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About

I’m a product manager at Microsoft helping devices talk to the cloud:

  • Currently, I’m working on Azure IoT Operations.
  • Previously, I worked on both Azure IoT Edge and Azure IoT Hub.
  • Before that, I was on Azure Billing and Cost Management.

Before that, I studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, where I interned at Bombardier and Suncor, played in the McGill Fight Band, co-founded and mentored FRC Team 4955 “LA Tech”, and did research with Prof. Andrew Higgins.

I grew up in Xiamen, moved with my family to Vancouver in 2004, and now live in Seattle.

Outside of work, I split my time between

  • Taking pictures of birds,
  • Breaking and fixing home A/V and smart-home setups,
  • Being the world’s okay-est crossfitter,
  • Playing sax, and
  • Planning the next trip.

Resume

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If there’s one thing I’m addicted to, it’s emails.

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