Project Team
Katy Linn
Project Coordinator
katylinn@gmail.com
Katy Linn is working toward a Master’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon HCII. She holds an Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University. She most recently worked for Microsoft as a Software Development Engineer on the Solution Development Platform Team of Office Live Small Business. Outside of the office, Katy enjoys soccer, singing, and science fiction.
Christine Wu
Technical Lead
christinewu@gmail.com
Christine Wu is currently a masters student at Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. She grew up in California and received her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. Prior to attending CMU, she worked at VMware for seven years as a developer, shouldering responsibilities from UI design to UI development. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, shopping, traveling and sharing good food with family and friends. On her recent trip to New Zealand, she swam with dolphins in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Jesse Venticinque
Design Lead
jdventi@gmail.com
Jesse, a bay area native, earned a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a Specialization in Computing from UCLA in 2007. During college he interned at a defense contractor building low cost simulators and a startup developing disaster management software for hospitals. Shortly after graduation, Jesse joined Google to battle web-spam and improve search quality, but quickly moved on to Predictify, a bay area startup providing a prediction platform that adds an interactive, forward-looking dimension to current events. As the sole UI Engineer, he led interaction and graphic design, and front-end development.
Jennifer Lu
User Research Lead
jennlu.is@gmail.com
Jennifer Lu is a recent grad from UCLA with a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a Specialization in Computing. During undergrad, she worked in the UCLA Statistics Department on various web development projects and conducted cognitive psychology research at UCLA’s learning and memory lab. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys gaming, playing ukulele, cooking/baking, and learning new things. When she was still in shape, she danced for 26 hours for the battle against pediatric aids.
Noah Levin
Web / Documentation
noahlewislevin@gmail.com
Noah Levin is an Accelerated Masters student at Carnegie Mellon finishing up a B.S. in Information Systems and HCI with a minor in Communication Design. For the past two summers he worked as an Interaction Designer for a local strategic design consulting firm, LotterShelly, doing work for such clients as PNC Bank, Carnegie Mellon, and GigaPan Systems. Outside of HCI, Noah plays bass and sings in a folk-rock band.
