# ![visnup@gmail.com; 415-305-7168](qr.png) [Visnu Pitiyanuvath][github]
[Observable]
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### Engineer (2019-present)
The magic notebook for visualization.
[WaffleJS]
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### Co-creator, organizer (2015-present)
WaffleJS is a meetup about web technology with a side of waffles and karaoke.
We meet on the first Wednesday of every month. All proceeds go to charity.
[People love it][wafflejs love].
[Opendoor]
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### Engineer 👉🏼 Engineering Manager 👉🏼 Engineer (2014-2019)
Opendoor buys your home from you, so you can skip months of selling and start
your next chapter.
[Track Your Happiness]
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### Co-creator, engineer (2012-present)
Track Your Happiness is a scientific research project that investigates what
makes life worth living.
[Square]
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### Engineer (2012-2014)
Specifically, the external API you didn't know Square had: The [Square Connect
API] enables you to build apps for millions of Square merchants—or a custom
solution for just one.
[Node.js Knockout]
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### Co-creator, organizer (2010-2012)
Node.js Knockout is a 48-hour hackathon featuring [node.js]. It's an online,
virtual competition with contestants worldwide. It's been an annual thing.
[People find it fun][nko love].
[Fortnight Labs]
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### Partner (2010-2012)
Consulting for startups. We helped early-stage startups go from ideas to
actual released products (web or mobile) very quickly. From research to
building, we used whatever technology fit. Most prominent client was
[Sequoia Capital].
Swivel
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### Engineer → CEO (2006-2010)
Swivel was an early big-data startup that made it easy to share data and
charts. Ruby on Rails, mysql backend; JavaScript charting.
Guru → Unicru
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### Engineer (2000-2005)
At Guru.com, worked on a resume & job matching engine in Java
([patent]). After Unicru acquisition, built a custom resume parser,
using machine learning techniques.
[Duke University]
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### B.S. Electrical Eng. & Computer Science (1996-2000)
[github]: https://github.com/visnup
[Observable]: https://observablehq.com
[WaffleJS]: https://wafflejs.com
[wafflejs love]: https://twitter.com/search?q=%22wafflejs%22&src=typd
[Opendoor]: https://www.opendoor.com
[Track Your Happiness]: https://www.trackyourhappiness.org
[Square]: https://squareup.com/
[Square Connect API]: https://connect.squareup.com
[Node.js Knockout]: http://nodeknockout.com/
[nko love]: https://twitter.com/search?q=node%20knockout%20OR%20nodeknockout%20OR%20node_knockout%20OR%20nodeko
[node.js]: http://nodejs.org/
[Fortnight Labs]: http://fortnightlabs.com/
[Sequoia Capital]: https://www.sequoiacap.com/
[Swivel]: http://swivel.com/
[Guru]: http://www.guru.com/
[patent]: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7555441?oq=visnu+pitiyanuvath
[Duke University]: http://duke.edu/
[Source]: https://github.com/visnup/resume
[Revisions]: https://github.com/visnup/resume/commits