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Brian Ma

Founder, Eggsprout

Experience

  • 03/08 - Present

    Founder (Bma)

    at Eggsprout in Bellevue, WA
    • I put the team together that built this site :)
    • It’s been an amazing ride and we’re planning on many more great things to come.
    • Ping me with any feedback, suggestions, etc or if you just want to grab coffee.
  • 12/05 - 03/08

    Program Manager

    at Zillow in Seattle, WA
    • Lead multidisciplinary feature teams through full release cycles – requirements, design, coding, and testing.
    • Oversaw scheduling, prioritization and timely completion of innovative new features to meet business needs
    • Pushed and advocated major Community initiatives through upper management
    • Major Projects: Zillow API, User profile pages, Local Neighborhood page, Sitewide and Neighborhood forums, MyZillow and Registration, Credit card processing, EZAds, Reputation System, Facebook App, ZMobile App
  • 09/06 - 02/08

    Real Estate Agent and Investor

    at Real Property Associates Inc. in Seattle, WA
    • Represent clients in purchase and sales of residential real estate transactions.
    • Active investor of foreclosures, wholesale flips, notes, fixer-uppers, and commercial properties.
  • 2003 - 2005

    Student Ambassador

    at Microsoft in Redmond, WA
    • Organized MS Student User Group and in-depth tech talks for .NET, Imagine Cup, and other MS technologies.
    • Promoted the Imagine Cup through emails, pep talks, and support for university teams.
    • Connected with students to support learning for Microsoft products and development environments.
  • 2005 - 2005

    Program Manager (MSN Abilities and Infrastructures Group)

    at Microsoft in Redmond, WA
    • Investigated into management interests and drove major Octopus initiative across the team.
    • Design major deployment application feature to support design of application and data center topology.
    • Applied knowledge of user experience and user interface design to implement customer-focused applications.
  • 2004 - 2004

    Board Design Engineer (Enterprise Platforms Group Intern)

    at Intel in Hillsboro, OR
    • Tested, validated, and debugged seven major volume server board designs for PCI-E compliance.
    • Developed presentations to train new hires on Intel’s innovative technologies.
  • 2004 - 2004

    Program Manager (MSN Supportability Group)

    at Microsoft in Redmond, WA
    • Designed major features of supportability software including an innovative way to manage service requests.
    • Lead regular feature team meetings and spec reviews with developers/testers/managers.
    • Actively worked with other Microsoft groups as well as third parties to drive business initiatives.
  • 2002 - 2003

    President

    at SWAT Robotics team in Seattle, WA
    • Managed multilevel organization with executives, engineers, and business teams in simulated start up.
    • Mentored high school and university students to design and build a working robot in a major robotics competition.
    • Participated in the national FIRST robotics competition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Education

  • 2002 - 2005

    University of Washington

    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
    Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
    GPA: 3.9

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Questions

  • What is your location? Seattle

Forum Posts

  • wow

    May I join this 'chat'. :) Indeed - give it some time, the site has only been up for a few days. With a ...

    posted by Brian Ma
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Skills

  • Ruby
  • Java
  • C#
  • ASP.NET
  • C++
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • XML
  • Verilog
  • Matlab
  • LabView
  • PSpice
  • Program Management
  • Team leadership
  • Presentation experience
  • Spec writing
  • Conflict management
  • Real esate investing
  • Creative Design
  • Problem solving
  • Product design
  • Robotics
  • Music performance