Beck Chen
Product manager seeking new-age automotive opportunities in California. I work with customers to build solutions that address Gemba needs beyond what's asked. I work with company leaders to refine vision and mission while communicating frontline needs, risks, and proposed solutions to help teams reach their maximum potential
Skills
Product & Engineering Management
Product execution
Engineering management
Agile project management
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Docker & Kubernetes
Continuous Integration & Delivery
Software Development & Testing
JavaScript
ReactJS & NodeJS
Test Automation for vehicle software
Certifications & Patents
AWS Certified Solution Architect - Professional, AWS Certified Developer - Associate
5x Patents pending on vehicle software test automation and test environment provisioning
Work Experience
Woven Planet (Arene), Product Manager in Vehicle Test Automation
Feb 2021 - Present | Tokyo, Japan
- Product manager of flagship automated testing product that prevents costly vehicle production delays through shift-left of vehicle software testing
- Reduced test building and execution time by 40% for 100+ engineers across Toyota and Tier-1 suppliers for a household-name vehicle, while managing relationships with key Japanese stakeholders at Toyota
- Introduced new features quarterly in company-wide presentations to top level Toyota Motor Corporation executives
- Led a global team of 30 engineers across Tokyo, Palo Alto, and Ann Arbor through product execution from crafting mission and vision, roadmapping and requirements definition, to delivery
- Evangelized product within Toyota through hands-on demos, roadshows, and delivering together to meet customers' objectives
KPMG Ignition Tokyo, Senior Engineer and Tech Lead
Mar 2020 - Dec 2021 | Tokyo, Japan
- Led a team of 8 engineers to build a suite of applications for 500 Audit users at KPMG AZSA Japan, including infrastructure for Fraud Detection and OCR Validator
- Led a team of 2 engineers and a designer to deliver an OCR validation application with ReactJS. Saved the client more than 1,000 hours per month across 200 users by streamlining the inspection, validation, and annotation of Japanese and English enterprise contracts
- Managed a software engineering guild of 20 engineers. Organized knowledge sharing sessions, skills-based committees, and designed in house training program
- Mentored junior engineers and drafted and delivered performance reviews
Rakuten Kobo Inc, Fullstack Software Developer (Contract)
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 | Tokyo, Japan
- Improved code reusability by 70% through modularizing a JavaScript-based web reader and integrating it with a native iOS mobile application
- Introduced Agile project management methodologies to a team of software developers and a product manager. Increased team velocity by 20%
FunkyCorp Ltd, Senior Software Developer
Oct 2018 - Aug 2019 | Tokyo, Japan
- Designed and built a Digital Asset Management solution for ~ 200 users in a major domestic tourism organization to support the storage, download, upload, and moderation of image and video media
- Managed the UI development for a major luxury travel website by defining technical specs, conducting code reviews, and communicating needs and statuses between the development team and the client
Pariveda Solutions, Software Engineering Manager
Feb 2012 - Sep 2018 | San Francisco, California
- Led 10 onsite and remote engineers to build a merchandising application for the Gap. Shortened product end to end cycle from nine months to six weeks while bringing Gap Specialty and Banana Republic Factory Store online
- Presented wholistic QA and deployment strategies to Gap's Senior Director of IT, and implemented proposed strategies to reduce production issues by 30%
- Mentored junior developers, synthesized performance reviews, and presented reviews and promotion recommendations to the management team
HP Autonomy, Technology Specialist
Feb 2011 - Jan 2012 | San Francisco, California
- Integrated process automation software package with unstructured and structured data processing capabilities
- Customized company's products to interface with client's existing IT solutions in real time under aggressive deadlines
NDEAA Lab at NASA JPL, Intern Mechanical Engineer
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010 | Pasadena, California
- Designed, built, and tested a rotary-percussive drill at various settings and drill conditions. Modified its control software in Labview to optimize drive frequency and maximize drill rate
Side Projects (as Full Stack Software Engineer)
RARE - "Uber for manicures" on iOS and web
MyCheez - Who snatched my cheese? Google Play Store's top new social game category
PokiFit - Text-based, interactive fitness tracking app on iOS
Education
Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Master of Engineering | 2010 - 2011
University of California, Los Angeles, Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science | 2005 - 2009
