About Kuan

I am a Full-stack Web / Mobile APP / Game developer and Photographer.

I work with an agile mindset. I craft products with user-centered design and UX in mind.
Dedicated to clean software architecture. Obsessed with beautiful, artistic and creative things.

EDUCATION

M.S. Media Informatics

RWTH Aachen - Germany

  • Top 3 Computer Science in Germany national rankings
  • Mainly interested in Human-Computer Interaction at Media Computing group, one of the best HCI research institute in Germany.

B.S. Computer Science and Information Engineering

Mechanical Engineering (Double Major)

National Cheng Kung University - Taiwan

  • Top 4 university in Taiwan national rankings
  • Double major in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.

EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer *

Tenten Creative - Taipei, Taiwan

  • Web development, Architect, Database design using PHP/Laravel, Javascript/Node.js, SQL/NoSQL.
  • iOS APP development using Swift.
  • DevOps with Vagrant, Docker, AWS, Proxmox, CI(Jenkins).

Freelancer

Self-employed - Taiwan

  • Game development using C#/Unity3D.
  • Web development using PHP/Laravel, Node.js/Express.

Research Intern (Full-time)

Global Lab @ National Institute of Informatics - Tokyo, Japan

  • 3D virtual simulator development using C#/Unity3D.
  • Including intuitive interaction using Motion capture and Hand Gesture detection with Kinect, some are developed in C++/OpenCV.

Student Assistant

FabLab @ RWTH Aachen - Aachen, Germany

  • First FabLab in Germany.
  • Helped with the hardware and construction of the interactive display iWall.

    • Working Holidays

    Various - Australia, Japan

Skills

HTML, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, RWD

Photoshop / Illustrator / Designing capabilities.
From design to code. Frontend to Backend.

PHP, JavaScript, Swift, C#, Java, Python, Perl

C/C++, Lisp/Scheme, Verilog, 8051 Assembly.
Knowledge of OOP/SE principles and Design Patterns.

Node.js, Laravel, SQL/NoSQL, AWS, GCP

Morden framworks and cloud platforms.

iOS/Android APP, Swift, Java, Kotlin

Native mobile APP development.

Git, Vagrant, Docker, Jenkins

Adapted to various software engineering practices and tools
including: VCS, TDD/BDD, CI/CD.

Unity 3D / C#

Interested in VR/AR/Mixed-Reality/Head-mounted displays related future gaming experience.

Agile mindset, Scrum-ban experience

Knowledge of Software development / Design methodologies.
Experienced in Scrum-kanban process.

HCI, Motion capture, VR/AR

Interested in Kinect, Leap combined with VR/AR/Mixed-Reality/Head-mounted displays technologies.

Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Studio Photography

AutoCAD, ProENGINEER, 3dsMax, Premier Pro..etc.
Capable of creating Digital art and comercial Photography.

Chinese(Native) / English(Fluent)

TOFEL iBT: 100/120. Also Japanese (Little), German (Little)
4+ years living and working experience in cross-culture environment.

Fast Learner in nature. Versatile capabilities.

Portfolio


Web/APP
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Game Unity
HCI Game
HCI Kinect Unity
Game Unity
Game Unity
HCI Design
Game AI
HCI Hardware
Web/APP
Design/Photo

Travel

Europe

Old towns, cathedrals and sculptures. Your feet and budget airlines are all you need to wander.

All over Europe in years

Germany

Studied in Aachen, near the tri-country border of Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

Aachen, Bonn, 3+ years

Japan

Internship at NII. Can't live without Sushi and Ramen. And Kyoto, Kyoto. Such an unbelievably beautiful place.

Tokyo, Kyoto, 6+ months

Australia

Working Holidays / WWOOF. Nature, farms and vineyard ( Zarephath Wines ).

Perth, Albany, South-west Australia, 4+ months

United Kingdom

Frequently visited family who studied at Cambridge University.

Cambridge, many weeks

China

Do travel there before everything get developed. Grand land, grand nature.

Several weeks in many states

I've been to over 28 countries, 100+ cities all around the world