Will King

Brought product-driven processes to revamp proprietary technology as consumer tools. Started from lean canvas and successfully relaunched two products, an options flow visualizer and HFT/algo detection. Have more recently switched focus to spend the last 9 months researching blockchain and ethereum tech and influence in capital markets

• Since launch in December, grew options flow visualizer to 15k MMR and 185 paying subs
• HFT/Algo detection beta launched in January, with 40 paying users and 30 waiting for access
• Curator of the email newsletter and editor for blog

Capp.io is a simple stock research tool to help validate ideas for millennial investors. Focused on growth, user acquisition and product UX. Acquired by Simply Wall Street (http://simplywallst.com) in April 2016.

• Gathered interest for a waitlist of 500 people before launch. Grew the userbase to 2k through content and social media interaction.
• Led customer discovery by conducting over 200 interviews in 90 days to narrow the problem scope. Distilled interview data into initial MVP.
• Accepted and participated in DreamIt NYC 2015 cohort
• Organized and led Capp.io acquisition process with Simply Wall Street

HubLogix is an automated order management solution for online retailers to increase efficiency from checkout to delivery. Joined solo-founder as first employee and contributed to growing from seed to series A

• Reduced churn by formalizing the onboarding process for enterprise clients
• Maintained internal and external product documentation for onboarding support reps and customers
• Responsible for reproduction and diagnosis of escalated bug reports
• Assisted CTO in prioritizing and resolving customer facing product issues
• Key role in recruiting and interviewing 5 hires that stayed >1 year

Self taught through Coursera, edX, Udacity, Code School and supportive mentors.

• Relevant classes: Software Engineering for SaaS (UC Berkeley), Algorithms Part 1 (Stanford University), Startup Engineering (Stanford University)

Relevant Classes: Systems Architecture (ECE3035), Signal Processing (ECE2025), Computing Fundamentals (ECE2893), Object Oriented Programming (CS1331), Discrete Math for CS (CS2050), Applied Combinatorics (MATH3012), Probability & Statistics (MATH3215)

A grassroots student movement dedicated to educating and providing resources for undergraduates enthusiastic about entrepreneurship. Cultivate a student co-working space in the heart of campus, which grew from 4 founders to 60+ active members and a social media reach of 500+. Raised over $120,000+ in sponsorships for HackGT and 3 Day Startup. Developed partnerships critical to sending over 200+ GT students to 5 university hackathons.

Georgia Tech’s first student-run pre-accelerator. Mentored two cohorts of five teams each and took them from idea to prototype over the course of 12 weeks. Paired student teams with active Atlanta CEOs and founders. Culminated in a demo day. Notable alumni include GlovoApp, Eqip, CloudPin, ShortWeb and more.

"GitHub for teachers" - a place where educators can collaboratively build, share and store digital lesson plans for free. This contract job included A/B testing landing page copy & design to increase signups from 50 to 100/wk. Also designed and implemented transactional emails using HTML/CSS & MailChimp API. Applied jQuery, Bootstrap and Backbone.js to create in-app tutorials for new users

A full stack development agency whose client base includes Salesforce, Disney and Gamestop. I used Titanium SDK to build GameStop iOS/Android apps w/ Jasmine for unit tests. Proposed and assisted Jenkins implementation for continuous integration. Refactored templates like slideshow viewers, lists, and detail pages into Android UI modules to use across apps.