Summary
Bz Shen is a technology leader and inventor with over two decades of industry impact, currently serving as Dean at Xidian University after a distinguished career as a Technical Director and Distinguished Engineer at Broadcom. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computing Science and is named on more than 189 issued US patents across networking, wireless, video coding, and multimedia standards including 10GBASE-T, IEEE 802.11n/ad, 3GPP LTE, HEVC/H.265, MoCA, and EPoC. Known for bridging deep theoretical understanding with practical system design, he has driven standards development and high-performance silicon and software solutions at companies like Broadcom and Quantum (now Seagate). His background spans academia and industry research, including roles at Lehigh University, positioning him to translate cutting-edge research into deployable technologies. Based in Irvine, California, he also contributes to front-end development work linked to Alibaba on GitHub, reflecting a hands-on interest in modern software stacks beyond core hardware and standards engineering. An uncommon strength is his sustained productivity in patenting and standards contributions while transitioning into academic leadership.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Mathematics and Computing Science, Ph.D. Mathematics and Computing Science at Eindhoven University of Technology
Discrete Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics at Xidian University