Taihua Rubin

Taihua Rubin is a software engineer with experience in both digital and brick-and-mortar businesses. Taihua began their career in 2013 as a teaching intern at the New York City Guitar School, where they conducted a research project and coached rock bands. In 2015, they moved on to become a studio engineer at New York University, where they monitored recording studios, managed and recommended audio recording equipment, and troubleshot for recording sessions. In 2017, they co-founded the Long Beach Guitar School, where they launched the startup's digital and brick-and-mortar businesses, recruited 10+ teachers and 1000+ students, and introduced Agile project management to enhance teamwork metrics. This resulted in 250% better communication for complex projects in the startup environment. Additionally, they arranged user experience interviews to improve web applications UI, generating 70% more enrollments. In 2020, Taihua Rubin became a software engineer at The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy. Most recently, they began working as a software engineer at Resilia in 2021.

Taihua Rubin has an educational background in engineering, computer science, and arts, entertainment, and media management. Taihua obtained a Master's degree in Engineering from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Tainan National University of the Arts in 2015. Taihua also completed a Software Engineering course from The Grace Hopper Program at Fullstack Academy and a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) course from The Interaction Design Foundation. Additionally, Rubin holds certifications in Learning REST APIs from LinkedIn (2020), THE INTERACTION DESIGN FOUNDATION from The Interaction Design Foundation (2018), HTML from SoloLearn, and Toefl from ETS Global B.V.