Background
I was born and raised in Hong Kong. While I acquired my education mostly in Hong Kong, I spent two years studying in the United States. I have an M.Phil. Degree in Computational Astrophysics at the University of Hong Kong. After my studies, I started my career in the information technology industry.
Experience
In 2005, I started to work in an international school in Hong Kong. The school provided a Canadian curriculum from kindergarten to grade 12. I needed to take care of all kinds of IT: including hardware, software, infrastructure, network, security, email, website, WiFi, databases, administration, monitoring, automation, and programming, etc. I wrote a simple web-based application to manage the IT inventory and user accounts. Later, I saw the general office’s need to have a more systematic way to handle daily operations. Therefore, I worked with the supporting staff and teachers and added more and more features to the application throughout the years. Finally, it became a full-featured school management system, used by all teachers, supporting staff, students and parents every day.
In 2018, I joined a Fortune 500 multinational enterprise in environmental services. The enterprise was deploying its global, company-wide digitalization project. The target is migrating the operation to the Cloud by deploying Google G Suite and other SaaS applications on Chromebooks and other mobile devices. It is believed that this can promote security, mobility and collaboration at a reduced cost. My primary duty was to lead the move-to-cloud project in the company head office in Hong Kong and support the project in the subsidiary companies and joint ventures of the group in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. So, my tasks included planning, user training, promotion, data migration, solution analysis for application remediation, administration, and coordination between the France headquarters, companies and end-users.
By the end of 2019, I moved to Toronto. I joined a business group of property management and retail stores. I have enriched my knowledge of eCommerce by carrying out promotion campaigns using Google and Facebook tools, including Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google My Business, Google Shopping, Facebook Commerce Manager, Facebook Shops, etc. I have also customized the Shopify online stores.
Skills
Expert in PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, Linux, G Suite
- Coding Language
- PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Google Apps Scripts, C++, Java, Node.js, React, Python, Shell Script
- Database
- MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB (NoSQL), Google BigQuery
- Operating System
- Linux, Windows, ChromeOS, macOS
- Framework / Platform
- WordPress, Drupal, Yii, Shopify
- Network and infrastructure
- TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLAN, NAT, VPN, WiFi, Firewall
- Methodology
- Object-Oriented Programming, Relational Databases, Model-View-Controller (MVC), Agile Methodology, Cloud Services, RESTFul API, SSO
- Application
- MS Office, G Suite, Adobe CS, etc
- SaaS Tool
- Smartsheet, Lucidchart, etc
- eCommerce
- Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook for Business
- Multimedia processing
- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, etc
- Language
- English
- Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)
Traits
I would describe myself as confident, intellectual, optimistic, adventurous, and enthusiastic. I like to embrace changes, take on challenges, acquire new knowledge, meet new people, and explore new ways of improving our world.
Interests
I have a wide variety of interests, including photography, sports, instrumental music, social science, science, astronomy, languages, reading, etc.