Senior Machine Learning Engineer  •  CoolSo Technology

CoolSo is a startup team builds gesture recognition through machine learning technologies uses only commercial grade sensors could be found in smartwatches and smart wristbands

Demo video: https://youtu.be/OfCdGvWilLs?si=sQ4mFtC0yfFmHa7I

Designed and deployed wrist-worn DNN-based gesture recognition systems
- Delivered a general zero-shot 12 gestures model, with 95%+ accuracy, a significant enhancement from the former version has limited 80% accuracy for only 4 gestures and requires per user training session
- Reviewed cutting-edge AI research papers and deployed in CoolSo's technology stack
- Designed and trained DNN models with PyTorch and PyTorch Lightning
- Enhanced models via transfer learning, augmentation, and parallel training
- Developed C++ / Python SDK and deployed DNN models on Android and Linux / Windows.

Digital Marketing and Advertisement (Volunteer)
- Drove brand awareness and reach through digital channels
- Created and managed posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
- Filmed and edited YouTube videos showcasing CoolSo's capabilities

July 2020 - Present

Chief Technology Officer / Artificial Intelligence Engineer  •  Checkitout Technology

Checkitout's smartphone solution employed machine learning and computer vision for efficient counterfeit detection, safeguarding customer interests

Leadership and Strategic Contributions
- Founded and led a dynamic engineering team to develop counterfeit detection solutions, successfully showcased the prototype to customers within 3 months
- Engaged with customers and investors to secure key partnerships and funding, secured $600,000 USD angel investment round with other founders
- Fostered cross-departmental collaboration by working with product, sales and business development members to align priorities and strategies

Technical Achievement and Innovations
- Designed and trained deep learning models for counterfeit detection system through object detection and anomaly detection techniques
- Deployed and integrated deep learning models on Android mobile platforms
- Established a comprehensive development infrastructure, including data acquisition, data storing and cleaning and model delivery workflow

April 2019 - July 2020

Senior Digital IC Engineer  •  MediaTek

LTE/5G modem integration and multiple leadership roles
- Led cross-site ATPG verification taskforce, coordinating efforts between teams
- Designed digital IPs and co-processors for LTE/5G modems, including the first MediTek 5G modem
- Integrator of multiple large-scale projects (>200 digital designers)
- Worked with verification and firmware engineer on verification plans across multiple projects
- Maintainer and creator of multiple tools for design acceleration and automation

*promoted from Digital IC Engineer in June 2017

October 2014 - April 2019