Hamza Khawaja
| Hamza Khawaja | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 11, 1998 Santa Cruz, California |
| 🏡 Residence | Union City, California |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Title | Associate Product Manager Intern at Salesforce.com |
Hamza Khawaja (Born July 11, 1998) is a Product Manager, Writer, Influencer, and Student. He's currently a Junior studying Data Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Hamza is best known for being a tech influencer on LinkedIn, where he mentors college students in tech. As a teen, Hamza had worked at Microsoft, Tesla, and Google to name a few. Hamza is currently authoring a book called "The Internship", which is targeted towards helping college students of all majors get an internship in the tech industry.
Early Life
Hamza Khawaja was born on July 11, 1998, in Santa Cruz, California. He was raised in Union City, CA, and attended James Logan High School, where he graduated in 2016. Hamza then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently studies.
Career
High School
Hamza began his tech career in early high school by experimenting with developer tools in Java and HTML/CSS. As a freshman in high school, Hamza created an iOS GPA Calculating app that was widely used in James Logan High School.
As a sophomore in high school, Hamza and three other friends founded a startup called Summit[1], an application that intelligently summarizes notes from a textbook using Optical Character Recognition and Natural Language Processing.
As a junior in high school, Hamza placed 4th at the Alameda County’s Hackathon, getting him an internship with Alameda County’s Information and Technology Department. As a Web Developer at Alameda County, Hamza created a Web application for Urban Shield[2], a full-scale regional emergency preparedness exercise. Hamza also remade James Logan High's school website[3].
As a senior in High School, Hamza interned as an Internet of Things Intern at Microsoft. Hamza created demos using Arduinos and Raspberry Pis to showcase in Microsoft’s Technology Center and attract tech partnerships with executives visiting Microsoft’s Mountain View location.
College
As a freshman at UC Berkeley, Hamza was a part-time Software Engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he created a Database for APXPS research[4]. Hamza also interned at Propelland, where he worked on BoxLock.
As a sophomore at UC Berkeley, Hamza worked at both Tesla and Google. Hamza was working full-time at Tesla Inc. while staying a full-time student at UC Berkeley. As a Machine Learning and Computer Vision Intern on Tesla’s Model 3 Team, Hamza automated quality inspections using Machine Learning techniques such as Convolutional Neural Networks, created a Data Dashboard to show the inspection rates for the Model 3’s line, and had VP’s start implementing his pitched ideas on the Model 3. Hamza was also featured multiple times in the official Google Interns Video.[5]
As a Technical Program Manager Intern at Google, Hamza created a tool that automated Open Source Compliance in the on-boarding process onto Google Cloud’s Marketplace, created several dynamic data dashboards to track the progress of teams within Google cloud, and had Directors of Gmail and the head of Search’s World Cup feature implement many of his pitched ideas.
As a current junior at UC Berkeley, Hamza started mentoring and influencing student careers on LinkedIn by posting series’ of Internship tips and quotes of motivation to college students around the world. Hamza grew his student following to over 14,000 students[6], and is currently working with New Degree Press to author a book called “The Internship”, which will be published in November of 2019. This book is targeted towards helping college students of different majors land an internship in the tech industry.
References
- ↑ Kunal Shah, Summit App Demo, retrieved 2019-01-21
- ↑ FOX. "Final year for Urban Shield in Alameda County; this year's focus on emergency response training". KTVU. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ↑ "James Logan High School". James Logan High School. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ↑ "APXPS". APXPS. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ↑ Google Students, To Our #GoogleInterns, Thank You, retrieved 2019-01-24
- ↑ "LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. January 1, 2019.
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