Michael Shen - Test Professional

Professional Summary

Highly accomplished Senior Test Development and Software Verification Engineer with over 15 years of expertise across systems validation, automation frameworks, and data center environments. Proven track record as a Primary Test Owner (PTO) managing virtualization architectures and leading cross-functional manufacturing test teams with global ODM partners. Adept at building scalable CI/CD pipelines and integrating cutting-edge Machine Learning and Generative AI methodologies (Google & Stanford Certified) to optimize testing infrastructure and maximize workflow efficiency.

Professional Experience

Cypress Semiconductor and Parade Technologies, Ltd

Application Engineer Staff / Test Team Lead

Apr 2014 – Feb 2026

Developed automated test tools to improve test efficiency and reliability in mass production.
Created comprehensive test plans, covering functional, non-functional, system tests.
Leveraged AI-assisted coding tools to optimize workflow automation and accelerate test script development (GitHub Copilot and Gemini).
Collaborated with ODM partners (Compal, Foxconn, etc.) to optimize production testing processes and reduce defects.
Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Git, GitHub, Jenkins, improving test automation efficiency.
Provided on-site training and technical support for global manufacturing vendors, ensuring smooth mass production.

IBM

System Assurance and Validation Engineer

Jun 2012 – Mar 2014

Recognized as Primary Test Owner (PTO) for IBM's memory system validation in high-performance computing.
Developed and executed test cases for PowerVM virtualization technology, ensuring system stability.
Automated test processes, enabling the deployment and testing of thousands of virtual machines in a single command, improving efficiency by 80%.
Conducted server/storage validation to enhance data center reliability and performance.
Collaborated with cross-site teams in India, US, and Taiwan to implement test process improvements.

Synopsys

Software Verification Engineer

Aug 2010 – May 2012

Designed and implemented automated test scripts using Perl and shell scripting.
Created and executed test cases for Verilog and SystemVerilog-based designs.

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

Professional Summary

Professional Experience

Cypress Semiconductor and Parade Technologies, Ltd

IBM

Synopsys

Technical Skills

Certifications & Education

Projects

Mobile-device Touch Tester

FinTech Stock Selection System

Critical Choice (Flutter iOS App)

食安雷達 (Food Safety Radar)

Contact Information

Professional Summary

Professional Experience

Cypress Semiconductor and Parade Technologies, Ltd

IBM

Synopsys

Technical Skills

Certifications & Education

Projects

Mobile-device Touch Tester

FinTech Stock Selection System

Critical Choice (Flutter iOS App)

食安雷達 (Food Safety Radar)

ML Specialization Certificate

PMP® Certificate