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Scott AronsonunlockedKevin: together at Nortel Networks (1999)
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Kevin: together at Leitch Technology
About
Kevin Shin is a cofounder of Giveffect, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch. His technical background spans hardware control systems, embedded firmware, assembly programming, compiler development, and mobile and web application development.
Founder at GiveffectYC W15
Intro paths
YC
Kevin went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Giveffect's investors · 1
Co-founders at Giveffect
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Allan ShinFounder/CPO
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Anisa MirzaCofounder
Experience
- GiveffectCofoundercurrent2012 — present
- IBMWeb Accessibility Architect, Application Security Division2013 — 2014Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- IBMMobile Solution Architect, WebSphere Commerce2008 — 2013Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- IBMTeam Lead, C++ on PlayStation 3 (Cell Processor)2005 — 2008Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- IBMC++ Compiler Kernel / Runtime Developer2002 — 2005Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Suitebase, IncCTO & Co-Founder2009 — 2012Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Leitch TechnologyEmbedded Software Engineer2001Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- IBMCompiler Optimization Developer2001Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Nortel NetworksHardware Development1999Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Canadian Gas Research InstituteControls Development1999Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- ICE Integrated Communications & Entertainment, IncNetwork System Administrator1998Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Skills & more
Dojo4iOS development4Android Development3MVC3C/C++ STL2Borland Delphi2Turbo Pascal2Agile Methodologies6Web Services3SOA2OpenMP2Software Development28
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Solution ArchitectureIBM Websphere CommerceRational Team ConcertMobile DevicesProgrammingScrumIntegrationRuby on RailsCSS JavascriptHTML 5jQueryXcodeLanguages Cantonese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kevin Shin?
- Kevin Shin is a cofounder of Giveffect, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2015 batch. His technical background spans hardware control systems, embedded firmware, assembly programming, compiler development, and mobile and web application development.
- Where does Kevin Shin work?
- Kevin Shin is Founder of Giveffect.
- What companies did Kevin Shin found?
- Kevin Shin founded Giveffect.
- Where did Kevin Shin go to school?
- Kevin Shin studied at YCombinator; NTOU (Unofficial) (Mandarin Language Training); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Engineering).
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