Hong Zhang - will code for food...

Hey,

I am a software developer and I do Software Development, Computer Interaction Design, and User Experience Study

Outside of my work, I enjoy running, building things, writing, reading, cooking, and
playing with my little one

Brief Profile

Work Experience

2012.12 - Present: Price Industries
2012.2 - 2012.10: Online Business Systems Winnipeg
2007. - 2012.1: HP Canada Enterprise Services Winnipeg
2007.9. - 2007.12: Frantic Film
1999. - 2003: Worked in a few different companies at China.; Later worked as a freelance developer for a period of time.

Skills

Software Development: C#/VB.NET, WPF, Windows Form, Mvvm (Prism + Unity), Linq; Entity Framework, DBMS(SQL Server/Oracle); ASP.NET, MVC 3/4, Javascript/JQuery, HTML(5), CSS; SOA, WCF; Image Processing, GDI+; My Obsolete Skills: Delphi, Java, C++
Design: RWD (Responsive web design), SVG, CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization); Balsamiq, Pencil (a software); SPSS, Google Analytic

Education

2008 - 2013: Master, Computer Science; University of Manitoba; Thesis-based in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
2003 - 2008: Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science; University of Manitoba; Honor, with co-op option

Certificates

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer: 2013; Web + Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Professional Scrum Master: 2013; PSM 1

Publication

See me, see you: A lightweight method for discriminating user touches on tabletop displays: 2012; Video Demo
An evaluation of one-handed techniques for multiple-target selection: 2009

Interest

User Interaction/Interface Design + Optimization: I am devoted to designing, improving and optimizing user interface and interaction, including desktop, web, and mobile applications.
CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization): I am particularly interested in a position involved CRO, data analysis, and user experience tweak.
Cross Platform Development: My latest personal side project is one on cross-platform system development. I am also intrigued by hybrid solution for cross-platform.

For my complete resume...

Activities

Running

I enjoy running, not only because of its physical benefits, but more importantly, because it cleans up my mind. I consider myself as an novice runner and I still keep on running. I do have a Garmin Connect and most of time I run with my watch. Feel free to connect with me. So far, I have completed the following races:

2014: Oct. Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Half Marathon (HM); Sept. ManyFest 10&10 Race (10 miles); May. Winnipeg Police Half Marathon (HM)
2013: Oct. Twilight Run (10K); Aug. Hope Classic (5K)

My Strava Badge

Olivia

Meet Olivia.

She is growing and growing...and of course, more and more energy.

Say Hello.

Sorry the following contact form does not work because stupid GoDaddy server does not support send email by code. The sample code on their page does not work, every sample I found online does not work, and the worst part is, GoDaddy does not have email support anymore and I definitely do not want to call them to discuss how to write code. I have decided to leave GoDaddy very soon. If you want to say hi, please use:

Me [@] HongInCanada.com