Dian Pan
Full Stack Developer
Contact
Phone
Phone: 831-261-7857
Location
Skills
Languages: Ruby, Javascript, HTML/CSS, SQL
Frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Foundation, Sinatra
Concepts: OOP, REST, TDD, Continuous Integration, Agile
Testing: RSpec, Capybara, Jasmine
Online Marketing: User Retention, User Acquisition, Email Marketing, CRM, Web Analytics
Education
Dev Bootcamp
Jul - Oct 2015
UC Davis
BA Economics, Chinese
Awards
Dev Bootcamp + #YesWeCode Scholarship Recipient

Scholarship recipient chosen out of 1K applicants to attend Dev Bootcamp. Scholarship had less than a 5% acceptance rate.


Summary

Creative, results-oriented, data-driven developer with a background in user acquisition and retention for leading e-commerce startups.  I have a passion for learning, self improvement and building meaningful products.  After focusing on marketing for most of my career, I am excited to tackle more technical challenges.

Projects

Project lead for a data visualization tool aimed at educating young adults about personal finance.  Deployed site: http://caniaffordthis.herokuapp.com

Technologies used:

  • Backend framework: Ruby on Rails
  • Frontend: Javascript, jQuery, AJAX
  • CSS framework: Foundation

  • Data visualization: Highcharts


Employment
Hipmunk
San Francisco, CA
Sr. Marketing Manager, Email
May 2014 - Jun 2015

  • fully on-boarded ExactTarget as the new ESP platform for all triggered, transactional, and marketing emails for the company; worked closely with engineers to set up automated email campaigns
  • turned the email channel into a significant revenue generating channel from 0 to 5% of total company revenue

Citrus Lane (acquired by Care.com)
Mountain View, CA
Email & CRM
May 2013 - Apr 2014

  • turned email into the most cost effective acquisition and retargeting channel, bringing in 40% of all box subscription acquisition and 80% of additional shop revenue; increased ARPU by 2%
  • mitigated monthly churn rate by 5% through rejoin campaigns and save offers
  • product manager to onboard the ExactTarget platform including the migration of transactional emails from previous ESP; worked with engineers to automate email data pushes

Zecco (acquired by TradeKing)
San Francisco, CA
User Acquisition
May 2011 - Jan 2013

  • managed the display channel; acquired 61% of allocated account acquisitions; negotiate IOs and manage day to day relationship with partners
  • owner of end to end email marketing and lifecycle campaigns including idea conception, email design, execution and post analysis; brought in an additional 500K in funds for the 2011 tax season through an email marketing campaign
  • execute Facebook fan page campaigns from idea inception, wireframe, and launch of new fan page tabs; grew fan count by over 1000%

Volunteering
Hyphen · Subscriptions Manager

Managed subscription circulation for Hyphen, a nonprofit news and culture magazine that tells the stories of Asian America with substance, style and sass.