Raghav Sood

 +1 919 579 9467 | +91 81 303 77248
 raghavsood@appaholics.in
 github.com/RaghavSood

 Employment

Appaholics

Apr, 2012 - Present

CEO and Founder
Appaholics is a company I founded at the age of 15. It offers many services, such as consulting, contract development, and its own offering of Android applications.
Groupon

May, 2016 - Aug, 2016

Android Intern
Developed tools used internally by the Android team, ranging from CI jobs, to automation scripts, to tools to pro le and improve app performance. I also worked on implementing custom libraries to ensure Groupon’s code quality and standards were followed.
UNC Chapel Hill Economics Dept.

Aug, 2015 - Present

Researcher and Full Stack Developer
Worked with the Economics department at UNC Chapel Hill to develop a platform for collecting, analysing, and sharing data on airport operations across North America for the Airports Council International - North America
Meta

Jun, 2013 - Jun, 2015

Software and Embedded Systems Engineer
Ported Android to embedded chipsets for use in the Meta prototypes. Also worked on developing and extending the Meta SDK.
Augary

Jun, 2013 - Jan, 2015

Augmented Reality and Security Consultant
Consulted on the development and security of Augary’s AR based Android platform.
Brilliant.org

Jun, 2013 - Jul, 2013

Android Developer
Worked on developing Brilliant.org's initial Android application.

 Education

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Aug, 2015 - Present

BS. in Computer Science
The Shri Ram School

Apr, 2001 - May, 2015

Schooling

 Projects

Authored 'Pro Android Augmented Reality'

Nov 2011 - Jul 2012

Authored 'Pro Android Augmented Reality' (Apress, 2012) at the age of 15. The book covers a number of key Augmented Reality concepts, such as marker detection, image analysis, realtime 3D overlays, and geoaware applications.
Indian Voter ID Analysis

April 2014

Scraped, processed, analysed, and published the discrepencies in the Voter ID system of India.
Wrote an OS in x86 ASM

Sep 2010

Wrote an extremely simple OS in x86 Assembly at the age of 13.
HackIndia

Dec 2014

Cofounded India's largest student hackathon, with over 800 attendees.

 Awards, Coverage, and Recognition

Haryana State Science Scholar

Apr, 2012 - May, 2015

Awarded a scholarship for excellence in Science by the state of Haryana.
Won the BlackBerry Messenger Hackathon

Jan 2012

Won the BlackBerry Messenger hackathon in addition to being the youngest participant.
Won the Global Startup Fund Hackathon

Apr 2014

Won the Global Startup Fund hackathon by building a real time AR speech transilation app.

 Other Skills and Information

Programming Languages

C++
Java
C
x86 ASM
PHP
MySQL