Ray Sun
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Samir Lakhani
Ray is an extremely talented product manager. He has a rare combination of strategic and business insight, design sense and technical depth - particularly in the mobile space. He effortlessly scales from building a high level roadmap to building a detailed and practical product plan. I learned a lot from working with him and would love to work together again someday!
David Pan
Ray is truly passionate about technology. He is particularly strong when it comes to setting vision and planning the direction of a product. His ideas are forward-looking yet still grounded in reality. Ray also does a great job of staying on top of current trends and the competitive landscape so you know his thinking will adapt to changes in the industry.
Samir Lakhani
Ray is an extremely talented product manager. He has a rare combination of strategic and business insight, design sense and technical depth - particularly in the mobile space. He effortlessly scales from building a high level roadmap to building a detailed and practical product plan. I learned a lot from working with him and would love to work together again someday!
David Pan
Ray is truly passionate about technology. He is particularly strong when it comes to setting vision and planning the direction of a product. His ideas are forward-looking yet still grounded in reality. Ray also does a great job of staying on top of current trends and the competitive landscape so you know his thinking will adapt to changes in the industry.
Samir Lakhani
Ray is an extremely talented product manager. He has a rare combination of strategic and business insight, design sense and technical depth - particularly in the mobile space. He effortlessly scales from building a high level roadmap to building a detailed and practical product plan. I learned a lot from working with him and would love to work together again someday!
David Pan
Ray is truly passionate about technology. He is particularly strong when it comes to setting vision and planning the direction of a product. His ideas are forward-looking yet still grounded in reality. Ray also does a great job of staying on top of current trends and the competitive landscape so you know his thinking will adapt to changes in the industry.
Samir Lakhani
Ray is an extremely talented product manager. He has a rare combination of strategic and business insight, design sense and technical depth - particularly in the mobile space. He effortlessly scales from building a high level roadmap to building a detailed and practical product plan. I learned a lot from working with him and would love to work together again someday!
David Pan
Ray is truly passionate about technology. He is particularly strong when it comes to setting vision and planning the direction of a product. His ideas are forward-looking yet still grounded in reality. Ray also does a great job of staying on top of current trends and the competitive landscape so you know his thinking will adapt to changes in the industry.
Experience
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Freeus, LLC
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United States
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal Software Architect
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Sep 2021 - Present
Freeus designs the most popular wholesale PERS (Personal Emergency Response System) device. Tech lead for Freeus's iOS and Android development teams. Advising technical decisions across Freeus. Freeus designs the most popular wholesale PERS (Personal Emergency Response System) device. Tech lead for Freeus's iOS and Android development teams. Advising technical decisions across Freeus.
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Chief Technology Officer
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Jul 2017 - Sep 2021
Acquired by Freeus. FallSafety provides AI-based fall detection for seniors at risk of injury and industrial Lone Workers. We've modernized fall detection by utilizing advancements in neural networks and GPU performance. The iPhone and Apple Watch now have the computational power to detect falls based on AI (ML) models. These models, derived from the analysis of millions of sensor data samples, are more accurate than human-designed algorithms. And they naturally improve as computers become faster. Show less
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Sidekick
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Computer Games
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Founder, Software Engineer
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Jan 2015 - Jul 2017
Sidekick is part of Supercell's exclusive invite-only Creator Code program, in which Supercell pays us a share of Clash of Clans revenue. Sidekick helps eSports teams optimize their play by improving team communication, providing instant game stats, and helping coaches with strategy. With top eSports players earning >$3 million, coaches are increasingly looking to analytics tools to maximize performance. Think Moneyball. Sidekick has >150k users including top eSports teams. clashsidekick.com "Sidekick is an artfully crafted bot that is not only extremely useful but also simple to use and intuitive. It blows away its competition easily taking its place as the best Clash of Clans bot" - Manager, Wheel of Time Show less
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Principal Lead Program Manager - Office for iOS
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Jul 2013 - Jan 2015
Managed the Office Cross-Platform PM team. Shipped v1 of Office for iPad and iPhone. Initiated and drove 2 strategy plans - 1) Improving the Office document collaboration experience, 2) Competitive response to Apple integrating iWork into iOS. Initiated and co-wrote MS Apps, an iOS app for distributing pre-release versions of Microsoft products. Adopted company-wide for dogfooding. Managed the Office Cross-Platform PM team. Shipped v1 of Office for iPad and iPhone. Initiated and drove 2 strategy plans - 1) Improving the Office document collaboration experience, 2) Competitive response to Apple integrating iWork into iOS. Initiated and co-wrote MS Apps, an iOS app for distributing pre-release versions of Microsoft products. Adopted company-wide for dogfooding.
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Apple
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Indonesia
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Staff Product and Program Manager - iOS Ads
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Apr 2012 - Jun 2013
Drove iAd feature roadmap for iOS 7 and beyond (e.g. building a better Siri experience while also helping advertisers), and prioritized the right feature set for iOS 7. Model of my hand used to test iPhone 5’s wireless radio. Offered a Director of PM job to drive long-term iOS planning. Drove iAd feature roadmap for iOS 7 and beyond (e.g. building a better Siri experience while also helping advertisers), and prioritized the right feature set for iOS 7. Model of my hand used to test iPhone 5’s wireless radio. Offered a Director of PM job to drive long-term iOS planning.
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Principal Lead Program Manager - Outlook, Windows Phone, Bing, IE
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Jul 1997 - Mar 2012
- Promoted to Lead in 1999, only 1.5 years out of college - Drove Outlook towards full email replacement apps for iOS and Android, instead of mini-apps, improving the customer experience - Investigated business strategy for the Windows Phone VP — e.g. Should we sell the Windows Phone OS directly to consumers? How can we reduce the cost of our phones by supporting lower-cost components? - Helped close a $40 million search ad distribution deal with RealNames - Promoted to Lead in 1999, only 1.5 years out of college - Drove Outlook towards full email replacement apps for iOS and Android, instead of mini-apps, improving the customer experience - Investigated business strategy for the Windows Phone VP — e.g. Should we sell the Windows Phone OS directly to consumers? How can we reduce the cost of our phones by supporting lower-cost components? - Helped close a $40 million search ad distribution deal with RealNames
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Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering