waltertay.com

Hi, I'm Walter!

My current focus is on BookSlice: read 3x more books by turning books into text messages (📕->💬).

This year (2024), I also built:

Knoyo Health, your pocket medical scribe: capture, organize, and recall all your doctor's advice
PesanBot, split bills instantly by taking photos of receipts
img2icns.com, convert any image to ICNS for developers making macOS apps
SojuHWP, read Korean legal documents on macOS
VisaHacks.in, see visa requirements instantly for Indian passport holders

From 2020 to 2023, I worked as a Product Manager at igloohome, where I led our software and design teams on the following projects:

Bridge, Bluetooth/WiFi gateway
Padlock 2, world's toughest smart padlock
igloohome API, B2B smart lock API
3-year engineering tech stack migration
iglooconnect, B2C smart lock integration platform
IoT Deadbolt, B2B Deadbolt operating over NB-IoT / LTE-M
and 10 other smart devices...
...Mortise Touch, Retrofit, Keypad, Push-Pull Mortise, Smart Lever Mortise, Key Fob, Padlock E, Keybox 3E, Rim Locks (Wooden Door, Metal Gates, Glass Doors)

My formal educational background is in mechanical engineering at NUS and liberal arts at USP.