"Akiba" Christopher Wang Email & Phone Number

Tokyo, Japan And Melbourne, Australia

• Company focused on environmental and wildlife conservation technology• Wireless sensor network device design and implementation• Internet of Things, Implementation and Deployment• Embedded firmware and protocol stacks in C/C++• Server back end implementation using python/flask and python/django• Data processing and visualization in python• Manufacturing, production, and scaling of IoT, WSN devices

Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan

HackerFarm is an alternative community set in the rural countryside in Japan. We work with agriculture and technology to create a hackerspace with context. In our case, that context is farming, sustainability, and lifestyle.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Teach class on manufacturing in Shenzhen• Lead factory tours in Shenzhen for students and discuss various aspects of manufacturing in relation to design• Work with students on putting together projects that utilize the manufacturing resources available in Shenzhen

Washington Dc, Usa

Working with the World Bank and the Egyptian government for remote monitoring of public health infrastructure. This involves setting up embedded sensor deployment, wireless monitoring solutions, sensor data transfer via 3G, server database backend, and data visualization on the front end. The device firmware is programmed in C++. The server backend runs a REST API built on python and Flask. The data processing and visualization is also running python with pandas and matplotlib, seaborn, or bokeh.

Osaka, Japan

• Instrumentation and signal chain design for DNA sequencing front end• Analog design for picoamp current amplifier to interface front end DNA sensor to ADC • 128 channel, 24-bit data acquisition system for parallel DNA sequencing• FPGA design to interface and perform DSP on incoming parallel data, convert protocol formats, and send data stream to back end compute cluster• Firmware design for device drivers for system using C++• Software design in python for user interface, data analysis, and to connect hardware to various other existing APIs • Design for manufacturing to ensure instrumentation production is scalable, cost effective, and has a cost-down roadmap

• Co-authored the book "Getting started with Bluetooth Low Energy" • Amazon top ten seller in technology books

Tokyo, Japan

• Schematic and PCB design of radiation sensor hardware to be deployed around Japan• Design sensor network software including drivers and protocol stacks for deployment• Put together ruggedized, weatherproof device to house radiation sensors and communications hardware• Deploy sensor network to various locations around Japan• Interface radiation sensor data to backend server with open API for data publication• Collaborated with Softbank Japan for data visualization on location based radiation sensor network

• Software & protocol stack (G3-PLC) implementation for powerline communications in Japan smart grid field trials• Troubleshooting and custom implementations for Japanese electric companies for smart meter designs • Write custom application software for communications field trials for Japan electrical utilities in C++

Software/Hardware design and debug for customers in storage and USB productsASIC IP core integration and verification into SoC using verilogSoftware driver design in C/C++

• Analysis and implementation of IEEE 802.15.4-2003 specification• Analysis, implementation, and feedback on Zigbee draft specification • Zigbee/802.15.4 Protocol stack implementation in C• Firmware driver implementation on various RFICs to validate specifications

• Designed RTL code for ASIC and IP Cores• Designed self-checking testbenches for ASIC and IP verification• ASIC prototyping in Xilinx FPGAs• Firmware design of USB embedded host controller protocol stack and FAT32 based mass storage driver• Firmware design for drivers, FPGA, and ASIC test vector generation

• Designed custom logic implementations for telecom protocols using FPGAs and microcontrollers• Design self-checking testbenches for custom ASICs and FPGAs on DSL products• Line card design for DSL communications circuits on DSL Access Multiplexer• Firmware design for drivers, FPGA logic verification, and ASIC test vector generation

• Design of custom logic for enterprise gigabit ethernet switches using FPGAs• Hardware and PCB layout design for modular switches and switch line cards• Firmware design for drivers, packet statistics, and hardware testing

• FPGA design of video hardware for filtering, edge enhancement, color space conversion, line doubling, and scan line interpolation• Testbench design for functional verification of code and algorithms• Firmware design for drivers and FPGA test vector generation