- Built and evaluated the overheads of a multi-node Cloudera cluster using virtual machines with Hadoop Map-reduce workload

- Managed a local Toronto team of 5+ developers and a remote team of 2 engineers in Malaysia- Supervised development of the timing model for Hardcopy III/IV Structured ASIC devices, owner of clock and periphery timing models for various FPGA families- Managed team schedules and deliverables while resolving cross team issues with IC design and product engineering departments- Designed and support Hardcopy III/IV timing models for various hardware blocks including PLL, IO Register, DDR, Clock, etc. - Improved router algorithms, e.g. implementing multi-threading support, to optimize for runtime efficiency, circuit performance, memory utilization, route-ability and power metrics- Analysed customer application designs and benchmarks with recommendation to timing improvement

- Assessed and integrated new technology (e.g. Intel SIMD instructions) into DB2- Database management, benchmarking, and performance analysis- Set up large database cluster demos at conference & trade shows- Developed high-speed interconnect communication layer (Virtual Interface) of DB2 to improve inter-cluster performance