Dennis Li has experience as a software engineer and consultant. He worked at Slideshare where he improved site speed by 25% and led growth of their iOS mobile app. As a consultant, he increased scalability for a local coupon business. At Adobe, he created a data visualization platform to improve transparency between customer behavior and business impact. He also created side projects including a think tank app and a weight lifting tracker. He has a Bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley in Computer Science.

1. Dennis Li
dennis.li93@gmail.com • (202) 230-2228
WORK EXPERIENCE
Slideshare, a Linkedin Company Summer of 2014 – Present
Software Engineer on web product
• Implemented front-end features on Rails stack including native-like mobile functionality and UI
improvements to the primary app use case (95% of users)
• Improved mobile site-speed by an average of 25% in all geographies through front-end
improvements inspired by analysis of page waterfall
• Lead engineer on growth campaign for iOS mobile app, resulting in over 4k first day users despite
iOS8 exclusivity (early October 2014)
• 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 AngularJS and PhoneGap with a Firebase backend and an Ionic frontend.
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), RSpec, Cucumber
Hybrid-apps: PhoneGap, AngularJS, Firebase, Ionic, Karma, Protractor
Other: Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript/JQuery