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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Chengdu Ruichi Technology is developing IoT sensor devices used in electrical power industry.It is a National High-Tech Enterprise of China.• Led cross functional team for multiple products and services in IoT smart sensors, with limited staff meeting tight timeline at a high-paced environment, annual revenue reached over 1M USD• Led cross functional team for new products and services, with limited staff meeting tight timeline at a high-paced environment• Provide IoT products and services to power utility companies; product include 4G/GPRS, Wifi or Modbus based sensors. Primarily used C and Python.• Provided consultation services to local government in energy transition roadmap in a green energy pilot project.• Developed programs and models to analyze transformer’s vibration data to detect defects• Experience in electricity wholesale market, and export of EV chargers and converter modules.

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

• Managed a startup focusing on teaching youth computer programming, overseeing curriculum development and recruitment• Evaluate performance, coaching for improvement, and benchmark against competitors• From zero to over 15 teaching staffs, 1500+ students by the time I left; now the largest on-site youth programming education company in city

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Work in the Sichuan Power Company Development and Planning Department• Contributed to mid and long-term planning review, review transmission power flow analysis and development plans, facilitating communication and collaboration between stakeholders• Researched and authored a comprehensive report on the effects of growing market share of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and potential effects of energy storage on the power grid, outlining recommendations for strategic responses by the company• Reconcile and balance demands from users, local government, electric generation companies and State Grid’s own interests

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Worked in Sichuan Power Company Maintenance and Operation Branch• Part of launching team in two new 500kV substations, including project acceptance examination, launch test, etc. And maintenance of power utility equipment in substation after launch• Spearheaded computer-vision based meter reading project, received corporate innovation silver prize at national level and funding, chosen to be top 20 projects from over 3000 submissions.

India

An international internship program focused on social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility work at Tata Corporation. Developed and established a performance tracking mechanism to evaluate the effects of social development program, using multiple qualitative methods such as focus group, Delphi methods, and quantitative methods such as analytic hierarchy process (AHP).

London Area, United Kingdom

• Worked with the Cabinet Office Horizon Scanning Secretariat to identify technologies that will aid older people in ageing healthily, continual engagement in the society and workforce.• In charge of conducting in-depth research and analysis on the role of technology on the social engagement of the elderly in the horizon of 2030. Research includes interview with the elderly, government agencies, charities and academic researchers. The deliverable was a detailed research paper, which was awarded a distinction, and presentation at a governmental event in July.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Provided consultancy services to ARM for their strategic opportunities in the technology revolution of Internet of Things. My work consists primarily of trend analysis, and analyze the opportunities for ARM. This is conducted as part of an university partnership project.

Beijing City, China

Worked on an electricity market reform study, with primary focus on the French reform in last decade.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical Engineering

Dean's Honour List (top 5%)

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Technology Policy

Study on technology policy on innovations, energy, etc.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Enrolled in Georgia Tech's Master of Sciences Computer Science program (fully remote). Courses taken includes Data Analytics.