Jan 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos · San Jose, California, USA

• Led engineering teams in strategy, processes, and execution.
• Pioneered the integration of generative AI, developing personalized chatbots, smart guidance, real-time media, and message scanning features using GPT-4o, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Vector embeddings, and RAG technologies.

Jun 2016 – Dec 2020 · 4 yrs 6 mos · San Jose, California, USA

• Led the development of Social Native's influencer marketing platform and SaaS products, driving significant growth in user engagement and revenue.
• Transformed an underperforming engineering team into a high-efficiency unit through targeted recruitment, restructuring, and team culture building.
• Led the development of generative AI features, such as automated activity profiles, creator discovery, and visual image search.

Sep 2013 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Jose, California, USA

• Led Offer Management application, platform, and partner integration teams, driving 60% of annual revenue for Quotient's digital promotions suite.
• Collaborated with senior leadership to formulate product strategies across multiple domains.
• Led migration to a microservices architecture on GCP, supporting over 300 million users and more than 120 million API requests daily.

Jul 2011 – Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Jose, California, USA

• Transitioned monolithic systems to a RESTful web services-based service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• Built a scalable distributed Offer Management platform from scratch, enabling rapid iteration of advertising technology and product promotions.

May 2009 – Jun 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Santa Clara, California, USA

• Managed multiple engineering teams focused on embedded software development and hardware-software co-design, providing innovative support for Marvell’s semiconductor and network storage solutions.
• Led full-stack development and software optimization efforts, collaborating closely with hardware teams to improve storage and data transmission performance.
• Designed and implemented microprocessor- and network chip-based architectures to address challenges in large-scale data centers and enterprise storage systems.

Oct 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco, California, USA

• Led the financial system software development team, focusing on enhancing network security and backend architecture optimization.
• Designed and implemented efficient CDN configurations and DDoS protection solutions to ensure the stability and security of real-time payment systems.
• Led backend service architecture design for high availability, ensuring efficient global operations of the platform.
• Successfully optimized payment systems, enhancing platform performance and significantly reducing latency, supporting peak payment transaction volumes.

Jun 2004 – Sep 2007 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Sunnyvale, California, USA

• Led multiple engineering teams, participating in the development of real-time communication platforms, with a focus on Yahoo! Messenger's Windows/Web frontend and backend systems.
• Enhanced system scalability and response times, delivering reliable services to millions of users worldwide.

Dec 2002 – May 2004 · 1 yr 5 mos · Sunnyvale, California, USA

• Integrated and optimized AI models within backend systems, ensuring their efficient operation in production environments.
• Collaborated with data scientists and AI engineers to integrate machine learning models into the Slack platform, enhancing the platform's intelligence and automation.
• Developed reliable AI applications using backend technologies (e.g., Java, Python) and machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).

Feb 2000 – Nov 2002 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

• Focused on designing, training, and optimizing deep neural networks (e.g., CNNs, RNNs), applying them in computer vision, speech recognition, and natural language processing.
• Proficient in deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, addressing large-scale dataset modeling and optimization challenges.