Eager to contribute my outstanding technical skills, as well as expertise in software architecture and software engineering, to the development of innovative computer systems.
Professional Profile
Solid background in computer science, with expertise in SDLC and applicable knowledge in software design patterns;
A valued software architect, with exposure to changing environments ranging from medical software innovations to mission-critical real-time data warehouse system;
A dependable trouble-shooter with flexible problem-solving skills, with valuable contributions to the success of project teams as well as the company.
Technical Skills
Programming languages (imperative/object-oriented/functional/assembly)
Operating systems (administration and development)
RHEL 4/5, RHL 6.0/6.1/7.0/7.1, Ubuntu 6.10/7.04/7.10/8.04, Solaris 8/10, MS Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, MS-DOS 3.3/6.01
Database technologies (schema design and development)
MySQL 4/5, Oracle 8i/10g (PL/SQL)
Other domain-specific technologies
OpenGL 2/GLU/GLUT/GLEW, Cg 1.5, Qt 3/4, Visual Studio 6/.NET 2003, GNU make, MS nmake, Apache Ant, MS Office suite, , CA AutoSys
Language Skills
Native speaker of Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese;
Fluent in English;
Beginner in Japanese, able to read basic instructions in Japanese.
Work Experience
June 2007 – presentMerrill Lynch Global Services, Singapore Assistant Vice President
... details available upon request...
Senior Specialist
Local lead of the Architect team of the in-house global electronic trading data warehouse system, responsible for designing and developing enhancements for the foundation layer of the system.
Member of the GBT-SG QA Working Group, a cross-department task force aimed at reviewing existing QA practices and proposing a QA service standard for not only regional but also global teams.
Honours
Featured in People Spotlight, GBT Singapore Monthly Report, November 2008
You Rock! Award, April 2008, for outstanding performance in project delivery
Champions, Merrill Lynch Global Services 3-on-3 Basketball League, 2007
July 2003 – June 2007Volume Interactions, Singapore Senior Software Engineer
Medical Software Architect of the Advanced Technology department, in charge of the architectural design and oversaw the development of the next generation interactive software toolkit for stereoscopic 3D medical visualization (C++, STLport, Boost, Qt 4, OpenGL, Cg, third-party 3D tracking device drivers).
Sponsor and Team Lead of Delta Force, a cross-department task force aimed at promoting good software engineering practices and streamlining SDLC controls under ISO 13485:2003 and US FDA requirements.
Engineering Representative, responsible for coordinating the Product Review Committee in handling and resolution of regulatory enquiries, customer feedback and bug reports.
Quality Engineer, representing both Advanced Technology and Product Development departments in the Internal Quality Audit Team for ISO 13485:2003 (Medical devices — Quality management systems — Requirements for regulatory purposes) certification activities.
System Administrator for software development environment (Visual Studio 6/.NET 2003), SCM system and release build specification (CVS, MS nmake, GNU make), bug tracking system (ASP 3.0), as well as project information intranet portal (MediaWiki on IIS 5).
Software Engineer
Led the architectural design of an innovative virtual colonoscopy application prototype in a research and development team (C++, STLport, Qt 3, OpenGL, CT/MR imaging).
Invented/co-invented novel solutions for advanced stereoscopic 3D visualization and interaction in medical diagnosis and surgical planning.
Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the foundational layer libraries and part of the advanced 3D visualization library of an interactive medical visualization software toolkit (C++, STLport, OpenGL, third-party 3D tracking device drivers).
Quality Engineer, coordinated with Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs department for ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 application and certification.
Technical Trainer, organized and conducted technical trainings as part of the induction programme for newly employed engineers and medical representatives.
Field Support Engineer, provided on-site technical support to Marketing department and global resale partners during trade shows and luminary site visits.
Honours
Commendable Employee Award, 2005
Star Performer Award, 2004
Appreciation Award for efforts in achieving ISO 13485:2003 certification, 2004
Responsible for developing and managing the CCRI homepage.
Technical Consultant, assisted in the design, development and deployment of the artist database for the CCRI site (MySQL 4, JSP).
Collaborated with a resident artist in the cyberarts project Virtual Bodies in Reality, in charge of the development and deployment of the web-based GUI and the user actions statistics engine (Java Applet/RMI).
November 1999 – December 2000ShoikCircle.com, Singapore Project Manager
Member of the Management Team, participated in the business plan development process.
Webmaster, in charge of the development and deployment of a custom-built web-base social network portal (Apache, TruUnix 64, MySQl, Perl CGI).
Team Achievements
Finalist of the National Entrepreneurship Competition, Singapore, 1999/2000
First Prize of the Best Business Idea Competition, National University of Singapore, 1999
Member of the Huasing Team, built the first release as a web-based bulletin board system (Apache, Perl CGI) single-handedly, and participated in the rewrite and expansion into a web-based social network portal (Apache, PHP).
Member of the Senior Advisory Board, guided the juniors in the design and development of subsequent enhancements.
Education & Training
PSB Academy, Singapore Internal QMS Auditor Training (IRCA-registered course A17182, based on IRCA/2180), July 2006
Y. Wu. System and methods to optimize volumetric rendering of a region of interest (“Tension Vector”). PCT patent WO/2006/095017, 2006.
L. Serra and Y. Wu. System and methods for screening a luminal organ (“Lumen Viewer”). PCT patent WO/2005/073921, 2005.
Selected Research Papers
Y. Wu, E. Lee, et al. The Lumen Viewer.
International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy.
Boston, MA, Oct 2005.
H. Zhu, Y. Wu, et al. Celluar automata with object-oriented features for parallel molecular network modeling. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 4(2), 141–148. June 2005.
Y. Wu, E.-C. Chang, et al. Feature extraction of volume data based on multi-scale representation.
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and South East Asia.
Melbourne, Australia, Feb 2003.
Y. Wu, X. Guan, et al. Robust invisible watermarking of volume data using the 3D DCT.
Computer Graphics International.
Hong Kong, China, July 2001.
X. Guan, Y. Wu, et al. Invisible watermarking of volume data using wavelet transform.
International Conference on Multimedia Modeling.
Nagano, Japan, November 2000.
Other Publications
M. Tan, G.H. Yeo, K.H. Wong, M. Wang, and Y. Wu. Virtual Bodies in Reality.
The First International Women’s Art Festival in Taiwan, From My Fingers: Living in the technological age.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May–July 2003.
Miscellaneous Awards & Certifications
Award for Meritorious Performance in University Entrance Examination, 1997. Guangzhou No.2 Middle School, China.
National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) Certified Contestant Level 2 (Senior Middle School), 1996. China.
Award to Students with Distinguished Improvements, 1995–1996. Rotary Club of New Territories, Hong Kong and Guangzhou Education Commission, China.