Yi Chen

Built teams and drove business growth at the world's largest consumer product company, Lenovo and had been contributed in a lot of major products such as Alibaba. com, AliExpress.com, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Windows etc.. Worked with all the amazing people of the industry from early stage to Fortune 500 companies, and have been leading multiple disciplines and domains which allowed me to become a technology leader with the following attributes; An innovative and transformational leader: Many years of leadership experience with industry top players such as Lenovo, Alibaba, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and IBM, as well as 3 years of successful start-up experience as a co-founder and CTO.  A technologist with good business acumen: always explore technologies with some business scenarios in mind. A customer-focused and data-driven thinker: have achieved many amazing results over the years by laser focusing on customers and making thoughtful data-driven decisions. A trusted partner: Guided technology teams in collaboration with business teams to foster trust, transparency, and accountability, while constantly aligning and integrating technology goals with business goals to ensure effective partnership and seamless teamwork. A people leader: Built up and led large, highly productive multi-function software engineering teams based in multiple countries, fostered high trust in geographically and culturally diverse teams, attracted and retained top talents to the organization, received many recognitions for my outstanding people leadership.  A hands-on player: with in-depth understanding of software engineering methodologies and best practices including SDLC, Scrum (Agile) and CI/CD, plus extensive knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS and Azure, worked closely with teams and delivered many successful multi-billion revenue platforms and products such as Lenovo.com, AliExpress.com, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP. A culturally aware leader: Dual Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from the US and China, fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. Culturally mindful leader with deep appreciation for the benefits of fostering diversity within organizations. Outgoing, friendly personality and exceptional interpersonal skills.