Experience

Simbury

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  - Lead R&D team to develop custom integrated circuit (IC) solution for AI and Metaverse applications.- Provide silicon and system solutions to customers worldwide. - Create novel ideas for international publication and multinational patent application. - Lead R&D team to develop custom integrated circuit (IC) solution for AI and Metaverse applications.- Provide silicon and system solutions to customers worldwide. - Create novel ideas for international publication and multinational patent application.



UMEC - United Microelectronics Centre (Hong Kong) Limited

• Director

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2022

  - Led R&D team to develop advanced AI applications: multi-factor authentication access control, intelligent voice-controlled lift, smart display for retail, vision and audio AI for humanoid robot, etc.- Provided AI product solutions to customers (including Hong Kong, China and US) by defining system architecture, implementation platform, Bill of Materials (BOM), development cycle, etc. - Developed custom system-on-chip to reduce power consumption, save cost and enhance performance for edge AI applications.- Proposed and pitched new project proposals to headquarters and the Hong Kong Government.- Created novel ideas for international publication and multinational patent application.



ASTRI

• Norway
• Architecture and Planning

• Senior Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Aug 2019

  - Acted as project manager and technical lead of project teams (from 7 to 20+ team members) in developing diverse R&D projects for state-of-the-art technologies in AI, Stereoscopic & Autostereoscopic 3D display, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Super Resolution, Immersive Audio, etc.- Worked with customers to bring ideas into commercial products, e.g. real-time 2D-to-3D video converter (US), Ultra-high resolution video up-conversion (China), glasses-free 3D display (HK), active noise cancellation headset (HK), etc.- Delivered System-on-Chip implementation service to worldwide customers (US, China and Hong Kong).- Prepared and pitched new project proposal to Innovation and Technology Commission of the Government of Hong Kong.- Maintained a good relationship with customers from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, US and Europe.- Participated in business development, pre-sales activities and marketing activities globally, e.g. IEEE international conference (US, HK, Europe, etc.), Consumer Electronic Shows (US), on-site demo to customers (HK, France, Netherlands, China, etc.).

• Principal Engineer

  • Apr 2007 - Aug 2010

• Senior Engineer

  • Nov 2005 - Mar 2007



Cadence Design Systems Asia Ltd.

• Lead Sales Applications Engineer

  • Apr 2005 - Nov 2005

  - Provided post-sales applications support to customers from Hong Kong, China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, US, India, etc.- Delivered expert support on various Cadence digital design software including schematic entry (Schematic Composer), simulation (Verilog-XL, NC-Verilog, NC-Sim), synthesis (Ambit BuildGates, RTL Compiler), formal verification (Verplex Conformal Equivalence Checker), place and route (Silicon Ensemble, SoC Encounter), static timing analysis (Pearl, CTE) and RC extraction (HyperExtract, Fire & Ice QX).- Traveled to customer sites worldwide (Hong Kong, China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, US, etc.) for on-site application support, pre-sales support (demo, evaluation and benchmark) and training delivery.- Delivered design service to customers, e.g. place and route service, design methodology, etc.- Delivered training courses at ZhongGuanCun Cadence Institute of Software Technology, Beijing.

• Senior Sales Application Engineer

  • May 2002 - Mar 2005

• Service Application Engineer

  • Jun 2000 - Apr 2002



Fujitsu Microelectronic Pacific Asia Ltd.

• Logic Design Engineer

  • Oct 1999 - May 2000

  - Front-end design for digital circuits of Fujitsu micro-controller derivatives (MB89xxx series).- RTL coding and schematic capture for design entry.- Circuit functional verification, logic synthesis and timing analysis.- Project management from specification definition to test evaluation. - Front-end design for digital circuits of Fujitsu micro-controller derivatives (MB89xxx series).- RTL coding and schematic capture for design entry.- Circuit functional verification, logic synthesis and timing analysis.- Project management from specification definition to test evaluation.



Motorola Semiconductors (Hong Kong) Ltd.

• Circuit Design Engineer

  • Jun 1997 - Oct 1999

  - Front-end design for digital circuits of Motorola micro-controller (68HC05, 68HC08 and 68HC12).- RTL coding and schematic capture for design entry.- Circuit functional verification, logic synthesis and timing analysis.- On-the-job trainings at different Motorola sites in US: Austin/Texas (2 months), Schaumburg/Chicago (4 months) - Front-end design for digital circuits of Motorola micro-controller (68HC05, 68HC08 and 68HC12).- RTL coding and schematic capture for design entry.- Circuit functional verification, logic synthesis and timing analysis.- On-the-job trainings at different Motorola sites in US: Austin/Texas (2 months), Schaumburg/Chicago (4 months)