Dennis Li has worked as a software engineer at Slideshare since 2014 where he spearheaded initiatives to rebuild monetization products and improve site speed. He also worked as a software consultant for Inside the Goodlife in 2014 where he increased scalability and developed a mobile coupon prototype. Additionally, Li worked as a lead reporting intern at Adobe Systems in 2013 where he created a data visualization platform. His side projects include Hatched, a think tank for startup ideas, and Gains, a weight lifting tracker app. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.

1. Dennis Li
dennis.li93@gmail.com (202) 230-2228
WORK EXPERIENCE
Slideshare, a Linkedin Company Summer of 2014 – Present
Software Engineer on Monetization and Identity division of web product
• Spearheaded initiative to rebuild lead based monetization product, removing technical debt and
maximizing future maintainability and modularity
• Developed monetization product public API, and aided engineers of customer companies with
integration efforts
• Implemented web-app modifications; new features, bug fixes, site optimizations, etc.
• Improved mobile site-speed by an average of 25% in all geographies through front-end improvements
inspired by analysis of page waterfall
• Mentored new team members on engineering best practices and understanding of codebase
Inside the Goodlife Fall of 2014
Software Consultant
• Increased scalability of local coupon business
• Collaborated with founder on business and corresponding feature need
• Designed and developed, with Ruby on Rails, a mobile-web prototype UI enabling users to access and
redeem coupons at local businesses
Link: https://insidethegoodlife.herokuapp.com
Adobe Systems, Inc. Summer of 2013
Lead Reporting Research Intern
• Improved transparency between customer behaviors and business impact by creating a data
visualization platform
• Parsed data from logs and persisted it with MongoDB
• Built Ruby on Rails UI so team members could visualize previously obscure data with Google Graphs
SIDEPROJECTS
Hatched – A communal think tank for startup ideas. Users of all backgrounds can discuss problems that
need solutions. Hatched, built with Ruby on Rails, is a single place where users can suggest features for and
build teams around finding solutions missing in the market.
Link: http://hatchedideas.herokuapp.com
Gains (work in progress) – Weight lifting tracker to log workout progress and motivate progressive
overloading to maximize training efficiency. This project is an excuse to learn new skills while building
something that can make an impact. Being constructed, with a focus on UX, as a hybrid app using MeteorJS.
Link: http://lifting-app-45324.onmodulus.net
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley Fall 2011 – Spring 2014
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science
TOOLS & LANGUAGES
Web-apps: Ruby on Rails (SASS/LESS, HTML5, HAML, AJAX, jQuery), RSpec, Cucumber
Hybrid-apps: MeteorJS, Cucumber, and Jasmine
Languages: Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript