Brian Liu
Director Asset Strategy
City of White Plains, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Liu is a strategic leader in the public utility sector with 10+ years of experience building ISO 55000-compliant asset management systems and aligning asset strategy with organizational finance and operational goals. As Director of Asset Strategy at the New York Power Authority he combines deep treasury and investment acumen—having overseen ~$2B in externally managed trusts—with hands-on risk and portfolio management from earlier roles. He has a track record of creating practical financing structures, credit policies, and business plans that improve balance-sheet flexibility and operational performance. Brian pairs this financial rigor with a continuous-improvement mindset and cross-functional leadership that delivers stakeholder-aligned solutions across large operating units. Unusually for a utility executive, he contributes to open-source frontend work—improving routing and form behavior in the RedwoodJS ecosystem—demonstrating both technical curiosity and product-focused problem solving. He holds an MBA in Finance and a Yale certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy, underscoring a commitment to smart, sustainable energy finance.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Finance, General, MBA, Finance, General at Fordham University - Graduate School of Business AdministrationBachelor of Science (BS), Finance and Computer Information System, Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance and Computer Information System at American UniversityFinancing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate, Financing and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate at Yale University
Japanese, French, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
routers9
router9
forms9
graphql8
wordpress-graphql8
wpgraphql8
apollo8
testing8
prisma7
jamstack7
macos6
angular-ui-bootstrap6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
redwoodjs/redwood
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
The App Framework for Startups
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 6 commits, 6 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the frontend of the RedwoodJS framework, focusing on bug fixes and enhancements to the router and form components. They improved the router's loading state management, enhancing the user experience during authentication. Additionally, the user addressed form validation issues and incorporated features that utilize the React Hook Form library, including error handling and RHF integration. Their work demonstrates a strong understanding of frontend development within the RedwoodJS ecosystem.
reactprismajamstackgraphqlapollo
LBrian/redwood
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
Bringing full-stack to the Jamstack.
Contributions:42 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
reactfull-stackbringingjamstacknetlify
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