on the Twilio platform.
Blog article

| Video

2017 | Tech Crunch Disrupt SF
Alexa: Factoids Please
An Alexa skill that tells you a fact from my Just The Factoids database.

2026 | SEA Hack
A personalized storytelling engine for an ecommerce website that sold eco-friendly children's toys and dolls, which was one of the event sponsors.

Hackathons

2013 to 2017