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New Haven, CT, US

Beijing, China

San Diego, California, United States

• Collaborated with UCSD research lab to design silicon photonics chip for data center communication system, aiming to increase the data transmitting speed by 4x
• Hosted meetings with the testing team from world's second-largest semiconductor fabrication plant, proactively resolved technical issues, and fixed a previously malfunctioning chip, allowing the testing team to measure.
• Secured a 20% increase in employee talent and expanded organizational expertise by negotiating a deal to outsource a key design block

San Diego, California, United States

• R&D on 60GHz transceiver RF front-end (LNA, mixer, filter, PGA), using tools such as Calibre, PVS, Cadence Virtuoso, and EMX
• Led the 16nm test chip project for the next generation product: Defined project scope with the VP of Engineering, finalized schedule with multiple design teams, and refined test plan with the testing group
• Proposed and implemented 6b 5.28GSPS Flash ADC and 7b 5.28GSPS DAC. Met with Professor Behzad Razavi bi-weekly to solve design issues and gather feedback
• Led a team of 3 onsite engineers and 2 outsourced contractors at the Philippines and New Zealand, cutting the team operation cost by 20%
• Recovered lost database using scripting skills and saved the company 3 months rebuilding the database, making it possible to meet the current production deadline

Toronto, Canada Area

• Collaborated with senior designers to optimize circuit floorplans and bring in new ideas to improve performance (TSMC28, GF20)
• Completed 30 - 40 different layout designs in several technologies in 5 months, helping the team to deliver before the project deadline (40% more efficient than typical layout designers)

Toronto, Canada Area

• Fully exposed to the next generation APU for game console and acquired the knowledge of the top level architecture
• Used First Encounter to create clk mesh, manually implement customized ref clk, and fix signal EM violations
• Used different scripting language (Tcl, Csh) to analyze simulation results and to automate simple layout tasks
• Analyzed timing reports using PrimeTime and perform timing ECOs in tile level (fix hold/setup violations)
• Created and maintained project libraries to make sure files are complete, consistent, and in the correct format for both front-end team and the Physical Design team

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

M.S., Electrical Engineering

B.A.Sc. With Honours, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Minor In Engineering Business

Advisor: Prof. Sorin P. Voinigescu (http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~sorinv/)