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California, United States

United States

Performing Project and Program management for MeridianLink's MCL department.Allocating and optimizing resource and schedule to align with overall organization goals.Monitoring and controlling project health throughout the project cycle.Proactively identifying risk and providing appropriate risk response.Enhancing team coordination and team management.

Costa Mesa

Provide business technology and solution consultation for residence financial industry. Identify, collect, and define product opportunities according market trends, industry regulation, and business requirements.Design software solutions and feature implementations that reflect business needs. Manage project development timeline, launch schedule, and account management.Client expectation management by developing clear value proposition and cost-benefit analysis. Assess business opportunity and associated ROI potential, priority optimization, and resource management.

Provide brand consulting services to business community on new market development, product launch and strategy planning. Offer service specializing in business development, brand creation and market strategy.Conducted market assessment for Edwards LifeScience on new catheter project and developed business plan which contributed approximately $100 million in revenue for the combined US and Europe Critical Care markets. Led new product launch campaign for Isis Dermalogic Inc. by initiating market research and focus group investigation. Reimaged product branding for young modern Asian population and created advertising ideas and social media campaigns. Collaborated with local marketing team in Taiwan which increased sales by 26% and expansion of product awareness.Assisted with business strategy planning for Spectrum Language on market expansion by evaluating current business model and exploring new targeted customers. Assisted and collaborated with new company branding with website changes and brochure design. Successfully rebranded company image with a noticeable client increase of 20% within 1 month. Conducted market research via survey and focus group for Bike Religion, a privately own bicycle shop which led to business model re-alignment from general retail to specialty store.

Manage project planning and custom LCD module designs for industrial, commercial and medical clients. Review, approve and ensure product compliance alignment with industry standards and regulationsInitiated over 200 product designs and roll outs for new and existing customers. Specialized in multiple account management and ability to cater each customer's unique requirements and preferences, improving customer satisfaction over 30%. Managed over 160 engineers overseas and in U.S., with 20 direct reports locally at any given time. Delegated tasks and provide open communication among team members, which helped reduce deadlock due to cross department conflicts while improving team cooperation.Reorganized design cycle through Theory of Constraint and Total Time Cycle review, reducing overall process time by an average 2 to 5 weeks, design error occurrence by 50%, and improving first time sample approval rate by 30%. Managed projects under cross functional and cross regional settings by initiating and adapting to global project collaboration between international clients, suppliers and custom manufacturers. Established more than 20 strong partnerships from consumer products to industrial goods.Assisted senior management with administration of performance reviews for engineers, product design planning, personnel training and project coordination. Reduced turnover from 7% to 5% while improving overall performance rating by 20%. Led and designed company trade show outlook, including re-branding company product image, information package, and website layout. Recognized by executive management for full scale company implementation and standardization.

Reviewed customer requirements and verified technical design, determining the best optical, electrical and mechanical design combination based on application requirement, while balancing against cost efficiency and technology limitation. Designed electronic circuit for LCD display, LED backlight and controller circuits within every 3 to 4 business days.

$115 Billion company specializes in designing, manufacturing and selling network system equipment.; Conducted product testing and new firmware upgrades on new router products, maintained special inventory for new designs, and performed simple logistic operations.Performed emergency firmware update for Comcast Philadelphia facility on 2000 units, allowing customer to proceed with schedule shipment without delay.

Mba, Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, 3.981

Activities and Societies: Dean’s Fellowship 2009 Dean's Scholar - Top in Class Member of International Honor Society - Beta Gamma Sigma

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Dean’s Honor Roll – 2000, 2002LARC Tutor Research Assistant UCI Fencing Team