# Wilbur Chen

> Frontend Engineer

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/wilbur

## Work Experience
### Senior Frontend Engineer @ Fora Travel
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States

### Lead Software Engineer, Data Visualization @ Northern Trust Corporation
Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | Chicago, IL
Lead development of d3.js visualizations for a fintech React web application
• Built both award-winning bespoke interactive data visualizations and shared chart component libraries
• Guided team/organization on visualization best practices and user experience, built and mentored data visualization team
• Oversaw development of visualizations across products spanning over $1T in assets

Technologies used: React, TypeScript, d3.js

### Software Engineer, Data Science @ Centro
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Chicago Area
• Create data visualization/analysis tools for internal use (Python/Javascript/d3.js):
• Analyze data for actionable insights and trends (Python (+ pandas), SQL)
• Automate existing data processes, including data extraction, wrangling, analysis, visualization (SQL/Python)

### Associate Software Engineer, Data Science @ Centro
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Chicago Area
• Created web tools/applications that visualize and interpret data
• Analyzed/wrangled data with Python
• Productized data science algorithms

Technologies used:
• Python, SQL, Javascript (jQuery/d3.js), HTML, CSS

### Data Science Intern (Productization) @ Centro
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
I productized data-science algorithms into a digital advertising tool. 

	    • Defined product + scope
            • Advocated for human-factors and usability in Data Science products
            • Elicited product requirements from stakeholders 
            • Worked with project managers/scientists to manage expectations and requirements
            • Created mockups/prototypes for stakeholder feedback

### UI/UX  Design Intern @ Metronome Software
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Laguna Hills, CA
I designed and developed tools for the Department of Defense. Products I worked on included a mobile/web Maps application as well as the App Store.

	    • 	Evaluated interfaces for usability and overall experience
	    • 	Created mockups with improvements 
	    • 	Implemented designs with HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Python
	    • 	Wrote software tutorials

### Software Development Intern @ Broadcom
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
I created a tool and a script that reduced the number of emails, phone calls, and meetings involved in the chip tape-out process. These tools automated several of their manual processes and gave them more time to work on their engineering duties. Additionally, my team placed 3rd in the Broadcom Hack-a-Thon, by hacking a quadcopter to be controlled in flight by hand-gestures via Microsoft Kinect.

	    • 	Eliminated several weekly meetings/e-mails by developing an automated tracking tool
	    • 	Automated a data-conversion process with a shell script

### Software Intern @ Agate Logic
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Sunnyvale, California
I improved user-experience by writing manuals for their software, and wrote a Python script to automate a manual conversion process.

	    • 	Wrote software manuals
	    • 	Automated a data-conversion process with a Python script


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics: Human-computer Interaction
UC Irvine
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/wilbur
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/wilbur/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-01