Shan Huang
Co-founder & CTO at FlickBloom
Experienced software engineer and entrepreneur with a proven track record at Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley startups. Expert in AI systems, cloud infrastructure, and scalable software solutions.

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FlickBloom Social Media Presence Management
FlickBloom offers comprehensive social media presence management solutions, helping businesses and individuals create, optimize, and maintain their digital presence across multiple platforms with AI-powered content strategies and automated engagement tools.
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FlickBloom Video Agent
FlickBloom Video Agent is an innovative AI-powered platform that transforms video interaction through intelligent agents. Create, analyze, and interact with video content in unprecedented ways using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology.
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FounderCrunch
Founder Crunch is a community platform designed to serve as a nerve center for technical founders and startup leaders building transformative companies. The website facilitates knowledge sharing through curated tech talks, events, and discussions led by active founders who share real-time insights, battle-tested strategies, and practical wisdom about navigating hypergrowth, achieving product-market fit, and building sustainable technology businesses. The platform addresses the challenge that innovation moves at light speed with no stable rulebook, providing founders with a collective intelligence hub where they can access hard-won strategies on topics like AI agent development, lean operations, defensible architecture, and fundraising, ensuring that brilliant founders don't have to reinvent solutions in isolation but can learn from the frontlines experience of their peers.
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Seattle Female Founders
Seattle Female Founders is a comprehensive community platform dedicated to empowering women entrepreneurs in the Seattle area through meaningful connections, valuable resources, and collaborative opportunities. The website serves as a hub for the local female entrepreneurship ecosystem, featuring upcoming events like founder happy hours and fireside chats, in-depth profiles of inspiring female founders and their companies, introductions to the passionate community builders who drive the organization, and a newsletter service that keeps members connected with the latest updates and opportunities. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur with a budding idea or an established business owner looking to expand your network, Seattle Female Founders provides the support, inspiration, and community connections needed to thrive in Seattle's dynamic startup landscape.
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Rednote Article to Image Converter
Convert long articles into multiple beautifully formatted images, perfect for sharing on platforms like Rednote (Xiaohongshu). Transform your written content into visually appealing posts that engage audiences on social media platforms.
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Moonveil
Moonveil redefines text-to-image generation with its proprietary model, offering unparalleled 100% text accuracy in outputs. Our platform caters to all users: casual creators can export PNGs, while professionals enjoy SVG options for easy editing. With a powerful API for enterprise integration and AI-driven free-form input alongside customizable parameters, Moonveil combines precision with user-friendliness. Whether you're a hobbyist or a business professional, Moonveil is your go-to solution for turning text into stunning, accurate visuals.
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Jin Yong Novel Analysis Tool
I created a specialized tool to compare and analyze three different versions of Jin Yong's novels, allowing for in-depth comparative literary analysis of these classic works.
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MYNITTEC - Award-winning Traffic Information System
In 2009, I independently designed and developed a traffic information system MYNITTEC that serves users in the US and Canada. It was recognized as the best intelligent transportation system of 2010 by the New York State Intelligent Transportation Association. This system continues to serve residents of the US and Canada today. In 2010, I received the "Upstate New York Young Transportation Professional of the Year" award, becoming the first professional to receive this honor since 2005.
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Co-founder & CTO, FlickBloom
2025 - PresentMenlo Park, California
Building innovative video agent technology to transform how users interact with video content.
Founder & CEO, Forma Cloud
2023 - Mar 2025Menlo Park, California
Founded and led an international team developing AI-based content generation solutions, including global news, entertainment news, and automatic image-to-poster conversion.
Founding VP of Engineering, Artera
2021 - 2023Los Altos, California
Led the software engineering team at a precision medicine startup, building AI-driven predictive and prognostic cancer tests. Built a global 20-person engineering team and delivered a high-quality AI product within 6 months.
Senior Director, AKASA
2019 - 2021South San Francisco, California
Led cloud infrastructure, information security, and IT support teams as a founding employee. Achieved HITRUST certification and implemented secure cloud infrastructure based on AWS.
Education
Ph.D., Transportation Systems Engineering
2006 - 2011M.S., Transportation Engineering
2004 - 2006B.S., Civil Engineering
1999 - 2003Selected Publications
Y. Hou, Y. Zhao, K. F. Hulme, S. Huang, Y. Yang, A. W. Sadek, and C. Qiao. (2014). An integrated traffic-driving simulation framework: Design, implementation, and validation.Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.
S. Huang, A. W. Sadek, and Y. Zhao. (2012). Assessment of Mobility and Environmental Benefits of Intelligent Intersections Using an IntelliDrive Simulation Testbed.IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
S. Huang and A. W. Sadek. (2009). A Novel Forecasting Approach based on Simulating Human Memory: the Example of Short-term Traffic Volume Forecasting.Transportation Research: Part C, Vol. 17, Issue 5, pp. 510-525.
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