Chandler Zhang
Senior Product Owner, Augmented Reality at Vuforia, a PTC Technology- Claim this Profile
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LinkedIn User
I had the pleasure of working with Chandler at Vuforia Work Instructions, when he was an engineer and later product owner for the team working on Capture and Vantage head-mounted display applications. As an engineer on the Magic Leap applications, I found Chandler super approachable, excellent at technical troubleshooting and fun to work with. I was thrilled when I eventually learned he had accepted a new role as our product owner around the time we transitioned to working on HoloLens 2 applications. Chandler ran our daily stand-ups and was excellent at keeping engineers, designers and product people connected and in sync. He had a particularly great thing going with our product manager — the two them were able to strategically drive design to work on different problems based on a roadmap informed by the voice of the customer, while aggressively working to build out engineering capabilities to support these features in parallel. Consequently we able to release the HoloLens apps sooner than anticipated. I miss working with Chandler, and hope our paths cross again one day.
Ryan Lee
Chandler is an outstanding leader and was a critical piece of the founding team of a company-wide employee resource group for Asian employees at PTC. As the Chair of the ERG, I worked closely with Chandler as he led the Culture & Community Committee, which over the course of the past year put on several successful company-wide gatherings that served to promote the culture and connectedness of our employees. One event in particular that he helped drive was the 2019 Lunar New Year celebration at PTC's new HQ in Boston. Chandler's positive and charismatic attitude was instrumental in driving team consensus in event planning, bringing together logistics on the day-of, and stepping up for the team in his MCing of the event in front of hundreds of excited employees. I am always encouraged and motivated when Chandler is in the room because of his desire to grow himself professionally and bring others along. He has a talent for smoothly moving people and projects forward and I am grateful to have worked alongside him. He would be an invaluable asset to any team he joins.
LinkedIn User
I had the pleasure of working with Chandler at Vuforia Work Instructions, when he was an engineer and later product owner for the team working on Capture and Vantage head-mounted display applications. As an engineer on the Magic Leap applications, I found Chandler super approachable, excellent at technical troubleshooting and fun to work with. I was thrilled when I eventually learned he had accepted a new role as our product owner around the time we transitioned to working on HoloLens 2 applications. Chandler ran our daily stand-ups and was excellent at keeping engineers, designers and product people connected and in sync. He had a particularly great thing going with our product manager — the two them were able to strategically drive design to work on different problems based on a roadmap informed by the voice of the customer, while aggressively working to build out engineering capabilities to support these features in parallel. Consequently we able to release the HoloLens apps sooner than anticipated. I miss working with Chandler, and hope our paths cross again one day.
Ryan Lee
Chandler is an outstanding leader and was a critical piece of the founding team of a company-wide employee resource group for Asian employees at PTC. As the Chair of the ERG, I worked closely with Chandler as he led the Culture & Community Committee, which over the course of the past year put on several successful company-wide gatherings that served to promote the culture and connectedness of our employees. One event in particular that he helped drive was the 2019 Lunar New Year celebration at PTC's new HQ in Boston. Chandler's positive and charismatic attitude was instrumental in driving team consensus in event planning, bringing together logistics on the day-of, and stepping up for the team in his MCing of the event in front of hundreds of excited employees. I am always encouraged and motivated when Chandler is in the room because of his desire to grow himself professionally and bring others along. He has a talent for smoothly moving people and projects forward and I am grateful to have worked alongside him. He would be an invaluable asset to any team he joins.
LinkedIn User
I had the pleasure of working with Chandler at Vuforia Work Instructions, when he was an engineer and later product owner for the team working on Capture and Vantage head-mounted display applications. As an engineer on the Magic Leap applications, I found Chandler super approachable, excellent at technical troubleshooting and fun to work with. I was thrilled when I eventually learned he had accepted a new role as our product owner around the time we transitioned to working on HoloLens 2 applications. Chandler ran our daily stand-ups and was excellent at keeping engineers, designers and product people connected and in sync. He had a particularly great thing going with our product manager — the two them were able to strategically drive design to work on different problems based on a roadmap informed by the voice of the customer, while aggressively working to build out engineering capabilities to support these features in parallel. Consequently we able to release the HoloLens apps sooner than anticipated. I miss working with Chandler, and hope our paths cross again one day.
Ryan Lee
Chandler is an outstanding leader and was a critical piece of the founding team of a company-wide employee resource group for Asian employees at PTC. As the Chair of the ERG, I worked closely with Chandler as he led the Culture & Community Committee, which over the course of the past year put on several successful company-wide gatherings that served to promote the culture and connectedness of our employees. One event in particular that he helped drive was the 2019 Lunar New Year celebration at PTC's new HQ in Boston. Chandler's positive and charismatic attitude was instrumental in driving team consensus in event planning, bringing together logistics on the day-of, and stepping up for the team in his MCing of the event in front of hundreds of excited employees. I am always encouraged and motivated when Chandler is in the room because of his desire to grow himself professionally and bring others along. He has a talent for smoothly moving people and projects forward and I am grateful to have worked alongside him. He would be an invaluable asset to any team he joins.
LinkedIn User
I had the pleasure of working with Chandler at Vuforia Work Instructions, when he was an engineer and later product owner for the team working on Capture and Vantage head-mounted display applications. As an engineer on the Magic Leap applications, I found Chandler super approachable, excellent at technical troubleshooting and fun to work with. I was thrilled when I eventually learned he had accepted a new role as our product owner around the time we transitioned to working on HoloLens 2 applications. Chandler ran our daily stand-ups and was excellent at keeping engineers, designers and product people connected and in sync. He had a particularly great thing going with our product manager — the two them were able to strategically drive design to work on different problems based on a roadmap informed by the voice of the customer, while aggressively working to build out engineering capabilities to support these features in parallel. Consequently we able to release the HoloLens apps sooner than anticipated. I miss working with Chandler, and hope our paths cross again one day.
Ryan Lee
Chandler is an outstanding leader and was a critical piece of the founding team of a company-wide employee resource group for Asian employees at PTC. As the Chair of the ERG, I worked closely with Chandler as he led the Culture & Community Committee, which over the course of the past year put on several successful company-wide gatherings that served to promote the culture and connectedness of our employees. One event in particular that he helped drive was the 2019 Lunar New Year celebration at PTC's new HQ in Boston. Chandler's positive and charismatic attitude was instrumental in driving team consensus in event planning, bringing together logistics on the day-of, and stepping up for the team in his MCing of the event in front of hundreds of excited employees. I am always encouraged and motivated when Chandler is in the room because of his desire to grow himself professionally and bring others along. He has a talent for smoothly moving people and projects forward and I am grateful to have worked alongside him. He would be an invaluable asset to any team he joins.
Experience
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Vuforia, a PTC Technology
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Owner, Augmented Reality
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Dec 2021 - Present
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AR Software Engineer
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Dec 2019 - Dec 2021
- Developed and evangelized augmented reality software applications on eyewear and mobile devices following design specifications and meeting established target schedules- Performed technology evaluations to stay abreast of the latest technological developments and prototyped new methods to improve product quality & performance and augment current products- Mentored and onboarded up-and-coming software engineers and interns
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AR Software Engineer, Associate
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Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
- Lead development of Vuforia Capture, an augmented reality solution that allows subject matter experts to easily create powerful guidance for frontline workers, on the RealWear eyewear platform- Worked closely with product owner, product manager, and designers on a daily basis to deliver new features and meet release goals- Participated in code reviews, both receiving and providing feedback- Provided technical support to internal customers
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BU AR/VR
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Greater Boston Area
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Co-Founder/President
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Aug 2017 - May 2018
- BU AR/VR is the first and the largest augmented reality/virtual reality themed student community in Boston University. - After launching in August 2017, we have over 250 students joining us in our weekly meet-ups, workshops, hack days, group projects, and events with guest speakers from Microsoft, PTC, Wayfair, and Amazon. - Our eventual goal is to help establish an active and collaborative AR/VR scene among universities all across the country. - In April 2018, we held the first and the largest AR/VR expo in Boston University, named the AR/VR festival!
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Boston University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Computer Organization Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
- Help students understand the relationship between hardware and software, specifically how machine organization impacts the efficiency of applications. - Guide students to implement memory mapped I/O programming and exception/interrupt handling. - Assist students to create a working CPU from logic gates and gain the ability to evaluate design options. - Help students understand the relationship between hardware and software, specifically how machine organization impacts the efficiency of applications. - Guide students to implement memory mapped I/O programming and exception/interrupt handling. - Assist students to create a working CPU from logic gates and gain the ability to evaluate design options.
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EF Education First
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Switzerland
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Education Management
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700 & Above Employee
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Mobile Development Intern
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Sep 2016 - Jan 2017
- Implement new features and write unit tests/UI tests in Swift, Objective C and Java for mobile applications. - Write features and tests for back end in javascript/NodeJS. - Test applications to ensure features meet quality expectations. - Be part of the design/decision process and provide recommendations. - Implement new features and write unit tests/UI tests in Swift, Objective C and Java for mobile applications. - Write features and tests for back end in javascript/NodeJS. - Test applications to ensure features meet quality expectations. - Be part of the design/decision process and provide recommendations.
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Boston University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Computation Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
- Help over 80 students grasp the concepts of engineering computation with MatLab.- Topics range from introductory concepts like data types and sorting, to intermediate-level topics like data structure and Object Oriented Programming. - Engage in student projects and help students develop team work skills.
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Logic Design Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
- Provide students with understanding of hardware design, and experience with hardware implementation of digital logic systems.- Help students formulate real world tasks using Boolean algebra and Finite State Machine theory, and apply manual/computer-aided techniques to solve problems.- Guide students through fundamental circuit design and verification skills using Verilog HDL and FPGAs.
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Boston University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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CIDAR Lab Undergraduate Research Assistant
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May 2016 - Jul 2016
Developed web socket APIs for a lab experiment automation framework in Java, JavaScript, and python. Developed web socket APIs for a lab experiment automation framework in Java, JavaScript, and python.
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Education
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2014 - 2018
Boston University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering
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