Michael Shen - Program Manager

Professional Summary

PMP-certified Technical Program Manager with 15+ years of experience leading cross-functional initiatives across systems validation, manufacturing operations, automation frameworks, and data center environments. Proven track record in driving NPI readiness, aligning global ODM partners, and improving execution through scalable CI/CD processes, workflow automation, and data-driven decision-making. Combines engineering depth with program leadership, stakeholder coordination, and practical AI adoption to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational efficiency.

Professional Experience

Cypress Semiconductor and Parade Technologies, Ltd

Application Engineer Staff / Test Team Lead

Apr 2014 – Feb 2026

Led manufacturing test execution across NPI and mass-production programs, coordinating teams, vendors, and test resources.
Drove readiness planning for production launches, balancing quality, schedule, and operational constraints.
Established automated tooling and process improvements to raise production efficiency and reduce execution risk.
Partnered with ODM organizations such as Compal and Foxconn to improve test coverage, defect control, and escalation handling.
Built and maintained CI/CD workflows using Git, GitHub, and Jenkins to support repeatable delivery and reporting.
Used AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Gemini to accelerate workflow automation and technical documentation.
Provided on-site enablement and technical coordination for global manufacturing vendors to support smooth mass production.

IBM

System Assurance and Validation Engineer

Jun 2012 – Mar 2014

Served as Primary Test Owner for IBM memory system validation within high-performance computing programs.
Managed validation scope for PowerVM virtualization environments, aligning quality goals with execution milestones.
Automated large-scale test deployment flows, improving cross-team throughput and reducing manual coordination overhead.
Supported server and storage validation programs to strengthen platform reliability in data center environments.
Collaborated across India, the United States, and Taiwan to deliver process improvements in distributed engineering programs.

Synopsys

Software Verification Engineer

Aug 2010 – May 2012

Delivered verification support for semiconductor design workflows using Perl and shell-based automation.
Created and executed validation plans for Verilog and SystemVerilog environments.

Technical Skills

Program Management

Cross-functional Leadership

NPI & Production Readiness

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Agile & Scrum

Process Optimization

Data-driven Execution

CI/CD & DevOps

AI Workflow Adoption

Certifications & Education

Google AI Professional Certificate - 2026 [View Certificate]

Project Management Professional (PMP®) - License #2003785 [View Certificate]

Machine Learning Specialization - Stanford University & DeepLearning.AI (2025) [View Certificate]

Generative AI for Project Managers [View Badge]

English Proficiency - TOEIC Score: 830

M.A. in Electrical Engineering - National Taiwan Ocean University (2008 – 2010)

B.A. in Computer Science & Information Engineering - Soochow University

Projects

Mobile-device Touch Tester

Developed a private repository to assist ODM partners in detecting touch panel defects, improving manufacturing quality.

FinTech Stock Selection System

Developed an automated architecture that programmatically fetches financial market data, integrated with a complete CI/CD development and testing pipeline.

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Critical Choice (Flutter iOS App)

Designed, built, and launched a production mobile application on the Apple App Store utilizing Flutter/Dart to assist professionals with algorithmic task prioritization.

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食安雷達 (Food Safety Radar)

Designed, built, and launched a full-stack civic-data product on Firebase — client-side search over 3,500+ government food-recall records, an email watchlist with transactional alerts, and end-to-end security hardening including Cloud Function IAM lockdown, cost-abuse defenses, and PDPA-compliant consent handling.

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ML Algorithms	Repository
Unsupervised Learning - Kmeans	Customer Segmentation
Unsupervised Learning - Kmeans	Heart Disease Analysis
Anomaly Detection	Server Malfunction Detection
Supervised Learning	Linear & Logistic Regression (TBD)
Deep Learning	Neural Networks (TBD)
LLM Fine-tuning	Coming Soon

Contact Information