Christopher Kwan
Staff Software Engineer, Video Media & AI at Walter Kwan Insurance Agency, Inc.
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Kwan is a Staff Software Engineer specializing in video, media, and AI with 11 years of full-stack and tech-lead experience across startups, large enterprises, and embedded startup-in-a-company environments. He combines a human-computer interaction background and UX training with strong backend architecture skills (C#, ASP.NET Core, PostgreSQL, AWS) to deliver delightful, production-grade user experiences. Christopher has driven product spinouts, led teams of up to 10 engineers, and shipped high-impact features from greenfield APIs to interactive design editors used by millions. A proven innovator, he holds two patents, six hackathon awards, and seven peer-reviewed research papers stemming from accessible-computing work at Boston University. Notably, he architected R&D-to-production integrations that generated multi-million-dollar projected revenue and operational savings, and he enabled a multilingual insurance agency’s seamless shift to fully remote operations during COVID with zero downtime. Based in Greater Boston, he blends research rigor, practical engineering, and a knack for turning prototypes into scalable products.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Chinese Language and Culture, Certificate, Chinese Language and Culture at Fudan UniversityEntrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Cleanweb HacceleratorCertificate, UX (User Experience), Certificate, UX (User Experience) at Bentley UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa at Boston University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (77)
bash10
xbox10
nvm10
javascript10
reactive-programming10
scalable10
mobx10
typescript10
cross-platform10
lts10
android10
nodejs10
ios10
react-native10
redux10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
chriskwan/electron-bare-bones
Dec 2016 - Oct 2019
Bare bones [Electron](http://electron.atom.io) app for demo purposes
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 11 months
electronio-appbarebonesatom
chriskwan/whiteboard
Sep 2015 - Oct 2020
Collaborate using HTML5 Canvas and PeerJS
Contributions:2 releases, 39 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 1 month
peerjscanvasjavascriptcollaboratehtml5
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