ironhead.chuang@gmail.com

Summary

Software Developer with 10+ years of programming experience. Comfortable in large code bases and multithreading development. Write clear, maintainable code. Excellent debugging skills. Eager to explore new technologies.

Skills

Programming: C/C++, Python, Java.
Others: Media player development, computer graphics, game development.

Experience

Staff Engineer, KKStream Limited, Taipei, Taiwan, August 2015 - Present

Developing an Android adaptive streaming player which has been installed on 100,000 ~ 500,000 devices.
Knowledge sharing: Monte Carlo Algorithm.
Knowledge sharing: Neural Network.

Technical Consultant, Next Media Animation, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2012 - July 2015

Provide solutions for iOS, rendering and video playback. Set up projects and improve junior developers’ programming skills.

News player iOS app.
Facial expression avatar iOS app.
Toon effect tool optimization (object labeling, silhouette rendering, CUDA)
Augmented reality system optimization.
Facial expression tool optimization.
In-house video player design.

Game Developer, Self-Employed, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2011 - July 2015

Led the development of an iOS game app (P.R.O.B.E.).

Set up milestones and development pipelines.
Developed a universal puzzle game app along with the game engine and editor.

R&D Engineer, Next Media Animation, Taipei, Taiwan, August 2009 - June 2011

Developed computer graphics and vision tools.

Optimised tool of the light stage to 5x faster using CUDA.
Developed a direct show filter to reduce efforts of all camera-related projects.
Developed a tool to speed up face model stitching.
Knowledge sharing: Nvidia CUDA programming.
Knowledge sharing: high dynamic range imaging.

Senior Software Engineer, Corel Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, December 2006 - August 2009

Developed components and applications on windows. Handled rendering issues. Shared 3d rendering knowledge.

Developed a component to use webcam of laptops as light sensors.
Developed a standalone TV application.
Enhanced Direct 3D UI library.
Handled rendering issues for TV team.

Software Engineer, InterVideo, Taipei, Taiwan, March 2006 - December 2006

Developed a TV ActiveX component to reduce efforts of TV application development.
Secured shipment of multimedia application on embedded XP.

Software Engineer, DynaColor, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, January 2004 - February 2006

Developed Windows applications and tools.

Developed Windows applications of digital video recorders.
Developed a Windows application to manage multiple digital video recorder systems.
Developed an editor to simplify font editing for embedded systems.

Education

B.S. in Physics

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2001.