Alan Tse
Principal Technology Counsel Head Of IP And Privacy at Socure
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlan Tse is a Principal Technology Counsel and Head of IP and Privacy with a decade of focused experience at the intersection of AI, privacy, data security, open source, and product law. He advises tech companies and startups across the full product lifecycle—from conception through end-of-life—handling patents, copyright, open source compliance, complex commercial contracts, licensing, audits, and M&A diligence. Alan builds and chairs cross-functional governance bodies (e.g., Open Source Council/Data Governance) and has designed and delivered mandatory global training programs for over 2,000 employees. A former software engineer and security analyst, he bridges technical and legal teams on topics like machine learning, autonomous vehicles, IoT, and malware/vulnerability research. He is an active open-source contributor to Home Assistant integrations (notably Alexa and Tesla integrations), demonstrating hands-on API and full-stack development experience alongside his legal practice. Based in Irvine, CA, Alan combines practical engineering chops with strategic legal leadership to operationalize risk and policy across product and regulatory programs.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California, BerkeleyJ.D. Law, J.D. Law at USC Gould School of Law
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (16)
apim10
home-assistant10
integrate10
api10
python10
integrations9
pytest9
http-request9
sensor-fusion9
sensor9
testing9
beautifulsoup8
user-authentication8
authentication8
api-design8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
alandtse/tesla
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
Tesla custom integration for Home Assistant. This requires a refresh token be generated by third-party apps to login.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:104 releases, 108 reviews, 153 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Alan primarily focused on modifying and improving the integration of the Tesla custom component for Home Assistant. Their contributions involved restructuring the code to avoid overriding the core component and fixing tests. They also added new features, such as an energy added sensor and buttons for horn and flash lights. The user's work also included refactoring code, renaming entities, and addressing breaking changes related to sensor updates.
integrationcustom-integrationpartyassistantrefresh
alandtse/PapyrusExtenderSSE
Aug 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:16 releases, 39 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 7 months
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