Professional Experience

Panasonic Avionics Corporation

Feb 2011 - Present

Customer Support Field Engineer IV | Canada

Jul 2023 - Present

  • Act as primary focal to lead the technical support effort on multiple Linux-based media distribution system products with more than 65,000 devices operating non-stop every day for high-profile airline customers.
  • Lead the software deployment tasks to plan, arrange, trial, manage, and monitor the software release rolling out to products distributed onboard more than 100 aircraft globally.
  • Communicate and manage technical discussions among stakeholders across multiple functional departments internally and externally.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues, including infrastructure, Linux OS, software application, hardware, TCP/IP Network, MySQL database, API, and log review.
  • Properly escalate unresolved issues to appropriate internal teams, track system issues through to resolution within agreed time limits, and communicate back to customers.
  • Mentor internal team members and customer personnel.

Customer Support Field Engineer III | Canada

May 2019 - Jul 2023

Continued leadership in technical support and software deployment, ensuring high reliability for global airline fleets.

Technical Support Representative | Canada

Aug 2016 - May 2019

  • Cooperated with global stations to provide on-site technical support under high pressure and a fast-changing environment for airline customers.
  • Daily analyzed and evaluated fleet operational data in the DART, proactively captured defects at the early stage and issued maintenance advisory to airline customers.
  • Used various methods to troubleshoot software/hardware/wiring defects on-wing and provided resolutions under stressful situations.
  • Maintained an in-depth and updated technical knowledge of IFE system and aircraft avionics system, and provided OJT to team members.
  • Performed software installation and upgrading on-wing. Communicated with MCS for monthly media distribution.

Customer Support Field Engineer I | China

Feb 2011 - Aug 2016

  • Actively performed as customer liaison focal for the airline customers in China, maintained a long-term and positive relationship with multiple customers.
  • Generated system performance report for internal and customers’ management review.
  • Provided 7*24 field assistance to airlines for software/hardware/media issues, responded to queries and system defects with accurate responses.
  • Conducted investigations for the systematic defects, collected data to evaluate the problems and participated in the recovery plan.
  • Provided Fly-along support, Entry-into-service support, Retrofit support, First-Of-Type Software upgrade support, etc.

Insigma Hengtian Software Ltd.

Jul 2008 - Aug 2009

Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Developed and executed test cases, using multiple test approaches including black/white box test, integration test, stress test, smoke test, etc.
  • Linux based C# and Python programming to develop automatic test tools.
  • Troubleshooting software/hardware with the developer team.

Licenses & Certifications

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
    Associate | Mar 2023
  • AWS Certified Developer
    Associate | Jan 2023
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
    Associate | Nov 2022
  • Splunk Search Expert 101 & 102
    Coursera/Splunk | Dec 2024
  • Certified Linux Administrator (LPIC-1)
    Linux Professional Institute
  • Google Cloud Engineer Specialization
    Google Cloud Education | May 2022

Development

  • Google IT Automation with Python
    Google | Dec 2021
  • Python for Everybody
    University of Michigan | Aug 2021
  • PostgreSQL for Everybody
    University of Michigan | Apr 2022
  • REST API Design & Development
    Udemy | Jun 2022
  • Pragmatic System Design
    Udemy | Jun 2022
  • Open Source Software Dev, Linux & Git
    The Linux Foundation | Mar 2022

Professional & Support

  • Fundamentals of Management
    UCI Extension | Feb 2025
  • Google IT Support Professional
    Google | May 2022
  • Google Data Analytics Professional
    Google | Jan 2022
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate
    Cisco | Jun 2008

Education

HKUST

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Telecom (2009 - 2010)

HUST

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Telecom (2004 - 2008)