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    Below is collection of selected professional and personal projects, tap a card to learn more.

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    Fry universe

    2021-12-01

    3D modeling and data vis were used to explore why you prefer some fry shapes to others.

    personal
    3D
    data vis

    visx

    2017 – current

    visx is a collection of reusable low-level visualization components for React. visx combines the power of d3 to generate your visualization with the benefits of react for updating the DOM.

    data vis
    web
    library
    open-source

    Airbnb org chart

    2019-09-01 – 2020-03-01

    A visual product for exploring the Airbnb company, both team hierarchies and their functional composition.

    data vis
    web
    tool

    SLA tracker

    2019-06-01 – 2020-06-01

    An advanced analytical tool to explore & understand data pipeline landing times.

    data vis
    web
    tool

    Metric explorer

    2017-06-01 – 2019-01-01

    Intuitive business analytics product that enables non-technical users to explore curated, high-quality metrics easily.

    data vis
    web
    tool

    Airbnb visualization colors

    2019-06-01 – 2019-09-01

    The first Airbnb color palette designed specifically for data visualization.

    data vis

    Geo explorer

    2018-03-01 – 2018-06-01

    Product to facilitate improve reliability, coverage, and precision of Airbnb geo definitions worldwide.

    data vis
    maps
    tool
    web

    Superset dashboard 2.0

    2018 – 2019

    Re-imagined dashboarding experience with drag-and-drop, grid, and new components to support effective information hierarchy.

    tool
    web
    open-source

    10 years of Airbnb pin map

    An interactive physical visualization presenting 10 years of Airbnb growth.

    maps
    data vis

    Spatial gene expression

    2006-08-01 – 2010-08-01

    I developed a novel genome sequencing methodology to understand spatial (3D) gene expression.

    biology
    data vis

    Polka dot bike design

    2018

    Custom personal road bike paint job design

    personal

    Fraud trace

    An advanced analytics tool for understanding relationships between Airbnb guests & hosts, to support bad actor identification.

    data vis
    web
    tool

    Dataportal

    2015 – current

    A tool to democratize data assets through search and metadata exploration.

    web
    tool

    Event flow

    Advanced visualization for event sequence analysis.

    web
    data vis

    data-ui

    Chart-level visualization components for building data-rich interfaces in React. Built on visx.

    data vis
    web
    library
    open-source

    100 days of drawing

    2020-09-13 – 2020-12-23

    A mission to progress my ability to draw and sketch.

    drawing
    personal

    Search session explorer

    Custom analytics visualization to understand single-user search sessions.

    data vis
    web
    tool