The Qubop Story
Originally founded in 2002 as a digital agency, Qubop offers mobile product design, platform consulting and application development for the iOS, Android, and wearable platforms.
We are currently located in the SOMA district of San Francisco, near the Embarcadero and Bay Bridge, and just a short walk from the Ferry Building.
The ongoing rise of mobile represents a major shift within our digitally connected world, and calls for new products with different strategies. Qubop's goal is to provide these products and strategies to our enterprise clients, based in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Our People
Qubop has robust in-house development teams for both iOS and Android. These development teams includes mobile engineers, graphic design talent, UX/UI experts, and project management. We have successfully designed and shipped dozens of mobile apps across all modern platforms, providing end-to-end solutions from the earliest discovery phases to full application programming and ongoing maintenance.
Meet the Founder
Chia Hwu, CEO 
Chia's background spans product design, marketing, and both hard sciences and the visual arts, and includes seven Silicon Valley startups. Before Qubop, she was Director of Marketing
and Developer Outreach at Corona Labs, where she was responsible for leading brand strategy, public relations, and product marketing for their mobile tools.
Chia previously worked at the Google-funded 23andMe, where she built the company's user communities, created a new product line and social campaign that increased sales by 10x, and managed some of the earliest efforts in marketing genetics to consumers. At Loyalty Lab, Chia sold loyalty programs to major retailers like Smith & Hawken, RedEnvelope and Nine West.
Chia has worked in biotech as a medicinal chemist, completed all coursework for a PhD in Chemistry, received her MS from UCSD, and earned her bachelor's degree from Williams College. She is a coauthor of Teach Yourself the Twitter API in 24 Hours (Sams) and an expert at the integration of game mechanics and social features into apps.
