Summary
Ching-hua Chen is a Senior Research Scientist with eight years of professional experience and a deep academic foundation (Ph.D. in Operations Research and Business Administration) who applies optimization, simulation, and decision science to healthcare informatics and enterprise AI. At IBM he has spanned research, product, management and UX roles—leading interdisciplinary teams that translated behavioral science into tested health interventions and later driving generative AI product discovery to boost developer productivity. His background blends rigorous quantitative modeling for transportation and business analytics with hands-on experience running living-lab experiments in Singapore and managing cross-functional research-to-product pipelines. Trained also in architectural engineering, physics and nursing, he brings a rare combination of systems-level thinking, clinical empathy, and practical optimization skills. Colleagues rely on him to bridge researchers and product teams, turning complex analytic methods into usable, evidence-backed solutions.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Operations Research and Business Administration, Ph.D. Operations Research and Business Administration at Penn State University
Bachelor of Science - BS Nursing, Bachelor of Science - BS Nursing at University of Alabama at Birmingham
B.Sc. Physics (minor in Chemistry), B.Sc. Physics (minor in Chemistry) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
O-Levels, O-Levels at Raffles Girls Secondary School
Raffles Institution