Experience

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  QNAP Systems, Inc.

  • Taiwan

  • Software Architect

    • May 2012 - Present
    • Taiwan

     Observe software development process, provide improvement suggestions, and eventually establish and enforce development process, includingSpec review for early identification of non-functional requirements and design limitationDesign review to make sure quality is designed inTest case review for more effective testing, andMore tightly integrated Dev/QA/PM process Participate in different design discussions to help key technical design or bug fixing Recruit and build a team of senior engineers to work on key problem solving

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  Corel Corporation

  • Taiwan

  • Senior Director of Development, Digital Media Group

    • Jul 2007 - Mar 2012
    • Taiwan

     Head of Project Management, and Head of QA in the multi-site (Taipei, Shanghai, Kaohsiung) DMG Engineering, leading a 100+ people organization Build up, coach, and oversee the Project Manager role within DMG Engineering, to ensure more orderly and predictable project delivery Supervise the WinDVD Project Management team: deliver more than 100 WinDVD builds yearly to more than 7 major laptop computer makers Lead the QA organization: redefined and elevated the QA role from “Testing” to “Assess, Assure, and Manage Quality”, and successfully improved quality of all DMG products Supervise Release Engineering team: redefined its roles and responsibilities in order to change team attitude and to focus on automated software build and release process. The team made a 180-degree change, became a much more valuable contributor in DMG Engineering, and as the result greatly improved efficiency in product development Facilitate successful delivery of all DMG products, on time and with much improved quality, including WinDVD, VideoStudio, PaintShop Pro, and AfterShot Pro Coordinate budget planning within DMG Engineering, and monitor budget execution on all product development spending Play an instrumental part in mentoring/influencing key people in the DMG Engineering, including leaders not in my own organization, to help their growth in capability and maturity, which in turn cause positive impact on project management and product quality Troubleshoot key projects that are in danger, to successfully retain OEM customer, or to ensure on-time release of retail product Coordinated the development and release of a new product suite (Corel Digital Studio) which involved all DMG Engineering teams

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  Jton Systems (通寶科技, a start-up)

  • Taiwan

  • Vice President, Software Development

    • May 2006 - May 2007
    • Taiwan

     Jton designed its own 32-bit smart card chip for GSM SIM, and integrated it with Philips’s Mifare NFC chip, intending to go into the future market of contactless electronic payment capability-enabled mobile phones. Designed and built software on SIM (embedded system) and backend server to provide a reliable transaction processing platform with end-to-end communication security over the GSM Short Message Service, in order to provide Electronic Purse and Electronic Ticket services, which would be unique in their communication channel with backend servers.

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  TBCommerce (若比鄰網路科技)

  • Taiwan

  • Senior Director, R&D

    • Oct 2005 - Apr 2006
    • Taiwan

     Established QA process for company’s BPM (Business Process Management) product, with QA team in Shanghai, China, and development team dispersed in Taipei and LA. Managed BPM R&D and product deployment consultation in Taiwan.

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  Gorilla Technology Group

  • Taiwan

  • Vice President, Products

    • Apr 2003 - Aug 2005
    • Taiwan

     Rebuilt and managed the entire technical departments of the company, including R&D, Project Management, Product Management, and Technical Consultation. Involved in the design of all company products, including Knowledge Management (automatic classification, and retrieval of unstructured information,) Digital (video) Asset Management in the TV industry, build-to-order surveillance (communication interception) and geographical profiling system for Law Enforcement.

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  Trend Micro

  • Taiwan

  • Director/Senior Architect, R&D

    • Apr 2000 - Mar 2003
    • Taiwan

     Managed entire ipTrend (a Trend Micro subsidiary) R&D team of over 35 people, to deliver Linux-based server appliances and their remote management system. Managed Trend Management Infrastructure (TMI) project of over 20 developers. TMI is a Tivoli-like foundation for 2 distributed systems management products in ipTrend and Trend Micro, respectively. Managed a code-base consolidation project of 4 Trend Micro products with over 70 engineers and managers. These products (including PC-cillin, OfficeScan, and ServerProtect) garner a combined 50-60% of company revenue at roughly 190M USD at 2002. Chief designer and/or Architect of all Trend Micro Client/Server products; creator of TMI. Chief Judge of Trend Programming Contest 2001, a 30,000-USD-first-prize contest for college and graduate students.

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  OpenPath Technologies (三慧科技)

  • Taiwan

  • Manager, R&D

    • Aug 1998 - Apr 2000
    • Taiwan

     Managed the R&D team of OpenPath’s primary product, an Enterprise Application Integration tool called DataX. Managed EAI consultation and deployed DataX to customers. Coordinated with Sales, Marketing, and Support to promote DataX. Certified DataX for SAP’s Application Linking & Embedding integration.

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  Living Stone Technology (a start-up company)

  • Taiwan

  • Manager, R&D

    • Mar 1998 - Jul 1998
    • Taiwan

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  EDI Logistics (a start-up company)

  • Taiwan

  • Vice President, R&D

    • Aug 1997 - Feb 1998
    • Taiwan

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  RPTI (榮電)/Elegance Technology

  • Taiwan

  • Senior Engineer, then Manager, R&D

    • Apr 1992 - Jul 1997
    • Taiwan

     Developed a Tuxedo-like open client/server TP Monitor called CStalk, the foundation for online transaction applications in banking, health care, and passport control, etc. Managed consultation for application development on top of CStalk. Managed design and implementation of CStalk 2.0. Chief designer of CStalk 2.0.

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  National Datacomm Corp

  • Taiwan

  • Software Engineer

    • Sep 1991 - Apr 1992
    • Taiwan