OWEN WANG

wangfowen@gmail.com

SKILLS SUMMARY

I'm a computer engineer with experience in the F&B industry. I've worked at 3 restaurants and continue to run pop-ups, taste-tests, and cater dinner parties. Outside of the kitchen, I have worked in food-adjacent tech for 4+ years across coffee and grocery supply chain, e-commerce, and restaurant back-of-house software. Past employers have described me as hard-working and a self-starter.

HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE

11 Westside, May-June 2019
- Line cook at the high end, 120 seat Mexican restaurant owned by Chef Esdras Ochoa
- During service worked tortilla, taco assembling, garde manger, and patissier stations
- Covered every part of prep, ensuring proper organization and cleanliness with every task
- Managed time efficiently, sometimes covering multiple stations when short handed
Check In Taipei, July 2019
- Worked the fryer at the fast casual, 80 seat Taiwanese restaurant
Get Low Dumplings, Jan. 2018
- Rotated between plating and front of house at the dumpling pop-up restaurant
Cooking Night, Mar. 2018 – Present
- Plan, iterate, and execute on recurring dinner parties run by me and one other, each with an entirely different menu
- One recent example was a 6 course tasting for 8 guests with a theme of health, clocking in at 1076 calories, 60g protein

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Odeko, Engineering Manager, Dec. 2020 – Present
- We level the playing field for independent cafes, helping with their supply chain, ordering systems, and more
- Currently lead 3 teams with 15 engineers across them, focused on our supply marketplace
Makasu, Founder, Mar. 2020 – Dec. 2020
- Founded the startup to help back of house. Had two restaurants using my service before I closed down the business
- Products built include an app for inventory and prep management, a web interface for recipe management, and order aggregation across delivery apps
Farmstead, Software Engineer, Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2018
- First engineer at the grocery startup. We did grocery delivery from the ground up with our own warehouses and drivers
- Iterated on over 20 different products including the e-commerce store front used by customers, pick/pack and route management tools used by operations, and app for drivers to complete their routes
Google, Software Engineer, July 2015 – Mar. 2017
- Worked on the Real Time Services team within the Internet of Things department
Info on other work experience available upon request

EDUCATION

Culinary Education
- Studied full time at a professional culinary school in China learning Szechuan and Cantonese cuisine
- Took cooking classes while traveling across 10+ countries from Myanmar to Peru
- Took the Thomas Keller and Gordon Ramsey Masterclasses and made every dish from them
- Self-studied through Noma Guide to Fermentation, The Food Lab, and Salt Fat Acid Heat
University of Waterloo, B.A.Sc., Honors Co-op Computer Engineering, 2010 – 2015
- Won Best Project in my algorithms class for an adaptive simulated annealing algorithm for tuning voice activity detection
- Dean's Honour List – excellent academic standing based on combination of GPA and percentile rank
- President's Scholarship of Distinction – above 95% admission average