Trantor Liu
Founder & CEO @CakeResume
Taipei, Taiwan
On top of being an expert in product design, full-stack web development, and user experience (UX) design, I'm also proficient in search engine optimization (SEO) strategy planning, user interface (UI) design, etc.
Open source contributions — https://github.com/trantorliu
UI design portfolio — https://dribbble.com/trantorliu
UX design and product promotion articles — https://medium.com/@TrantorLiu
Skills
Programming
Node.js React Ruby on Rails
Design Tools
Sketch Figma
Experience
Founder & CEO
CakeResume • March 2016 – Present
CakeResume is a world top online resume builder, and is also known as a marketplace that matches tech talent with innovative companies in Taiwan. Since launching in May 2016, we now manage nearly 1M+ talent profiles & 4K company profiles.
TechCrunch — https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/10/cakeresume-which-wants-to...
Product Hunt — https://www.producthunt.com/posts/cakeresume-v2
Full-Stack Web Developer
Codementor • October 2014 – March 2016
Codementor is the largest community for developer mentorship and an on-demand marketplace for software developers. I helped the company build Codementor Monthly, Codementor Live Classes, and a conversion rate tracking system. I also voluntarily helped optimize Codementor's Google keyword ads and boosted the click through rate from 0.7% to 1.7%.
In my spare time, I learned about keyword ads optimization and UI design while in search for some startup business ideas. In the end, I decided to redo CakeResume that was shut down during my service in the army. A totally redesigned CakeResume was then published to Product Hunt and received a wide recognition, prompting me to quit my job and start my own business.
https://www.codementor.io
Second Lieutenant
Republic of China Armed Forces • August 2013 – July 2014
As a second lieutenant chief counselor in the Republic of China Armed Forces, I built ArmyApp with 4 of my college friends. It helps soldiers report their locations during their vacation away from the army and it takes merely 3 seconds to report. It caused an army-wide sensation and became news in Taiwan. In recognition of my efforts, the Chief of the Republic of China Army awarded me a prize and the Army Command Headquarters also let me lead a short term project to digitize other information system for the army.
ArmyApp — http://armyapp.org
Education
National Taiwan University
Computer Science & Information Engineering
2009 - 2013
Favorite Books
Moby Dick
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Many years later as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
Outlaws of the Marsh
After Five Dynasties' turmoil and strife, The clouds dispersed and revealed the sky, Refreshing rain brought old trees new life, Culture and learning once again were high. Ordinary folk in the lanes wore silk, Music drifted from mansions and towers, Under the heavens all was serene, Men dozed off at noon midst gay birds and flowers.
The Old Man and The Sea
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
My Favorite Quote
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
— Donald Knuth