Kevin Zhao

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  • Timeline

    Aug 2019 - Sept 2019

    Fair Ambassador

    Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)
    Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

    Piano Teacher

    EJS School of Music
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

    Instructor

    UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach
    Apr 2020 - May 2023

    Founder

    Keyz.io Ltd
    Sept 2022 - Jun 2024

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    May 2023 - Jul 2023

    Silicon Engineering Intern

    Microsoft
    Current Company
    Jul 2024 - now

    Silicon Engineer

    Microsoft
  • About me

    Silicon Engineer @ Microsoft | UBC ECE

  • Education

    • The university of british columbia

      2020 - 2024
      Bachelor's degree computer engineering
  • Experience

    • Pacific national exhibition (pne)

      Aug 2019 - Sept 2019
      Fair ambassador
    • Ejs school of music

      Sept 2019 - Jun 2020
      Piano teacher

      • Developed curriculums and lesson plans for piano lessons for students aged 6-12.• Taught piano lessons; established relationships with students’ parents and communicated progress to students’ parents.

    • Ubc geering up engineering outreach

      Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
      Instructor

      - Teaching topics in the field of science, engineering, and technology to youth ages 6 to 12- Developing engaging learning activities to inspire and encourage interest in STEAM fields.

    • Keyz.io ltd

      Apr 2020 - May 2023
      Founder

      • Founded a company designing and manufacturing custom enthusiast keyboards.• Proficient with EDA tools and the C programming language, designed keyboard hardware and firmware for the enthusiast market with thousands of units sold to date.• Developed PCB test jigs and firmware programming scripts to automatically program and test keyboard firmware in high-volumes. Saved over a hundred hours with automation scripts and custom testing hardware.• Operated in a high-pressure work environment to meet strict product launch deadlines and delivery dates.• Negotiated terms with materials suppliers and manufacturing partners to meet product design specifications and financial targets. Show less

    • Ubc electrical and computer engineering

      Sept 2022 - Jun 2024

      • Investigated defences against CPU cache side-channels related to Spectre/Meltdown security vulnerabilities.• Implemented micro-architectural defences in CPU simulators• Developed scripts for automating performance benchmarking and data collection• Co-supervised by Dr. Prashant Nair and Dr. Mieszko Lis

      • Undergraduate Research Assistant

        May 2022 - Jun 2024
      • Teaching Assistant

        Sept 2022 - May 2023
    • Microsoft

      May 2023 - Jul 2023
      Silicon engineering intern

      • Improved and expedited silicon validation through improvements to proprietary test framework and firmware in C.• Shortened development times with the implementation of gdb-compliant post-mortem debugging for RISC-V.• Designed and implemented a robust software abstraction that facilitated the execution of I/O operations on embedded hardware, improving code reusability.• Developed Python scripts for more efficient debugging workflows through automated file parsing, debugging output, and generating core dump files. Show less

    • Microsoft

      Jul 2024 - now
      Silicon engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Associate's diploma (arct) in piano performance

      The royal conservatory of music
      Jan 2019
    • Delf b2 french certificate

      France éducation international
      Jan 2020