Nolan Hu

Founder, Hacker, Visionary
Like a ghost in the shell, I see beyond the data.

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A journey through code, competitions, and community.

2025

MLH x DigitalOcean Hackathon — 3rd Place

Built SharkByte Support, an AI-powered customer support agent using RAG architecture.

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2025

Hacking with Agents NYC — DigitalOcean Winner

Created TwelveSocial, transforming long videos into social media clips with AI.

hackathonai
2025

Founded Sigma Synapses

Started building AI-powered business solutions. Full-stack ownership of 12+ production applications.

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2023

Apex for Youth — 7 Years of Mentorship

Completed mentoring an immigrant student from middle school through high school graduation.

volunteercommunity
2020

BNY Mellon — VP Information Security Analyst

Cyber risk management, Python ETL pipelines, reduced data processing time by 30%.

careersecurity
2020

CPC Leadership Council — Board Member

Joined advisory board for youth development programs in the Chinese-American community.

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2018

HSBC — Analytics Associate

Sales intelligence and analytics. Increased operational efficiency by 40%, automated BAU processes.

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2016

JPMorgan Chase — Data Scientist/Engineer

Workforce analytics, ML pipelines with Hadoop ecosystem. Reduced processing time by 80%.

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2016

NYC College of Technology — Graduated

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Systems Technology. Honor's Scholar, Dean's List, GPA 3.5.

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2016

Apex for Youth — Started Mentoring

Began 7-year journey mentoring an immigrant student through their academic career.

volunteercommunity
2015

ShmooCon Security Conference — Scholarship

Second year receiving scholarship to attend the security conference.

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2014

NBC Comcast Universal Hackathon — Winner

Won the Beamly Challenge for innovative storytelling technology.

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2014

CSAW Cyber Security Awareness Week — 3rd Place

Placed 3rd in DHS Quiz at the world's largest student cybersecurity competition.

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2014

BlackHat USA — Full Scholarship

Received full attendance scholarship to the premier security conference.

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2014

Globe Language Services — IT Administrator

First IT role. Sole IT resource for 20+ employees, 99% uptime.

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2013

NYC College of Technology — Started

Began Computer Systems Technology program. Dean's List first semester.

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