Nick Zhu
Co-Founder CTO at Binaxity
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolNick Zhu is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience, currently serving as Co-Founder and CTO at Binaxity in Toronto, Canada. He blends hands-on front-end engineering with strategic product leadership across startups, including Shopbrain.com as Co-Founder & CTO and leadership roles at Affirm. An active open-source contributor and pragmatic agile advocate, he has shipped data-visualization work for dc.js and authored D3.js visualization recipes. His contributions to dc.js focus on refining UI components, styling, tooltips, and interactions across charts like pie, bubble, and geo charts. He holds an MS in Computer Science and a BCom from Shanghai University, bringing a blend of technical depth and business acumen. Earlier in his career, he led engineering as Lead Consultant at ThoughtWorks and held senior technical roles at multiple firms, giving him broad enterprise and startup experience.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Shanghai University
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (22)
data-visualizations10
d3-js10
javascript10
ui-d10
css10
data-visualisation10
ui-design10
svg10
javascripts10
front-end-development10
data-visualization10
frontend-development10
charting9
chartjs9
charts9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
NickQiZhu/d3-cookbook
Feb 2013 - Aug 2016
Source code for "Data Visualization with D3 Cookbook"
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:215 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily worked on implementing recipes for data visualization using D3.js. They created examples for various chart types including lines, areas, arcs, and bubble charts. The commits indicate an understanding of D3.js concepts such as scales, axes, transitions, and data binding to create interactive and visually appealing visualizations, primarily targeting the front-end implementation.
cookbookdata-visualizationvisualization
dc-js/dc.js
Jun 2012 - May 2014
Multi-Dimensional charting built to work natively with crossfilter rendered with d3.js
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:897 commits, 1 comment in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Nick made several commits focused on refining the styling and implementation of UI components within the dc.js library. The contributions involve modifying CSS class assignments and structure in various chart types, including pie, bubble, and geo-choropleth charts. The changes are aimed at improving the visual presentation and interactions, like tooltips and hover effects, of the charts.
visualizationchartsmulti-dimensionalchartcharting
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