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Hi there!

I'm Albert Ho. I'm a product manager, software builder, and angel investor

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Portfolio

Some examples of my past projects

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Teespring Mugs and Totes

I launched mugs and totes, an exciting addition of non-apparel products for Teespring sellers

Teespring Europe

I worked on the integration of Fabrily in London, an acquisition that Teespring made in 2015 to expand into Europe

TrainedBy.com

My side project, TrainedBy.com, to help coaches pre-register students in group training sessions

TrainedBy.com used by Harvard

My side project, TrainedBy.com, used by Harvard wrestling coach Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov

US Patent 7,793,850

US Patent 7,793,850, where I was lead inventor. This patent has multiple citations by Honeywell International for planning industrial plant execution systems

The Watchman for mobile industrial inspections

The Watchman: the very first product of my career, built at KD Secure for mobile industrial inspections

Highlights

Some other points of interest in my career

On a panel at a Startup School SF event in 2019

On a panel at a Startup School SF event in 2019

Launched No Talking Capital: I started investing in early stage hackers who don't talk much and build amazing products

Launched No Talking Capital: I started investing in early stage hackers who don't talk much and build amazing products

At Checkr (YC S14), I led teams to ship turnaround time prediction and the first continuous criminal monitoring solution

At Checkr (YC S14), I led teams to ship turnaround time prediction and the first continuous criminal monitoring solution

At Teespring (YC W13), I led roadmapping and execution in fulfillment, new product categories, checkout, and Fabrily acquisition

At Teespring (YC W13), I led roadmapping and execution in fulfillment, new product categories, checkout, and Fabrily acquisition

I built my first startup 121nexus (now Soom), grew it over 4 years and sold in 2015

I built my first startup 121nexus (now Soom), grew it over 4 years and sold in 2015

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of RI commending my co-founder and me for creating jobs in the state

US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of RI commending my co-founder and me for creating jobs in the state

My team and I standing with US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island after commendation for jobs created

My team and I standing with US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse from Rhode Island after commendation for jobs created

Betaspring SP12 batch: my co-founder and I are in the front in bright orange

Betaspring SP12 batch: my co-founder and I are in the front in bright orange

IP discovery workshop with a shale gas monitoring company (American Patent Agency and Carnegie Mellon University)

IP discovery workshop with a shale gas monitoring company (American Patent Agency and Carnegie Mellon University)

At American Patent Agency, I prosecuted the 7th fastest-issued patent in the United States in 2011

At American Patent Agency, I prosecuted the 7th fastest-issued patent in the United States in 2011

I was an early employee at KD Secure, a startup making software for industrial inspections. Based in Cambridge, MA

I was an early employee at KD Secure, a startup making software for industrial inspections. Based in Cambridge, MA

I built the first version of Course Hero, an edu-tech company that has grown to serve millions of students

I built the first version of Course Hero, an edu-tech company that has grown to serve millions of students

My Cornell reunion with then-President David Skorton

My Cornell reunion with then-President David Skorton

My RF electronics lab group with Prof Wes Swartz, Cornell ECE

My RF electronics lab group with Prof Wes Swartz, Cornell ECE

Inventions

My own inventions and those I've helped others obtain patents for

InventorUS Patent 10,878,524Continuous background check monitoring (issued 2020-12-29)
InventorUS Patent 9,613,014Systems and methods for personalization and engagement by passive connection (issued 2017-04-04)
InventorCanadian Patent 2,891,883Systems and methods for product track and trace utilizing unique item-specific URLs and quick-response (QR) codes (issued 2016-01-26)
InventorUS Patent 8,756,124Systems and methods for tracking and tracing products through a supply chain utilizing unique URLs (issued 2014-06-17)
InventorUS Patent 8,533,075Systems and methods for biomedical track and trace (issued 2013-09-10)
InventorUS Patent 8,032,830System and method for generating quotations from a reference document on a touch sensitive display device (issued 2011-10-04)
InventorUS Patent 7,971,140System and method for generating quotations from a reference document on a touch sensitive display device (issued 2011-06-28)
InventorUS Patent 7,793,850System and method used for configuration of an inspection compliance tool with machine readable tags and their associations to inspected components (issued 2010-09-14)
InventorUS Patent Application 13/792,651Systems and methods for personalization and engagement by passive connection
InventorInternational Patent Application PCT/US14/10293Systems and methods for product track and trace utilizing unique item-specific URLs and quick-response (QR) codes
Patent AgentUS Patent 9,282,202Method for filling in form fields on a mobile computing device (issued 2016-03-08)
Patent AgentUS Patent 9,058,310Method for determining effective core aspect ratio for display of content created in an online collage-based editor (issued 2015-06-16)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,958,662Methods and systems for automating insertion of content into media-based projects (issued 2015-02-17)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,949,321Method for creating image and or text-based projects through an electronic interface from a mobile application (issued 2015-02-03)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,935,322Methods and systems for improved uploading of media files for use in media-rich projects (issued 2015-01-13)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,879,112Method for optimizing printing quality for image-laden PDF files at lower file sizes (issued 2014-11-04)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,122,061Systems and methods for information management using socially constructed graphs (issued 2012-02-21)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,063,797Parking information collection system and method (issued 2011-11-22)
Patent AgentUS Patent 8,052,002Foldable box that collapses along a bias, providing both top and side access (issued 2011-11-08)
Patent AgentUS Patent 7,937,948Systems and methods for generating electricity from carbonaceous material with substantially no carbon dioxide emissions (issued 2011-05-10)