Senior Engineer
Current
Sep 2019 - Present
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Christopher Yang is listed as Senior Engineer at Ciena, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Christopher Yang.
Christopher Yang previously worked as Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering at Ciena and Senior Engineer / Project Manager at Ciena. Christopher Yang holds M.B.A., Business Administration from Queen'S University.
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About Christopher Yang
• Enthusiastic and results-driven MBA graduate with engineering research background and solid industry experience in telecommunications, hardware and software development, and client engagement• Innovative, energetic team player capable of communicating with clients in multiple languages with a proven track record of delivering quality service and products under pressure and proposing creative and non-traditional approaches to accomplish goals and objectives• Driven to find business opportunities for clients by discovering differentiating strengths in technological advances and formulating business plans to leverage against competition and appeal to prospective investorsSpecialties: • Telecommunication network design and verification• Embedded software design• Hardware ASIC/FPGA verification and design• Project/Product management
Listed skills include Fpga, Ethernet, Software Development, Telecommunications, and 27 others.
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Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering
Jan 2017 - Sep 2019
Senior Engineer / Project Manager
• Directed two engineering teams for the development and verification of FPGA systems that focus on OTN overhead switching and fabric switching for the OME6500 product series• Managed multiple projects and planned objectives according to customer specifications and scheduled appropriate deliverables that enable feedback from the customer on a continuous basis• Facilitated and evaluated bleed-edge RTL verification technology that minimizes the time-to-market of FPGA releases by encouraging vendor agnostic reuse technology while providing high confidence in quality and robustness
Sep 2010 - Jan 2017
Product Line Management - 6-Month Rotation
• Documented feature specifications ensuring that customer needs and feature requests are clearly communicated to respective design teams• Consolidated Packet Optical "Tech-20" Product Matrix into a unified feature list used by sales teams• Assisted in responses to strategic RFPs and RFIs• Presented at Ciena's 2014 & 2015 Vector Summit - focusing on MPLS-TP technology
May 2014 - Oct 2014
Project Lead / Architect
• Directed the development of One Market Ticketing’s core competency of One Market Ticketing to providing its customer competitive pricing solutions to recapture potential lost revenue in the ticketing venue industry• Presented innovated approaches to capture customer through software modelling extendable for dynamic environments and tailored/customizable for any customer• Scheduled, forecasted, and tracked software development cycle in conjunction to corresponding to customer requests and enhancements• Championed low cost cutting-edge product development solutions through cloud computing, reducing development time and infrastructure costs
Apr 2010 - Feb 2011
Senior Asic/Fpga Design And Verification
• Led and consulted the development of verification architectures and primed design of sub-blocks in high speed optical network devices in partnership with design teams• Spearheaded design of scalable verification model using bleeding-edge verification methodology, promoting intellectual property development for other verification fronts• Reviewed and conducted project analysis focusing on efficient development and earlier delivery of customized microprocessors with consideration of additional customer request for features• Focused development of Gigabit Passive Optical Network (G-PON) on SoC (System on Chip) project, concentrating on MAC development and layer-2 switch/packet classifier. RTL verification using system verilog transaction level model verification methodology via AVM
Feb 2007 - May 2009
Firmware/Software Designer
• firmware/software prime and system verifier of Gigabit Passive Optical Network (G-PON) on SoC (System on Chip) development board and responsible defining software requirements, integration of software with SoC peripherals, design of high level software components, user interface, documentation of requirements and high level design, software architecture and verification plans according to standards and protocol.• designer for Nortel Networks Metro Ethernet Network group under OPTera Metro 5xxx 10G OTR – cost reduction alternative service provider project• designer for Nortel Networks firmware software for Nortel Networks OPtera Metro 3500 – P2P 1G Fiber Over SONET Ethernet/Fiber Channel integrating SPI functionality for fast FPGA download and integrating SMBus temperature sensor embedded firmware
Jun 2004 - Jan 2007
Software Designer
Ceyba Corporation
• software designer imtegrating gateway data communication protocols over Optical Supervisory Channel under VxWorks OS environment• firmware developer for real-time clock chip access via I2C• system verifier developing Expect automated test suite for network integrity
Jan 2002 - May 2003
Teaching Assistant
• produced and published alternative teaching materials in C programming (web tutorial) and conducted independent tutorial sessions on problem solving for engineering case studies
Sep 2001 - Dec 2001
Coop - Software Designer
Ceyba Corporation
• software designer implementing/integrating data communication protocols under VxWorks OS environment
May 2001 - Aug 2001
Coop Programmer And Product Support
• Nortel Networks' first level field support, responsible for the turn up of Nortel's OPTera Metro and OPTera Packet Edge products (Ethernet over SONET)• Product verifier to test layer 2/3 transparency of interWAN packet transport for S/DMS OC48 and Express (OC3/12)• Worked with System Engineering to determine interoperability with wireline products (Nortel Passport, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco ONS, and data generators (IXIA and Netcom)• Deployed in field-trials for Canadian and American customers to provision network topologies• Completed and release an application software release known as Broadband Network Bulletins (BNB) responsible for report tracking over HTTP protocols and utilizing the combination of CGI scripting and Oracle database
Jul 1996 - Dec 2000
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Christopher Yang education
M.B.A., Business Administration
Queen'S University
M.A.Sc, Electrical Engineering
University Of Ottawa
B.A.Sc, Computer Engineering
University Of Ottawa
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What company does Christopher Yang work for?
Christopher Yang works for Ciena.
What is Christopher Yang's role at Ciena?
Christopher Yang is listed as Senior Engineer at Ciena.
Where is Christopher Yang based?
Christopher Yang is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada while working with Ciena.
What companies has Christopher Yang worked for?
Christopher Yang has worked for Ciena, One Market Ticketing, Flextronics, Ceyba Corporation, and University Of Ottawa.
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Christopher Yang holds M.B.A., Business Administration from Queen'S University.
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Christopher Yang is listed with skills including Fpga, Ethernet, Software Development, Telecommunications, C, Integration, Embedded Systems, and Project Management.
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