Trantor Liu
Founder & CEO @CakeResume
On top of being an expert in product design, full-stack web development, and user experience (UX) design, I'm also proficient in search engine optimization (SEO) strategy planning, user interface (UI) design, and etc.
Open source contributions - https://github.com/trantorliu
UI design portfolio - https://dribbble.com/trantorliu
UX design and product promotion articles - https://medium.com/@TrantorLiu
Professional Background
Current status
Employed・Not open to opportunities
Profession
CEO,Chief Executive Officer・Project / Product Management
Fields
Software・Human Resources
Work experience
6-10 years (6-10 years relevant)
Management
I've had experience in managing 15+ people
Skills
React.jsRuby on Rails
Languages
Chinese・Native or Bilingual
English・Intermediate
Highest level of education
Bachelor
Job search preferences
Desired job type
Full time・Not interested in working remotely
Desired positions
Full Stack Web Developer
Desired work locations
Taipei, 台灣・California, 美國・台灣新竹
Freelance
Non-freelancer
Work Experience
Founder & CEO
CakeResume・Full-Time
March 2016 - Present6 yrs4 mos
台灣台北市
When I first founded CakeResume, its MVP (minimum valuable product) has received a wide recognition after published to sites like Hacker News and Product Hunt. As a result, it was growing at a steady rate of 50 new visitors daily. In the first 18 months, I developed and optimized CakeResume alone and worked with contract designer and content writers. 18 months later, with 80K users and 100K USD angel fund, I started recruiting for employees. We currently have 4 full-time, and 4 part-time and contract employees. Product Hunt 1st post (285 upvotes) - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/cakeresume Product Hunt 2nd post (1871 upvotes) - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/cakeresume-v2 Hacker News post (120 comments) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13121402
Full-Stack Web Developer
Codementor・Full-Time
October 2014 - March 20161 yr6 mos
Taipei City, Taiwan
Codementor is the largest community for developer mentorship and an on-demand marketplace for software developers. I helped the company build Codementor Monthly, Codementor Live Classes, and a conversion rate tracking system. I also voluntarily helped optimize Codementor's Google keyword ads and boosted the clickthrough rate from 0.7% to 1.7%. In my spare time, I learned about keyword ads optimization and UI design while in search for some startup business ideas. In the end, I decided to redo CakeResume that was shut down during my service in the army. A totally redesigned CakeResume was then published to Product Hunt and received a wide recognition, prompting me to quit my job and start my own business. https://www.codementor.io
Second Lieutenant
Republic of China Armed Forces・Full-Time
August 2013 - July 20141 yr0 mos
Hsinchu City, Taiwan 300
As a second lieutenant chief counselor in the Republic of China Armed Forces, I built ArmyApp with 4 of my college friends. It helps soldiers report their locations during their vacation away from the army and it takes merely 3 seconds to report. It caused an army-wide sensation and became news in Taiwan. In recognition of my efforts, the Chief of the Republic of China Army awarded me a prize and the Army Command Headquarters also let me lead a short term project to digitize other information system for the army. ArmyApp - http://armyapp.tw News - https://tw.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20140209/35628686/
Education
National Taiwan University
Bachelor’s Degree・Computer Science & Information Engineering
2009 - 2013
Description
As a self-taught web developer, in my junior year I founded over five sites, including "Macondo", an online bookstore, and 2013's NTU graduates joint affairs committee, although they have not been discontinued. During my senior year, I tried compiling an e-book with my JavaScript and Node.js knowledge despite only 5 chapters were finished. In between semesters, I also taught 8 of my peers Node.js. http://bit.ly/2R5SwdF Prior to graduation, I founded CakeResume because there was no highly customizable online multimedia resume builder available at the time. With minimal features, CakeResume then provided a way to arrange simple resume layout and to publish your resume online. In spite of having less than a hundred users, some student actually successfully landed an internship at Firefox with the help of CakeResume. The site was hosted in my home desktop and a computer hardware failure forced it to be shut down during my time in the army.
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