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Allen Hsiao
Experienced technical solution manager with solid programming background and business acumen. Praised by executives for end- to-end technical solution analyzing and designing skills. Brings 15 years of experience leading design and implementation during pre- and post-sales process. Fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
Taipei City, Taiwan
Professional Experience
Jan 2014 - Now
Software Solution Manager, nbt. STUDIO
Designed and built apps and web solutions for startups and established corporations including Luxgen, Good Pharmacy Store, Fuzetech, TransIOT, etc. Accomplishments include:
- Incubated ideas using storyboards, wireframe, keynotes, and sketches to provoke insights and collect user feedback.
- Collaborated with UI/UX designers to craft the interactive mockups for internal evaluations.
- Derived functional and non-functional requirements the storyboard and created prioritized product roadmap.
- Managed a team of developers to build apps in Objective-C/Swift, Android and web services that are hosted on AWS.
- Incorporated statistical analysis software (such as Mixpanel, Branch.io, Facebook API) for data collection and performed A/B testing to find out the bottlenecks and improve activation and retention rates.
May, 2006 - Sept, 2013
Senior Product Manager, GORILLA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Played an active role in pre-sales process, solution design and development, and system implementation in many successful projects. Collaborated closely with technical partners and other teams, including R&D, QA, system engineering, sales, and business operations. Accomplishments include:
- Led various media asset management solution designs and implementations for Fox International Channels (FIC), including Mundo Fox in L.A., FIC Italy, FIC Spain, FIC UK, and FIC Bulgaria.
- Managed multi-system integration projects which provided an end-to-end global content distribution solution for National Geographic Channels in Washington, D.C. and Ministry of Culture and Information in Riyadh.
- Delivered on-site technical consultancy services to media enterprises, including the Fox Broadcasting Company in L.A., TVB in Hong Kong, FIC Europe and US.
- Held technical trainings, presentations, reference case studies for internal staffs and global partners, including Cisco, Dell, and EMC/Isilon, as well as regional system integrators and resellers.
- Provided technical documentation for products and solutions, including datasheets, user manuals, and workflow diagrams.
- Promoted Gorilla’s products and solutions at trade shows, including the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas (2011-2013) and the International Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam (2011-2012).
Education
1998 - 2002
Software Engineering
Accomplishments
Bhavana app
Visualize your brain activities, seeing how your state of mind changes from moment to moment with live data analysis and environmental sound feedback.
Quotify App
A community for people who love to spread and share quotes that inspire you, motivate you or just give you a smile on your face. It is designed to facilitate inner spiritual growth as well as to encourage meaning dialogues.
Fox International MAM
Media management system that enables file encoding, metadata tagging, playout integration and post production editing integration.
National Geographic Channels CMS
Content management system enables media search and browse, video transmission across regional offices, and tiered-storage archiving and restoration.
