QI FAN ZHANG
Pilots at 175 St, Seattle, WA

Principal Development Manager at Microsoft Online Service Division

Computer Software

Microsoft Online Service Division - Greater Seattle Area since Jun 2011 - Principal Development Manager Microsoft Online Service Division - Greater Seattle Area Feb 2010 - May 2011 - Principal Development Manager Microsoft Windows Division - Greater Seattle Area Jul 2006 - Jan 2010 - Principal Development Lead Microsoft Tablet PC Group - Greater Seattle Area Jul 2002 - Jun 2006 - Senior Development Lead Washington University in St. Louis - Greater St. Louis Area Jul 2000 - Jun 2002 - Research Assistant (Computer Science Department)

Washington University in St. Louis 2000 - 2002
M.Sc., Computer Science Washington University in St. Louis 1997 - 2001
Ph.D., Chemistry/Nano-material Peking University 1993 - 1997
BS, Chemistry

Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Pattern Recognition, Data Mining, Software Development, Program Management, Product Development, Strategic Planning, Team Building, Search Engine Technology, Search Advertising, handwriting recognition, Handwriting Recognition

English, Chinese

Gold Star Award - breakthrough R&D on EA cursive handwriting recognition for Tablet PC
Microsoft
3 Bill Gates Thinkweek Papers (2003, 2004, 2005)
Microsoft
Direct positive feedback from Bill Gates and shipped in Windows Vista and Windows 7
6th place on Tamil handwriting recognition competition
IWFHR 2006
2 Microsoft Research Tech Transfer Awards
Microsoft Research
Silver Medal - China National Chemistry Olympia
Silver Medal - State Physics Olympia
Gold Medal - State Computer Programming Olympia
Tech Ed China Invited Talks on Tablet PC development (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
Microsoft China
Invited Talk at 2006 Microsoft Research Asian University Relation Theme Workshop
Microsoft Research
Tablet PC – Innovation, Opportunities, and Challenges
Invited Talk at 2009 Microsoft Research Asian Mobile Computing in Education Theme Workshop
Microsoft Research
Windows 7 – the Advance of Pen and Touch Technology (rated top1 session)

COO at Nextune Inc

Music

Nextune Inc since Feb 2011 - COO Microsoft Corp Feb 1995 - Jan 2011 - Software Design Engineer in Testing II ASYMETRICS Jul 1994 - Feb 1995 - Software Test Engineer

University of Central Florida 1989 - 1992
MS Degree, Solid State Laser Research University of Science and Technology of China 1981 - 1986
BS, Physics-Optics

I enjoy singing and performance. I would like to meet a Westen music composer who is interested in fusion type music, which will add some Asian Music elements into the musice.

English, Chinese

Senior Software Engineer at Nuance Communications

Computer Software

Nuance Communications - Greater Seattle Area since Jan 2013 - Senior Software Engineer HTC America - Bellevue, WA Jul 2009 - Jan 2013 - Software Design Engineer Microsoft 2005 - 2009 - Software Development Engineer II Seagate Technology 2001 - 2005 - Senior Engineer

University of Colorado Boulder 1999 - 2001
MS, Communication and DSP Tsinghua University 1996 - 1999
MS, Electronic Engineer Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1992 - 1996
BS, Electronic and Information Engineer

Volunteer at King County Library System

Computer Software

King County Library System - Redmond since Jul 2013 - Volunteer Strain Systems Inc. - Belleuve, WA Aug 2012 - Dec 2012 - Software Engineer Target - Redmond, WA Sep 2008 - Jul 2010 - Barista(trainer) CPG Advisory (Shanghai) Co., Ltd - Shanghai City, China Jun 2007 - Oct 2007 - Intern Urban Planner (Full time) Shanghai Changsheng Design & Consulting Co., Ltd - Shanghai City, China May 2004 - Oct 2006 - Intern Urban Designer

University of Washington Bothell 2013 - 2014
Master of Science in Computer Science & Software Engineering University of Washington Bothell 2012 - 2013
Graduate Certificate in Software Design & Development Bellevue College 2011 - 2012
Tongji University 2000 - 2008
Master, Urban planning and design

Chinese, English

SDE at Microsoft

Computer Software

Microsoft since Dec 2005 - SDE Oracle USA 2004 - 2005 - Senior Member of Technical Staff

Software Engineer at Microsoft

Computer Software

SDET II at Microsoft

Computer Software