Summary
Charlie Lee is a Senior Technical Program Manager with 10+ years delivering complex server and hardware products, currently driving programs at Lenovo from a base in Dublin, CA. He combines a mechanical engineering pedigree and eight patented mechanism designs with data science expertise (MS in Applied Data Science) to lead cross-functional NPI, manufacturing, and cloud-scale rack projects. Charlie has led high-impact programs for customers like Apple and hyperscalers, reducing RMA and production issues through data-driven root cause analysis and DFM. Known for hands-on troubleshooting across CAD, tolerance analysis, and supply-chain coordination, he also builds ML and full‑stack tools to inform product decisions. Multilingual and comfortable presenting to executive stakeholders, he excels at turning ambiguous requirements into manufacturable architecture and measurable outcomes. An entrepreneurially minded operator, he uniquely bridges hardware tooling cost tradeoffs with software analytics to accelerate time-to-market.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering at Yuan-Ze University
35 PDU/contact hours certification, 35 PDU/contact hours certification at Institute for information industry
Master of Science - MS, Applied Data Science, 3.97, Master of Science - MS, Applied Data Science, 3.97 at Syracuse University
Data Science, Data Science at UC Berkeley Extension
English, Japanese, Chinese, Mandarin