Samuel Chordas
Business Operations Intern
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSamuel Chordas is a technically deep product operator with 11 years of Android-first engineering experience and a BS in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from USC, now channeling that expertise into entrepreneurship through acquisition. He has driven high-impact platform work at Square (consolidating multiple apps and fixing revenue-impacting bugs), built test infrastructure and raised UI test coverage at PayJoy, and helped create Google-backed Android education used by 100K+ learners. More recently he moved into deal sourcing and analysis—leading proprietary searches and financial diligence at Black Powder Holdings and interning in business operations—bringing a rare blend of hands-on engineering, operator grit, and M&A-focused strategy. He also co-founded a direct-to-consumer wellness brand, proving product-market instincts and end-to-end go-to-market chops. Based in Berkeley, he pairs a maker’s mindset (from CNC machining to mobile UIs) with formal business training via HBS CORe, positioning him to buy, optimize, and scale small businesses.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Non-degree seeking Mathematics, Non-degree seeking Mathematics at University of California, BerkeleyCORe Credential of Readiness, CORe Credential of Readiness at Harvard Business School OnlineBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science and Computer Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaNon-degree seeking Physics, Non-degree seeking Physics at University of Nevada, RenoEngineering, Engineering at Truckee Meadows Community College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
javas10
uid10
recyclerview10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
android-recyclerview10
android10
java10
sqlite8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
udacity/StockHawk
Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
An Android app for monitoring stocks. This will replace Project 3 in the Android Developer Nanodegree.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:63 commits, 7 PRs, 53 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Samuel primarily focused on developing the UI and integrating various Android features for the stock monitoring application. They added necessary permissions, implemented UI elements like a RecyclerView and Floating Action Button, and set up a basic cursor adapter. The commits also involved integrating services for data fetching and background tasks, incorporating features like a periodic task using GCM. Finally, the user made changes to the database schema and UI theming.
nanodegreeandroid-developerandroidandroid-appkotlin
schordas/SaltBlock
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
An encryption library geared towards encrypting data before pushing to the cloud.
Contributions:65 commits, 68 PRs, 38 pushes in 17 days
cryptographyencryptingprivacypushingencryption-library
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