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Resume

EDUCATION:

Delft University of Technology - Netherlands
Master of Science, Industrial Design Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design Engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Speck Design – Shanghai, China (US Product Design Studio)
August 2009 –present / Senior Industrial Designer / Manager

Job responsibilities:
Designing and leading teams of designers, researchers and engineers for companies like A.O.Smith, GE Healthcare, Midea, Supor, Huawei, 3M and Otis. Participating in sales meetings. Creating project proposals and budgeting. Recruitment support. Mentoring local and international interns.

Achievements for the following clients
A.O.Smith(US/China): Developed residential gas heater products for the North American and Chinese market (launched).
DahuaTech (China): Developed a box style surveillance camera for the Asian market (launched)
MYO Technology (US): Developed a medical therapeutic massage device (late 2011 launch)
Kaiyu(China): Developed a media manager set (launched)
Ding Shang (China): Developed an improved integrated drop ceiling system (late 2012 launch)

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SMSCOM -EttenLeur, Netherlands (Manufacturer of climate controllers and alarm detection)
March 2009 –June 2009 / Freelance Designer
Achievement and job responsibilities
Designed a new range of products and guided the manufacturing of a climate control product, which has been launched in the European market in 2010

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L’École de design Nantes Atlantique -QingDao, China (French Design University)
May 2009 & December 2010 / Guest Jury
Job responsibilities
Reviewed and evaluated major project design work of students, giving constructive feedback

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Future Life Labs -Shanghai, China (Design Studio, formerly AsentioDesign)
August 2007 -Jan 2009 / Industrial Designer and Project Leader

Job responsibilities Designed consumer and professional electronic products for international companies like Philips, Samsung, Nokia, and Cisco. Mentoring international interns

Achievements for the following clients
Cisco (US): Developed a new design language and surveillance cameras, which has been launched in the North American market in 2009.
AbsolutVodka (China): Developed an interactive installation within 2 weeks, shown at a promotion party in Dec 2008

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Flex/the InnovationLab-Delft, Netherlands (Dutch Product Design Studio)
May 2005, December 2006 / Freelance Designer
Job responsibilities
Designed cooking, kitchen ware and coffee packaging concepts for European brands like Tefal and Sara Lee/DouweEgberts

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Headliners -London, UK (Product Design Studio)
February 2006 / Remote Freelance Designer
Job responsibilities
Made design proposals for a Chinese tea package for a medicine retail chain

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GE Advanced Materials -Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
September 2005 -March 2007 / Master Degree Graduation Project
Project responsibilities
Designed a future car interior concept for the urban Chinese family,
based on a design vision on the social cultural context of urban China,
showcasing GE materials and technologies.

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Flex/the InnovationLab-Delft, Netherlands (Dutch Product Design Studio)
February -July 2004 / Internship
Job responsibilities
Worked with designers and engineers and developed several new
products for production; idea sketching, model making, preparing
design presentations

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KEY SKILLS
Researching, analyzing, hand & digital sketching, 2D rendering,
3D modeling and rendering, foam modeling, presenting, managing,
team leading, website designing, internet marketing

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SOFTWARE SKILLS
Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchbook Pro, Rhinoceros 4, Keyshot, MS Office

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LANGUAGES
Dutch first language, fluent
English fluent
Cantonese mother language, fluent
Mandarin advanced

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OTHER ACTIVITIES
Product Design Hub –www.productdesignhub.com(Internet Based Community)
August 2004 -present / Co-founding Director and Editor
Job responsibilities
Writing & editing articles, moderating forums content, organizing design contest
and recruiting sponsors and advertisers from the design industry like:
SolidThinking, 100% Design Shanghai, Spark Design Awards, Wacom, Corel, Alcantara, Phaidon, Next Limit, Adrem, Wallpaper, Curve Design Magazine, New Design Magazine, McNeel, and more

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Hong Kong Chinese Christian Community -Shanghai
2008 -present
Worship band leader, singer and guitarist

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PUBLICATIONS
Creative Spotlight: Episode #33 – Waikit Chung
http://japancinema.net/2011/06/16/creative-spotlight-episode-33-waikit-chung/

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
March 2009
Product Design Hub website got featured on ICSID
URL: www.icsid.org/news/year/2009_news/articles764.htm

Treehugger.com -Design + Architecture
May 2007 / Zen Blaster by Joey Roth, Brooklyn USA
One of my concept designs got published on Treehugger., which is a leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream
URL: www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/zen_blaster.php

Research for experience -product development & innovation in Japan
2002 / ISBN 90-805993-2-8
This book was published as a result of a Japan research study trip. The main research question of the research is ‘In what way will products be emotionally intelligent?’ in relation to Japanese product design

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INTERESTS
Christianity, guitar playing, singing, soccer, ping pong, badminton, squash, traveling, photography