Experience
Eat. Code. Sleep. Repeat.
Blend
PM Intern | 2021
Mapped the customer journey in the homebuying process, led customer interviews and discovered opportunities for Blend to innovate in. Built frameworks to analyze these ideas and wrote specs on the most compelling ones.
CTO & Co-Founder | 2020 - 2021
Designed, developed and scaled an AI communication coaching startup combining human feedback with AI. Sold our platform to speech & debate teams, individual coaches and training firms. Analyzed both audio and video with coach-inputted timestamped feedback on serverless architecture.
Stats: $30K+ in beta revenue. 2,500+ speeches analyzed. 300+ user interviews. $1,500 MRR.
Executive Director, General Director | 2019 - 2021
Led Cal Hacks, the world's largest collegiate hackathon during the pandemic. Organized a 26-director team to launch two brand-new virtual initiatives, hack:now and Hack Month. Formed a family, made lifelong friends.
Stats: [hack:now] 2,500 hackers. 90+ countries. 200+ submissions. In just 4 weeks.
SDE Intern | 2020
Wrote back-end algorithms to automatically extrapolate insights from big data through data modelling and inference on the Amazon Ads team.
SWE Intern | 2019
Contributed to the iOS team on Apple News, building features for publishers to more efficiently create content for the platform.
Teaching
"Hey guys, Avi here. Welcome back to The Codex."
CEO & Co-Founder | 2017 - 2021
Taught students how to code through 15+ online courses and 20+ projects. Built a learning management system to fuel subscription based enrollments. Managed a team of 5 to scale MRR from $10 to $1,500.
Stats: 750K+ Udemy students. 60K+ YouTube subscribers. 200+ hours of recorded content. 10K+ users.
Undergraduate Student Instructor | 2020 - 2021
Taught CS 170 - efficient algorithms and intractable problems. Launched and led The Production Company, a 12-person TA team to create weekly 170 videos.
Lead Instructor | 2019 - 2020
Wrote iOS curriculum for Cubstart, Cal Hacks' program for teaching beginners how to build. Led a 4-week iOS bootcamp and taught a semester-long decal.
Personal Projects
Code. Build. Hack. It's time to hack.
VAAS
SEP Project | 2019
Revolutionizing news consumption with automated video creation
E.V.A.C
UC Berkeley Data-X | 2019
Solving the issue of choosing a location for the next electric vehicle charging station
WINNER
Honda Collaboration
SyncUp
Cal Hacks V | 2018
Improving dancing through side-by-side video analysis
WINNER
3rd Place Overall, Google Case Study Collaboration, SkyDeck HotDesk Cohort
Talky
NWHacks | 2018
A personalized public speaking coach that analyzes and gives feedback on speeches
WINNER
Top 10 Overall, Most Popular Vote, Best Microsoft Hack
Iris
Synopsys Science Fair | 2018
An intuitive and functional Braille Learning Device for the visually impaired
WINNER
2nd Place Overall
Guru
PennApps XV | 2017
Bringing students high-class education and help through live-streaming technology
WINNER
Top 10 Overall, $1000 Grant from 1517, Best Education Hack
MedicAI
Synopsys Science Fair | 2017
The classification of medical problems through SMS and Machine Learning
WINNER
Grand Prize Winner - $1000
ICON
CruzHacks | 2018
A clothing classifier that helps identify other outfits and discover the latest fashion trends
WINNER
Project YX Fashion Prize
60Seconds
BASE Hacks | 2018
Storing daily memories through a simple phone call
WINNER
First Place Overall
PinPoint
SM Hacks | 2017
Generating the fastest path in a grocery store to grab your items and get out
WINNER
Best Android App
