Chris (Ki Chung) Lim

Los Angles, California | (213) 374-5857 | chrislim@usc.edu  | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-lim-1ba6ba153/

EDUCATION

• Major in Computer Science, Minor in Data Analytics                                                       August 2019-June 2023
• Bachelor’s degree, University of Southern California                                                          GPA: 3.76
• Relevant coursework: Taken Classes including CSCI 201 (Principles of Software Development) and CSCI 270 (Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of Computing)

SCHOLARSHIPS

• USC Alumni Club of Hong Kong Scholar, Scholarship holder ($10,000 USD scholarship for College)
• HKSES (Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme) scholarship awardee ($155,000 USD scholarship for College)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Financial Data Analyst Intern, IT Department                                                                                                                                                            June 2021-August 2021

Tencent (Fusion Bank), Hong Kong

• Fusion Bank, subsidiary of Tencent, is one of the eight certified Virtual Banks in Hong Kong providing services including banking, deposits, loans, remittance and foreign exchange to Hong Kong citizens.
• Under mentorship of former Fusion Bank CTO, Ricky Tsang.
  • Worked on flushing out the Bank’s Database Management System’s dataflow
  • Data Testing for the APP’s ID scanning AI system
  • Rewriting documents and rebuilding the company’s new staff onboarding workflow
  • Presenting an IT Enterprise Service Implementation Design to support the company’s internal tech support

Software Developer, Tech Department                                                                                                                                                                  November 2020-Feb 2021

Jumpstart Media, Hong Kong

For more info: https://github.com/chrislim1234/Cat-Mouse, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KBfwqIVpeP73kmp3_WdzZtMv66GBWmEY/view?usp=sharing

• Jumpstart media is an Asia based Startup focused on working with local Startup community using multi-media such as its magazine and online publication and nurturing companies with its Seed accelerator program.
• In charge of creating its new product, ‘Cat Meets Mouse’, a website/application created to help match startups and investors.
  • Building Cat Meets Mouse’s frontend with CSS, HTML and JavaScript including its login page, user account page and matching interface
  • Developing Cat Meets Mouse’s backend by connecting user data to a MySQL database through application of PHP and SQL
  • Leading Jumpstart’s collaboration with KAMI, an AI company focused on Deep Learning and graph-based networking, to help Jumpstart to optimize its user data to output more optimized matches for Cat Meets Mouse

Research Assistant, AIBD (Artificial Intelligence & Big Data) Department                                                                                                                  July 2020–August 2020                                    

ASTRI (Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute), Hong Kong

• ASTRI is a Hong Kong Government funded research institute with its mission to enhance Hong Kong’s competitiveness in technology-based industries through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D is organized under five tech divisions: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics (AIBD); Communications; Cybersecurity, Cryptography and Trusted Technologies (CCT); Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS); IOT and Sensors.
• Under mentorship of heads of AIBD team, James Lei and Abel Yang.
  • Conducted financial modeling and analysis for options for cryptocurrency and decreasing risk through decentralizing writings of current cryptocurrency options contract providers
  • Wrote a research report regarding Options trading and its different pricing models
  • Presented on Compound and Hegic Protocol and a new type of pricing model for call/put option contracts for cryptocurrency

Recruitment Research Analyst, Investment Banking Department                                                                                                                                  May 2020–June 2020

Wellesley, Hong Kong

• Wellesley is a well-known Asia-based Finance Head-hunting firm offering executive search, specialist recruitment and interim management/contracting services across Banking & Financial Services Technology, Media, Telecoms Consumer-driven Companies and Professional Services.
• Under mentorship of Tammy Mak, Director of Corporate and Investment Banking team, and Rick Johannessen, MD of Private Equity team.
  • Compiled document on 97 different Hedge Funds including information on Wellesley’s investment strategy and its respective teams
  • Conducted candidate research on talent in sectors including Alternative Investment, Asset Management, Global Markets, Investment Banking and Wealth Management
  • Completed mapping and market intelligence gathering on SalesForce to refresh and update on market movements

Assistant Electrical Engineer, MITO Production Team                                                                                                                                                 July 2018-August 2018

Navatics, Shenzhen

• Navatics is a Shenzhen based Start-up specialized in making underwater robots, in particular its main product Navatics MITO Underwater Drone
• Under mentorship of Elvin Ruslim, Head Electrical Engineer and Andreas Widy, Founder of Navatics
  • Designed how servo, bluetooth and gyroscope modules connected to MITO’s microprocessors.
  • Created a mobile application capable of controlling MITO’s lateral and vertical movements
  • Researched on different types of Serial Communication including ADC, UART and I2C

INVOLVEMENT

AUV (Automated Underwater Vehicle), Member                                                                                                                                                            August 2019-2020

• Electrical Engineer in charge of designing PCB board for USC AUV’s underwater robot, Turtle, to compete in an International Competition

CORPUS CALLOSUM, Member                                                                                                                                                                                           August 2019-2020

• Working as part of a team to build a VR experience showcasing people’s social media preference and data

TROJAN TUTORING, Member                                                                                                                                                                                              August 2019-2020

• Teaching at a local High School weekly, helping students with math and giving mentorship after school

TROJAN MARKETING GROUP, Tech Department Member                                                                                                                                                     August 2020-Present

• Working on data analytics for the marketing team using python

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

CSCI 201 Final Project                                                                                                                                                                                       Sophomore Year First Semester

• Created a multi-threaded battleship game using Java, HTML, SQL and CSS.

Machine Learning Project                                                                                                                                                                          Sophomore Year Second Semester

• Study using ensemble methods and other ML techniques to find relationships regarding stock price change and financial indicators of companies

Link to project: https://chrislim1234.github.io/

Link to article: https://chrislim190047.medium.com/what-factors-cause-stock-price-changes-3ce9e2d01ae2

SKILLS

• Java, JavaScript, Python, C++, C, HTML, CSS, SQL, Access, MongoDB, Tableau, SalesForce, Eagle PCB Design, CAD (Fusion 360), Microsoft and Adobe Suite
• Native in English, Mandarin and Cantonese; Basic understanding in Spanish and Korean