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Cypress, TX, US

Houston, Texas, United States

• Led AI technology initiative to improve 14,000 software developer efficiency to convert over $25M worth of search time into coding time by building GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Copilot extension into HP internal.
• Defined strategy to expand content management capability, improve security on access control, and elevate portal’s user interface for external HP Developer Portal, developers.hp.com, hosting 259 HP software groups
• Defined 2 new visions and product strategies from ideation to engineering commitment in 6 months
• Led over 50 customer empathy interviews and 2 survey projects on thousand-participant scale
• Established product management and product life cycle processes for 2 Scrum teams

Houston, Texas, United States

• Managed subscription backend platform hosting HP consumer software subscription products
• Collaborated and influenced feature priority across multiple partner platforms to deliver commitment on time
• Reviewed and signed off product demo, monthly release, user acceptance test, and system end-to-end test
• Launched HP SmartFriend subscription backend and optimized WolfPro Security subscription auto renewal

Houston, Texas, United States

• Managed product strategy and execution for Linux-derived HP ThinPro operating system
• Won HP Wow Award for being first in 15 years to enable software revenue through subscription on top of hardware sales to increase overall margin by 27% and to grow market share by 5 points
• Consulted Fortune 500 customers to obtain stakeholder pain points, translate into new software experience, and define executable and workable features for engineering team
• Managed software feature pipeline and prioritization using JIRA and ADO for over 70 new features and 200 bug fixes with customer-centric mindset and Agile software development method
• Succeeded in delivery of 2 major releases of HP ThinPro operating system
• Transformed technical software features into customer key selling points on 2 product launches

Houston, Texas, United States

• Developed strategy to use retail PC portfolio and broaden into healthcare industry with similar needs
• Collaborated with channel partners and sale team to validate healthcare customer insights on retail products
• Built Price Feature Value models to evaluate healthcare PC competitive landscape and prioritize new features
• Consulted product managers with business opportunities and development plan to win healthcare market
• Exceeded project’s expectation despite of no budgets for research and limited existing market resources

Houston, Texas, United States

• Aligned customer requirements to define product research’s object, method, and quality compliance
• Presented new product research’s focus to help doctors gain deep understanding of customer’s goal
• Monitored product research’s progress and collaborated among departments during testing procedures
• Led team of three to arrange product researches; supervised and trained new technicians
• Worked collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver product testing results
• Demonstrated success in technical writing by editing product performing reports and operating procedures

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

• A startup which invented training device for fire fighters to familiarize with breathing inside SCBA smoke mask
• Defined overall product roadmap by identifying customer needs, market trends, and technology capabilities
• Collaborated with technical and non-technical constituents to verify and validate engineering concepts
• Aligned technical specifications and features with customer requirements and product’s business value
• Researched, generated ideas, and modeled design proposals to optimize customer goals and resources
• Completed final working prototype in one-year period

Texas Medical Center, Houston TX

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to collect data for product testing report
• Performed quality control maintenance for protocol, documentation, and equipment under FDA regulation
• Operated technical equipment using standard procedures to obtain data for product testing reports

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

- Self-started, took ownership, and established program to inspire new students with Biomedical Engineering- Designed, scheduled, and managed mentorship meetings and social events for over 40 members- Recruited and managed mentors and members; drove fund raising and managed program budget

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

- Conceptualized accelerated-wound-healing Band-Aid made of nanoparticle-embedded polymer scaffold- Researched, pitched idea, and presented results to raise fund, equipment, and materials- Analyzed features and specifications to model and develop electrospinning machine from scratch materials

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Production Management

Activities and Societies: First-year Liaison for Technology Association

Bachelor’S Degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (Corporate Chair), Biomedical Engineering Society (Mentorship Program.