Thomas So
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas So is a mobile-first engineering leader with 11 years of experience building products across iOS and Android, from the days of iOS 3 and Android Jelly Bean to modern ad-tech platforms. He scaled mobile offerings globally at AppLovin, rising to VP of Engineering before shifting to a hands-on technical staff role that emphasizes collaborative, flat engineering culture. A pragmatic engineer-investor, he also founded Private Capital to back early-stage startups and manage real estate and alternative asset strategies. His open-source contributions include mediation adapter work for Google Mobile Ads on Android, highlighting deep expertise integrating third-party ad networks like AppLovin. Based in San Francisco and engaged with Stanford in research and entrepreneurship, he combines product-focused execution with a continual learning mindset. Investors and teams who work with him consistently see measurable ROI driven by technical rigor and business acumen.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Stanford Ignite - Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Stanford Ignite - Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBS in Computer Science, BS in Managerial Economics, BS in Computer Science, BS in Managerial Economics at University of California, DavisLowell High School
Github Skills (7)
mediator10
javas10
adaptor10
android-sdk10
java10
adapter10
dependency-injection8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
googleads/googleads-mobile-android-mediation
Nov 2017 - Jun 2018
Sample Android project showcasing how to build a mediation adapter or custom event for the Google Mobile Ads SDK.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:1 review, 44 commits, 6 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Thomas contributed to the development of an Android mediation adapter, specifically for the AppLovin advertising platform. Their work focused on integrating AppLovin banner ad support, including adding the necessary code and removing support for deprecated AdMob banner sizes. The user also updated adapter versions, and incorporated dependency injection to retrieve the SDK. This demonstrates a focus on integrating third-party ad networks into the Google Mobile Ads SDK for Android.
adssample-androidgoogle-mobile-adsmediation-adapterandroid
AppLovin/iOS-SDK-Demo
Feb 2017 - Jun 2020
AppLovin's open source iOS demo application. http://applovin.com
Contributions:9 PRs, 54 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 3 months
applovinios-demoswiftiosios-source
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