Allan Dao

CS @ University of Washington. Go Huskies!

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Hey there 👋 ! I'm a Computer Science major at the University of Washington in Seattle. I love to spend my time exploring, whether it be new hobbies, foods 🍜, cities, or more practical experiences and skills in design, development, video production 🎥, and more.

In particular, I've sought to consistenly build my software engineering skills 💻 through development for ideas, projects, and organizations I'm excited about. Career wise 💼, I've had fantastic internship experiences at Westbold 🛠️, a privacy technology brand and at Wayfair 🛋️ in Boston. I also spent a past summer in Charlotte at Wells Fargo 🏦 doing full-stack web development and at Steelcase for DevOps, working with cloud ☁️ technologies and improving infrastructure.

Longboarding to catch sunsets, playing a lot of pool (a lot of 8-ball 🎱 and 9-ball), and a computer science exchange in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 at KTH have been huge highlights in recent years!

See more of my work below.

Design

To complement development skills, I've taken the time to grow my understanding of UI/UX and a customer-first approach. Learning about increasing accessibility on the web has been an important part of this journey.

Development

I'm working with a variety of languages, with an emphasis on Java, C#, TypeScript, and Python. Strong career and academic experiences have contributed to a firm foundation for computing.

Project Archive

These are older projects collected from my earlier experiences programming. Newer projects are on GitHub or through coursework. Hover over the images to learn more.

Student Music Initiatives
Student Music Initiatives:
A website created created for a local student-run nonprofit.
Formerly studentmusicinitiatives.org
Inglemoor TSA
Chapter Website:
A redesigned school chapter website. Provides key marketing details, plus links to important resources and forms for members.
Formerly inglemoortsa.org
Conference Dash
TSA Conference Dash: A sandbox style video game created with Ethan Stone and Jenny Xiong for the TSA National Conference.
Washington Student Cancer Awareness Assocation Website
Washington Student Cancer Awareness Association:
A website I designed for a student-led nonprofit organization I'm involved in. WASCAA's mission support student in their initiatives to fundraise for cancer.
wascaa.org
Waikiki Cell Phone Repair Website
Waikiki Cell Phone Repair:
A modern website created for a phone and computer repair store based in Honolulu.
waikikicellphonerepair.com
FBLA Video Game: Membership Mania
FBLA Membership Mania:
A sandbox style video game created with Ethan Stone that earned us 8th place at the FBLA National Conference.
Study Link Social Media Network Project for TSA
Study Link:
Created with Daniel Ng and Steven Zhang, Study Link is a social media application for students looking for study groups that earned us 4th place at the TSA National Conference.
Prolepsis Artificial Intelligence Website
Prolepsis AI Website:
Inspired by the Rocket Careers website, Prolepsis is a redesigned website for a simulated AI company.
Rocket Careers Website
Rocket Careers Website:
A quick mock-up of a career based website for FBLA. Made with Danny Pham and Jarek Cruz. The goal was to create a website completely from scratch.
Extreme Slopes Snowboarding
Extreme Slopes Snowboarding:
A simple low-poly model game created with Ethan Stone based on the theme of sports. Online version below (optimized a standalone):
extremeslopes.netlify.app
Hunt the Wumpus
The Minotaur:
A video game created in Unity for the annual 'Hunt the Wumpus' competition at Microsoft. The project won a Runner-up award.
Cardboard Stool
Cardboard Stool:
Collaborative design for a cardboard stool challenge. Stools should only be comprised of only 3 sheets of cardboard and be made without any glue or fasteners. Intended for usage at pop-up restaurants.

Questions or comments?
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Email

contact@allandao.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/allandao

Github

github.com/allandao