Yan Zhang

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Language

English
Fluent
Chinese
Fluent

Work Experience

R&D Director at igloohome Pte Ltd
May 1, 2020 - September 1, 2021
Led a 55-member China R&D team to build distributed IoT platform with firmware for more than 300k smart sets globally.
R&D Manager at Puppy Robotics
February 1, 2018 - May 1, 2020
Joined through acquisition and led the R&D department for innovative real-estate robotics, showcased at CES and WRC.
CTO at Quzhi Technology
May 1, 2015 - February 1, 2018
Founded an AAC-backed robotics startup to develop SLAM and navigation, earning National High-Tech Enterprise Award.
Senior Software Engineer at Tencent
July 1, 2008 - May 1, 2015
Developed high-concurrency distributed service for Web social networks and online games, scaling to over 1 billion users.
AI Engineer at AniCraft Inc.
April 1, 2025 - Present
Building an underwater AI camera for real-time detection, classification, counting, and size measurement of sea species. Responsible for designing on-device vision inference pipelines, streaming, and pixel-to-metric calibration to enable accurate marine biology analysis.

Education

M.Eng. at University of Victoria
September 1, 2021 - August 1, 2023
B.Sc. at Sichuan University
September 1, 2004 - June 1, 2008
M.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Victoria
September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2023
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Technology at Sichuan University
September 1, 2004 - June 30, 2008

Qualifications

Wighton Engineering Product Development Fund Award
January 1, 2023 - December 14, 2025
National High-Tech Enterprise Award
January 1, 2018 - December 14, 2025
Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Competition Final Award
January 1, 2017 - December 14, 2025
KONE Elevator Innovation Programming Contest Silver Award
January 1, 2017 - December 14, 2025
Ubuntu Hackathon Second-class Prize
January 1, 2016 - December 14, 2025
Tencent Technology and Product Honor Awards
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2015
IBM DB2 Database Administrator Global Certification
January 1, 2004 - December 14, 2025
Olympic Mathematics Competition National Third-class Prize
January 1, 2002 - December 14, 2025
National Biology League Competition Third Prize
January 1, 2002 - December 14, 2025
National Railway Physics Competition Second Prize
January 1, 2002 - December 14, 2025
Strait Mechanics Competition Silver Medal
January 1, 2002 - December 14, 2025
Wighton Engineering Product Development Fund Award
January 1, 2023 - February 18, 2026
National High-Tech Enterprise Award
January 1, 2018 - February 18, 2026
Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Competition Final Award
January 1, 2017 - February 18, 2026
KONE Elevator Innovation Programming Contest Silver Award
January 1, 2017 - February 18, 2026
Ubuntu Hackathon Second-class Prize
January 1, 2016 - February 18, 2026
Tencent Technology and Product Honor Awards
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2015
IBM DB2 Database Administrator Global Certification
January 1, 2004 - February 18, 2026
Olympic Mathematics Competition National Third-class Prize
January 1, 2002 - February 18, 2026
National Biology League Competition Third Prize
January 1, 2002 - February 18, 2026
National Railway Physics Competition Second Prize
January 1, 2002 - February 18, 2026
Strait Mechanics Competition Silver Medal
January 1, 2002 - February 18, 2026

Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Software & Internet, Manufacturing, Gaming, Telecommunications, Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction, Transportation & Logistics