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Yan-Yin K. Choy

Mission-Driven Technologist and Community Builder

Pronouns: She/They · Pronounced: "Y-UHH-N Y-EeE-N CH-OYY"

Bay Area, California

Hi! I'm a mission-driven technologist and community builder with eight years of experience applying strategic product thinking and empathetic human-centered design to make technology work better for people. With five years of engineering experience and 13 years of leadership experience, I enjoy creative problem solving.



Projects



Public Speaking

Yan Yin Choy lightning talk at Brigade Congress 2017

Lightning Talk: Renter's Rights Guide

Brigade Congress

Code for America

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 2017

Pitch: Renter's Rights Guide

Civic & Gov Tech Showcase

Innovate Your State

San Jose, California
September 2017


About

I'm a mission-driven technologist and community builder with eight years of experience applying strategic product thinking and empathetic, human-centered design to make technology work better for people. With five years of engineering experience and 13 years of leadership experience, I enjoy creative problem solving.

Superpowers:

  • I take pride in being persistent and proactive in understanding stakeholder priorities, clarifying user needs, and making purposeful product decisions
  • I am adaptive, applying my attention to detail and holistic thinking to work through highly ambiguous situations and prioritize delivering value to users
  • I am an empathetic relationship builder, connecting teams and thinking strategically about delivering robust and scalable technology and quality user experiences

At ServiceNow, I build and maintain high quality, accessible and scalable design system web components to empower engineers and customers to visually integrate workflows. As former executive director of Code for San José, I led a community of volunteers to deliver technology to solve civic problems for San José and California. Previously, I worked in product development for Caravan Studios, and served as director of New Leaders Council Silicon Valley. I value communication, collaboration, creativity and strategic action. Outside of work, I enjoy dancing, yoga, writing and painting.

Interested in collaborating? View my resume. Let's connect!


Awards

Most Original Project, Hack the Patriarchy, October 2017

Honorable Mention, CTRL ALT DELETE HATE Hackathon, April 2017

Lee Sturtevant 'Woman Warrior' Award, DAWN, Aug 2015

Skills

Leadership: Strategic Planning, Agile Development, Teamwork, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management, Community Building, Personnel Management, Volunteer Management, Public Speaking, Grant Writing, Facilitation, Budget Management, Fundraising

Web Development: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, internal JavaScript library, Node, Docker, Git, Jest, Mocha

Design: Wireframing, Prototyping, UX, Design, User Research, Excel, Miro

Let's Connect!

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