Kevin (Wen Yu) Chang Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, NY, US

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Led Agile implementation of a development project, streamlining processes, eliminating duplicated work, and adapting feedback to decrease development cycles and time spent by 35% and empower clients to make data-driven.
• Improved model performance by 200% by formulating student engagement and success metrics analyzing student behavior in courses and adopting the time series decomposition technique to remove noise and identify trends.
• Developed ETL process, using Snowflake, slashing data transformation time by 60%, resulting in significant performance gains.
• Reduced manual effort by 70% through automating data quality pipelines that standardized data formats and structures across projects, using Great Expectations, leading to smoother analysis and consistent quality checks.
• Built an automated project dependency map, using a graphical model, streamlining rerun identification for downstream ML pipelines and improving resource consumption by 80%.
• Established ML CI / CD, using DVC and CML that automated monitoring for data version and model iteration, reducing human intervention and deployment error by 40%.

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Worked with product owner and stakeholder to develop a machine learning model that identifies opportunities to up-sell products within existing customers that can be used to drive business strategy planning
• Designed regression models to identify white space opportunities and estimate sales volumes that can be used to drive business strategy and increase business value
• Lead teams to design and productionize ML models using Azure platform including pipeline, REST API and version control
• Developed data remediation plans that improved data quality and data match rates from 30-40% to 98% which enables a more accurate ML model
• Collaborated with vendors to build recommending system on the Rich USA website to cross-sell different products

Rochester, New York Area

• Prepared detailed calculations for contractors performing field construction work.
• Drafted construction and field inspection plans using Microstation.
• Designed lifting plans using LRFD and ASD for bridge erection and overhead sign structure removal.
• Performed bridge inspection and identified damaged bridge components under supervision of senior engineers.
• Performed structural analysis on an as-needed basis in a bridge engineering department for multiple clients.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Graded assignments including hand calculation and Matlab code and midterm for Structure Analysis III.
• Provided an elaborate solution for students.

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Water landscape designs
• Drew detailed blueprints and built 3D models for constructions and clients using AutoCAD and SketchUP.
• Increased the efficiency of routine maintenance by developing simplified maintenance procedure and intuitive UI.Project management
• Ensured the accuracy of 3 construction schedules by collaborating and coordinating with up to 10 member construction teams and designers including projects at Nanhua University, Taipei Metro, and Taouyuan Airport MRT.

Taiwan

• Increased computation efficiency by developing a C++ code that modifies reinforced concrete’s internal force with interaction diagram using the equilibrium truss model method under different load combinations.
• Validated the mechanical behavior of reinforced concrete structures under the impact of ground motions using ETABS and SAP2000

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Enhanced the accuracy of design drafts of a highway from Wugu to Yangmei based on the updated geographic information using AutoCAD.

Master'S Degree, Data Science, 3.9/4.0

Master’S Degree, Civil Engineering, 3.5/4.0

Activities and Societies: Congress, Taiwanese Graduate Student Association(TWGSA), UB, 2015

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Accountant, Coffee Club, NCU, (2009-2010)