# Bez Reyhan > Software Engineer @ Altruist Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/bez A full-stack engineer that enjoys building products that people love to use. I have a particular interest in using data to help drive customer growth and feature development. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Altruist Jan 2024 – Present | Los Angeles, California, United States ### Senior Software Engineer @ Verishop Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Santa Monica, California, United States Building the future of e-commerce. ### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Thrive Market Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Marina del Rey, California ### Software Engineer @ Gem (acquired by Blockdaemon) Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Venice, California Building blockchain solutions to help solve data management problems in healthcare and supply chain. ### Business Development Intern @ Chee.rs App Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Culver City, CA. • Researched best practices in design, marketing, and community growth & management of successful startups. Worked with designer and developers to implement relevant improvements. • Managed social network by engaging with community members, developing relationships with influencers, and finding content for our social network and blogging platforms. • Used Reddit-model to find and push interesting content into the app. • Created pre and post-launch marketing roadmap. Executed relevant tasks like researching and finding PR agencies and video developers to help us promote the app. ### Strategy Intern @ The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Los Angeles, CA. • Market analysis of main competitors in order to identify profitable markets that are being underserved by competitors, and to prevent management from entering into oversaturated markets. • Created index analyses for various products to assess the benefit or cannibalization of promotions. • Analyzed the success of individual markets and stores by charting a year-over-year analysis of profit and losses. Identified problematic stores that either needed a change of management or additional help from corporate in regards to real estate costs or marketing. Presented findings to VP of Finance and VP of Operations. • For all aforementioned analyses, created a template that could be applied to any market for any year. ### Finance Intern @ Abbott Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Chicago, IL. • Mapped and analyzed the steps that financial information travels - from international plants to headquarters - and identified as well as presented a more efficient model to higher management • Participated in monthly conference calls with various European, Latin American, and Pacific Asian & African manufacturing plants to review financial performance • Analyzed and helped build the 2011 financial benchmarks for various international plants ### Marketing & Sales Manager @ BTTR Ventures Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Berkeley, CA. • Secured distribution in the Berkeley Student Cooperative system, resulting in $1,200 in monthly sales • Managed sales team to conduct demonstrations in 16 grocery markets and Farmer’s Markets • Managed online marketing campaign, which led to a 15% increase in online sales • Wrote a grant for the Yoshiyama Entrepreneur competition, winning BTTR $50,000 • Led two associates in the Wal-Mart Business Plan Competition, placing 4th in the nation (link) ### Marketing Research Intern @ Sony Pictures Entertainment Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Culver City, CA. • Researched costumer perception surrounding over 25 marketing campaigns by utilizing social networks, blogs, and newsfeeds, thus allowing for more targeted advertising • Compared marketing tactics of large production companies to those of Sony Pictures, thus giving higher management the necessary information to target audiences more competitively ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration and Management University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bez-reyhan-a08aa210 --- Source: https://flows.cv/bez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23