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Simon Wang

Technical Engineering Manager
● PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®. ● 10 years of coding experience in C/C++, Go, Java, Python. ● 9 years of project management experience. ● 5 years of people management experience. ● Goal-oriented and business thinking. ● Great at cross-functional communication and coordination. ● Proficient in the progressive improvement and process optimization.
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Rakuten Group Inc.
National Central University
Tokyo, 日本

Professional Background

  • Current status
    Employed
  • Profession
    Project / Product Management
    Development Manager
    System Architecture
  • Fields
    Internet of Things (IoT)
    SaaS / Cloud Services
  • Work experience
    10-15 years (10-15 years relevant)
  • Management
    I've had experience in managing 5-10 people
  • Skills
    Agile Project Management
    Software Engineering
    Cross-Function Communication
    Goal Oriented
    Business Analysis
    Team Management
  • Languages
    Chinese
    Native or Bilingual
    English
    Fluent
  • Highest level of education
    Master

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
    Manager
  • Desired work locations
    Tokyo, Japan
    Taipei City, Taiwan
    Hsinchu, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
  • Freelance
    Part-time freelancer

Work Experience

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Technical Engineering Manager

Rakuten Group Inc.
Full-time
Sep 2022 - Present
Tokyo, Japan
● Led and managed a talented Machine Learning Group working on image search. ● Improved the workflow and build up a consistent transparent info-sharing framework. ● Improved the newcomer training framework.

Freelancer and Founder

Nov 2015 - Present
● Contracted for software/firmware development and technical consultant service. ● Utilized IT technology, knowledge, and experience to facilitate agriculture. ● Product design and development.

Software Engineering Manager

Jun 2019 - Aug 2021
2 yrs 3 mos
● Managed and directed the department to accomplish the division's and company's goals. ● Implemented the agile methodology to lead and develop the project/product, delivering value at a fantastic speed. ● Communicated with the customers and stakeholders initiatively to clarify the requirements and learn the domain knowledge. ● Kept the promise and helped the teams to deliver the outcome on time. ● Set up the department and division roadmap and accomplished the extra goals. ● Facilitated knowledge sharing and information transparency in the organization. ● Engaged and responsible for the research institution and the government's project of air quality sampling and monitoring. ● Won the success of the 2020 online Expo and Taiwan Excellence Award. ● Kept the department at high performance during the period of working from home. ● Made the system easier to develop and maintain by designing the system interface, modeling the service, and abstracting the code. ● Delivered products including IoT management systems, dashboards, online stores, and web API services. ● Improved and refactored the legacy system by progressive improvement. ● Introduced the CI/CD environment and built the operation team. ● Utilized the tools of Slack, Telegram, Zoom, Miro, etc., to create a better working environment. ● Crafted the utilities or libraries for teams to improve team efficiency. ● Emphasized teamwork and communication. ● Undertook the R&D representative of the risk group under the information security committee and assisted organizations and products in obtaining the ISO-27001 certification from 2020.

Customer Project Manager

Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
5 mos
● Managed the projects, identified and created business opportunities, and controlled the costs and profits. ● Negotiated with the customers for a better contract for both. ● Participate in the 2018 Meet Taipei for the booth of Audi Experience 2025.

Software Project Manager

Jan 2017 - Sep 2018
1 yr 9 mos
● Led and managed an 8+ person development team in Taiwan and worked with worldwide partners. ● Utilized the agile methodology to develop and manage the project and product. ● Designed the system and produced the software requirement specification for contractors and ODMs according to the product requirement document. ● Set up the war room with daily face-to-face meetings in Shanghai to solve critical issues with the chip provider and contractors. ● Took the extra roles of system architect and developer, e.g., designing the smart home eco-system and developing the secure bootloader of end devices. ● Took the initiative in analyzing and optimizing the device's power consumption. ● Undertook the office administration role and arranged contractors' flights and trips to meet manufacturers in Shenzhen.

Senior Engineer

Sep 2010 - Mar 2015
4 yrs 7 mos
● Innovated the new backlight control system and became a competitive advantage for the company. ● Created a GUI tool of universal IR with a script editor adopted by QA and the factory for the automation test. ● Produced a GUI tool for the PQ department to manage picture quality parameters by Git. ● Developed the leading model of the connected TV. ● Worked with the IC vendor and factory to develop the first generation Android TV.

Education

Master’s Degree
Communication Engineering
2007 - 2009
Bachelor’s Degree
Computer Science and Information Engineering
2001 - 2006

Licenses & Certifications

Project Management Institute
Credential ID: 3021979
Expires Jun 2027