# Ginger Wong

> UI/UX Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gingerwong

With extensive experience in both the graphic and engineering sides of web development, I can effectively optimize, problem-solve, and communicate front-end requirements between design, technical, and management teams.

* React, React Native
* 15+ years of experience in front-end web development using vanilla HTML, CSS, Javascript
* 10+ years of experience with server-side development using PHP and MySQL
* 10+ years of online advertising production experience, ranging from banner graphic design, to HTML5 creative development for desktop and mobile platforms, to landing page production.

* Avid ultimate frisbee player and photographer.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Philo
Jan 2016 – Present
Software engineer focused on solving UI/UX challenges across our various TV-watching platforms.

* Product owner for the development of Cross-device Control across all of our supported platforms
* Built a robust video player and browse experience for web, using React
* Use ReactNative to quickly develop the browse views for our initial TV and Mobile app on Android and iOS.
* Prototyped social watching experience

### Descendant and Hat-wearer @ Old Master Q Comics (老夫子)
Jan 1999 – Present
Sole proprietor of the Old Master Q comics website [www.oldmasterq.com], and descendant of the comic strip's original artist Alfonso Wong. Old Master Q, also known as Lao Fu Zi (老夫子), was a popular comic strip in Hong Kong from 1960s through the '90s and is still loved today across Asia. As the owner of this site I have been primarily focused on expanding awareness of these comics to western audiences of Asian heritage. The hats I constantly wear in this role include:
* Website and e-commerce Development
* Graphic Design & Production
* Product Development
* Marketing
* Social Media development

### Sr. Ads and Web Applications Developer - Ad Creative Tech @ Yahoo!
Jan 2005 – Jan 2016
* Custom and Rich Media ads development for Homepage, Login, and Magazine properties of Yahoo. Built fully functional ad tags and prototypes for desktop, tablet, and mobile publisher environments.
* Primary frontend developer for Yahoo AdSpecs site and its admin/cms tool
* Frontend development for various other Yahoo sites and internal tools

### Sr. Web Designer @ Netblue
Jan 2003 – Jan 2004
Web developer, web designer, creative/banner designer, backend development, html, css, jsp/jstl, project managment

### Consultant @ Exodus Communications
Jan 1999 – Jan 2001
web design, web devlopment, asp, sql


## Education
### BA in Molecular & Cell Biology/Neurobiology
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gingerwong

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Last updated: 2026-04-11