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Yuhao Chen
Aspiring Leader in Photonics
myself at chenyuhao dot com www.chenyuhao.com
Singapore Citizen
INTRODUCTION
I envision my career in Photonics as having strong engineering roots with elements of business-development (BD), epitomized in Product Management(PM). While I specialize in lasers & photonics, I also acquired senior management techniques like policy formulation & systemic thinking throughout my work. Industry knowledge allows a discourse with end users for tech support and to identify gaps in product specs; BD skills facilitates solution implementation & life-cycle planning. It is PM that synergizes these skills, making products successful.
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT
Product and Project Manager - Excelitas Technologies, Singapore, - 04/2022 - present
EDUCATION
Industrial Ph.D student – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - 08/2016 to present
ENGINEERING SKILLS
Photonics and Fiber Optics
INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
PUBLICATIONS
https://publications.chenyuhao.com
HOBBIES AND MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS
• Class 3B driver’s licence
• Swimming, Gym
• Like to tinker with technology and assemble computers
• Volunteer at grassroots Meet-the-People session
• Youth Executive Committee member at BuonaVista Community Club
• Read up on international news and politics
• Love to travel whenever I can
Aspiring Leader in Photonics
myself at chenyuhao dot com www.chenyuhao.com
Singapore Citizen
INTRODUCTION
I envision my career in Photonics as having strong engineering roots with elements of business-development (BD), epitomized in Product Management(PM). While I specialize in lasers & photonics, I also acquired senior management techniques like policy formulation & systemic thinking throughout my work. Industry knowledge allows a discourse with end users for tech support and to identify gaps in product specs; BD skills facilitates solution implementation & life-cycle planning. It is PM that synergizes these skills, making products successful.
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SKILLS
- Active evangelizing of lasers and optical products to end users that requires technical knowledge
- Continuous sourcing of products & suppliers to offer customized solutions to match customers’ needs
- Provide technical support and training for all laser optical products including AOMs, fiber, lens, lasers etc.
- Drive internal training sessions; Brief sales managers in technical specs; Brief engineers in market trends
- Develop pricing strategy to differentiate from competitors; Market research on competitor’s pricing
- Created competitive differentiation by sourcing cheaper suppliers & materials to reduce price
- Go through product life cycle: requirements, design & development, production, QA, logistics, tech support
- Technology road mapping according to market trends and aim to keep products “ahead of the curve”
- Drive highly customized projects for customers; Keep track of requirements, documentation & progress
- Design technical marketing materials for sales team, and propose sales strategy & direction of market growth
EMPLOYMENT
Product and Project Manager - Excelitas Technologies, Singapore, - 04/2022 - present
- Manage portfolios of Optical Inspection & Biophotonics with revenues >$12m/yr
- Machine vision microscopy system compatibility with cameras and light sources
- Drive complex NPI development projects with >200 level BOM items per assy
- Raise standard margins to target >40% across all product lines
- Coordinate different functional teams across N. America & Europe & Asia
- Plan road map to offer components like ultrafast lasers according to market trends
- Introduce new ultrafast laser products to market; achieved 10% market share in 2yrs
- Achieve production cost savings of 10-20% for customized laser system
- Improve assembly and ergonomics of scanheads and reduce product cost by 33%
- Provide pre- and post- sales technical support on laser optical systems worth $250k
- Negotiate lower exhibition cost for Laser World of Photonics: Shanghai & India etc.
- Analyze sales reports to identify opportunities in industry, leading to $300k revenue
- Set up IT cloud server for better work flow, centralizing data sheets & price lists
- General management & operations responsibilities: submitting ACRA forms, apply for grants & funding, HR policy & S-PASS/EP & career track, delivery logistics
- Lead research projects: Design & characterization of multi-mode optical fibers, simulation of nonlinear-pulse propagation, demonstration and characterization of bottle beams, fabrication of fiber gratings, fiber mode conversion via SLM
- Investigation of higher order modes & nonlinearities in high power fiber lasers
- Co-authored and published papers, and gave CLEO conference talks
- Study missile seeker tracking algorithms and characterization of IR sensors
- Performed project assignments and policy writing; Lead on several industry research
- Mapped out the Defence Technology Ecosystem for strategic system planning
- DISO Excellence Awards for: SG Airshow, Tech-X, Business Continuity Plan
- In-charge of several responsibilities including arms squad and logistics planning
- Testing of software modules to track audit trail and quality assurance
- Ran optical experiments and maintained lab equipment
EDUCATION
Industrial Ph.D student – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - 08/2016 to present
- EDP IPP scholarship
- Develop ultrafast fiber laser at 2 µm
- ECE Fellowship (scholarship)
- Concentration in Electromagnetics and Photonics
- Concentration in Microwaves & Photonics
- Minor in Business Management
ENGINEERING SKILLS
Photonics and Fiber Optics
- Familiar with standard optical lab equipment including Optical Spectrum Analyzers(OSA), IR cameras, free space optical components, microscopes, etc.
- Optical fiber handling: cleaving, splicing, polishing, inspecting facet with fiber scope
- Used Spatial Light Modulator to convert modes in freespace and couple back into fiber.
- Designed, fabricated, tested, characterized own custom multimode fibers & gratings
- RSoft beam prop to simulate free space propagation of non-standard beam shapes
- Understand optical nonlinearities & applications of higher order modes in fiber optics
- Operation and maintenance of Coherent Ar-Ion laser; calibrated for second harmonic
- Usage and characterization of DPSS, HeNe, CO2, fiber, ultrafast, SLM lasers
- Laser beam collimation, P-I curve and Knife-edge beam diameter measurements
- Involved in high power fiber laser build; Characterized components; optimized output
- Build CW and pulsed fiber lasers, including research into ultrafast fiber lasers
- Understand fundamental concepts of semiconductor device and solid state physics
- Understand heterodyne structure of semiconductor PN junction for LEDs and LDs
- Read up on Epitaxy growth & Wafer fabrication; QA testing machines for diode laser characterization like LIV, far/near field, spectrum analysis, burn-in, lifetime testing
- Class 100 clean room training and experience
- Trained to handle hazardous materials (eg. Hydroflouric, Nitric, and Sulphuric Acid)
- Trained to handle compressed and liquefied gases (eg. Nitrogen, Hydrogen)
- Past experience in C, C++ & Java; Understand basic Object Oriented Programming
- Used LabVIEW and MATLAB to interface with lab equipment such as laser shutter, motorized translation stages, custom fusion splicer unit, InGaAs camera , OSA etc.
- Familiar with GPIB interfaced by MATLAB
- Implemented digital filters and DSP techniques for audio and images
- Coded a finite difference solver for optical fiber modes and solved for parameters (propagation constants, dispersion, mode profile, petermann spotsize, power etc.)
- Coded a split-step differential equation solver for nonlinear pulse propagation
- Operate oscilloscope, volt-amp-ohm meter, power meter; soldering on circuit boards
INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Fluent in English & Spoken Mandarin; Learnt technical jargon in Mandarin to train Chinese engineers
- Interaction with people from different cultures; Liaise with Chinese suppliers and Indian customers
- Able to adapt quickly to complement teammates and work alone to analyze and solve problems
- Translate customer requirements to technical specifications that engineering team can understand
- Negotiate prices, coordinate lead times and mediate between US/UK suppliers and China/India customers
- Open to take up responsibilities even outside of job scope
PUBLICATIONS
https://publications.chenyuhao.com
HOBBIES AND MISCELLANEOUS SKILLS
• Class 3B driver’s licence
• Swimming, Gym
• Like to tinker with technology and assemble computers
• Volunteer at grassroots Meet-the-People session
• Youth Executive Committee member at BuonaVista Community Club
• Read up on international news and politics
• Love to travel whenever I can
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