User:Zhiying Jin/sandbox

Biography
Zhiying Jin (金志英) was born in Dalian (大连市), Liaoning Province (辽宁省), China. He attended Beidian elementary school (北甸小学) and graduated from Dalian No. 8 middle/high school (第八中学). Zhiying did his undergraduate studies at Dalian Institute of Technology (大连工学院), receiving a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics in 1985 and a master's degree in Applied Mathematics in 1987. Zhiying received both his Ph.D. (Operations Research) and MBA from Rutgers Business School in 1994 under the supervision of Professor Ronald Armstrong. Zhiying went to Columbia University in 1994 for two years postdoctoral research under the supervision of Professor Donald Goldfarb. Zhiying joined GTE Labs as a member of technical staff in 1996, and became a principal Software engineer in 2000 at Verizon, working on SuperPages.com. Since 2006, Zhiying has been working at Verizon as technical managers, leading a group of software engineers working on multiple product development, including FiOS. He then joined Redbox Instant in 2011 as a Senior Software Manager, working on Redbox video streaming. Zhiying became Associate Director of Technology at Verizon in 2013 until 2018. In 2018, Zhiying joined AiRXOS - a startup at GE Aviation and became the Head of Engineering later, leading the engineering team working on the next generation of Unmanned Aircraft System. Zhiying has been enjoyed being a hands-on leader, taking ownership, and building strong teams. He has been utilizing his analytical and problem-solving skills at work, and has published 44 granted patents and 16 journal papers. Zhiying has been married with his wife Qinong Liu for more than 32 years and raised two children - Gina who is attending UVM Medical School after her graduation from UCLA and David who is working at a startup as robotic engineer after his graduation from WPI and has been enjoyed doing BattleBots.