# Joseph Hsiung

> Innovator

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/josephhsiung

I studied Computer Science, Psychology, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Duke to pursue opportunities that not only technologically advance our society but also foster a higher collective consciousness. 

My motto: Learn something new every day.

## Work Experience
### Product Engineer @ Top Secret
Jan 2023 – Present
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### Private Instructor @ Unknown
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
AP & College-Level: Computer Science, Calculus, Statistics, English as a Second Language
  ‣ Fulfilled guarantee of at least one letter-grade increase for all students.

### Product Manager @ D8AI Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Taipei City, Taiwan
Developed document-recognition tool (DocBot) under Enterprise Virtual Assistant process-automation project.
  ‣ DocBot’s UI includes input for a scanned or photographed image of a document, user manipulation (rotation & cropping) of the image, sending the image to a backend service that detects and recognizes the image’s textual content, user correction for the result returned from backend, and finally storing the corrected result.

### Business Manager, Bass Section Leader @ Rhythm & Blue
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Durham, North Carolina, United States
Upgraded website for Duke’s premier co-ed a cappella group, reaching fundraiser goal to release new EP.

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Mind at Large Lab, Duke Psychology & Neuroscience
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Durham, North Carolina, United States
Investigated benefits of mind-wandering (MW) in optimizing human cognitive processing that demonstrated statistically significant level of rapid/modulated MW, a previously unproven phenomenon.
  ‣ Developed and implemented unique testing algorithm for Clock Task and probing algorithm for Alternate Uses Task to examine positive correlation between MW and creative problem-solving incubation.

### Global Service Consultant @ DukeEngage - A Program of Duke University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Phangnga, Thailand
Improved hygiene and rehabilitation treatments at Royal Thai Navy Base Conservation Center for 1000+ baby sea turtles. 
  ‣ Teamed up with national parks in biodiversity survey projects to incorporate pollution geo-tracking app and establish new documentation database for comprehensive native species data collection.

### Academic Mentor @ CollegeVine
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
Advised high school students in managing resources and schedules to improve their study habits/performance. 
  ‣ Designed innovative schedule planner to implement in personal work management.

### Product Management Intern @ D8AI Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Taipei City, Taiwan
Drove ideation of new B2B solutions in hospitals, restaurants, and classrooms by conducting research and A/B testing. 
  ‣ Added English voice recognition functionality to ordering service application. 
Led development process for new company avatar and logo, working across Engineering and Graphic Design teams. 
  ‣ Determined final range of 12 facial expressions to cover all of the D8 bot’s programmed UI/UX interactions.

### Lab Research Intern @ Palo Alto VA Hospital
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Palo Alto, California
Continuation of previous summer's research working under Chief of Vascular Surgery, Dr. Wei Zhou, to conclude my project. 
  ‣ Published paper in Journal of Cellular Biochemistry: “Eotaxin Augments Calcification in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Eotaxin accelerates calcification”

### Lab Research Intern @ Stanford University School of Medicine
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Palo Alto, California
Arthritis Foundation sponsorship under Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR); Siemens Semifinalist.
  ‣ Research project on a chemokine eotaxin’s effect on plaque calcification in human vascular smooth muscle cells.
  ‣ Mastered in vitro cell treatments, Bradford assay for protein concentration, spectrophotometric quantification for calcium deposition, Alizarin red staining for calcium phosphate, cell lysates for ALP activity, Western blot/ICC for transcription factors.


## Education
### Bachelor's in Computer Science, Psychology Minor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate
Duke University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

### Study Abroad
Queen Mary University of London
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

### Monta Vista High School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/josephhsiung
- Website: http://josephhsiung.wix.com/life

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Last updated: 2026-03-23