Lui (Yuanchen) Liu is a graduate student at UCLA studying Computer Science with expected graduation in Winter 2016. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 2009 graduating Summa Cum Laude. He has over 5 years of professional experience as a consultant at Deloitte Consulting where he led various IT projects. Currently, his research interests include operating systems, mobile networking, and cloud computing.
1. LUI (YUANCHEN) LIU
3718 Clarington Ave. #19 Tel: 310.619.9451
Los Angeles, CA 90034 Email: liulewie@gmail.com
EDUCATION
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Los Angeles, CA
2015 – Present M.S. in Computer Science (Expected graduation: Winter 2016)
• GRE 166 Math 167 Verbal. Cumulative Graduate GPA: 4.00/4.00
• Relevant Courses: Algorithm, Computer Architecture, Database Systems, Operating Systems, Wireless and
Mobile Networking, Cloud Computing Networking, Web Information Management
2005 - 2009 B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Bio-Med Concentration
• Graduated June 2009 with Summa Cum Laude Latin Honor and 7 Dean’s Honors List
• Cumulative Undergraduate GPA: 3.97/4.00
• Relevant Courses: Computer Science, Logical Design of Digital System, Digital Signal Processing Design,
Analog/Digital Electronic Circuit, Communication Systems, Statistics, and Combinatoric
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Deloitte Consulting Los Angeles, CA
2013 - 2014 Information Technology Senior Consultant Top 10% of over 8000 practitioners
• Managed global vendor assessment and Proof of Concept for multi-million payment platform between 5
vendors across 3 countries and synthesized final recommendation leading to a 4 million dollar contract
• Managed performance monitoring and optimization resulting in up to 15-fold capacity increase and 40%
performance saving in critical system components
• Led investigation and resolved 19 critical security risks within 3 weeks to ensure the successful launch of a
10-million-dollar global payment platform
• Received firm-wide “Exemplary Teamwork Award” and 10 “Spotlight Award” for significant contributions
2011- 2013 Information Technology Consultant Top 10% of over 8000 practitioners
• Assembled and led a 5-person Technical Testing Team to successfully complete the accelerated Integration
and System Test for 21 disparate interfaces within an aggressive timeline of 4 months
• Led secondary research on software estimation algorithms (based on parametric model sophistication,
market adoption etc.) leading to 25% accuracy improvement on in-house software estimation tool
• Led Integration Quality Assurance effort for 10-developer team with three independent vendor partners in
an agile methodology environment leading to 20% quality improvement
2009 – 2011 Business Technology Analyst Top 15% of over 8000 practitioners
• Established a monthly Training Newsletter and expanded readership by 55% to serve 3400 global
practitioners by continuously improve delivery quality to drive firm-wide training awareness
• Established the Program Management Office framework based on Earned Value Analysis overseeing a 6-
million healthcare IT system transformation project
Jun. 2008 - Broadcom Corporation Irvine, CA
Sept. 2008 Product Engineer Intern
• Collaborated with senior Product Engineers and Test Engineers in improving 20% Testing yield
RELEVANT PROJECTS
• Operating Systems: Designed and implemented a command line interpreter
• WiFi-Direct Video Streaming Android Application: Designed and implemented Video Streaming App within ad-hoc multi-node WiFi-
Direct networks on Android OS
• Class Enrollment Crawler and Visualization: Implemented crawler collecting UCLA enrollment information and developed
interactive visualization
RELEVANT PROFICIENCIES
• Proficient in programing, markup and query languages C, C++, Java, Scala, VBA, XML, HTML, PHP, CSS, SQL and Verilog
• Proficient in Software Development applications including Oracle database and tools, SoapUI, MapForce, HP Test Suite, IBM
Application Lifecycle Management tools (ALM), TIBCO Middleware Suite and Atlassian ALM
• Proficient in Engineering applications ModelSim (Verilog, VHDL), MAX+PLUS II, Matlab, P-Spice and Cadence Virtuoso
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• Facilitated Ascend, Pan-Asian non-profit professional association, UCLA Chapter launch and assisted with establishing
governance and event planning leading to Chapter inauguration
• Released two critically-acclaimed Chinese Hip-Hop albums, coordinated national tours and was awarded “Best Hip-Hop Album
of 2015” by Chinese Media Awards and “Best Hip-Hop Artist” by Douban and Xiami