Cyrus Yip
Senior Controls System Engineer at Air Liquide
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Cyrus Yip is a Senior Controls System Engineer based in Dallas with six years of hands-on experience designing and commissioning industrial control systems across gas, manufacturing, and automation sectors. He has progressed from electrical application and systems engineering roles to senior controls positions at Cates Control Systems and Air Liquide, bringing deep PLC/SCADA and control logic expertise to complex projects. Cyrus pairs field-proven automation skills with software-savvy backend development—he contributed persistent-note and MongoDB-backed thread-management features to a popular open-source Discord Modmail bot, showing attention to scalable data workflows beyond traditional controls. Known for translating ambiguous process requirements into auditable, maintainable control solutions, he balances on-site commissioning know-how with code-level problem solving. His background in electrical engineering from UT Dallas underpins a practical, systems-oriented approach to controls architecture and integration.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas
Chinese
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Github Skills (17)
python10
discord-js10
discord10
bots10
mongodb-database10
discord-py10
mongodb10
asyncio9
apidoc9
api9
database-design8
html6
macos6
animate-on-scroll6
css6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
modmail-dev/Modmail
Feb 2020 - Jun 2021
A Discord bot that functions as a shared inbox between staff and members, similar to Reddit's Modmail.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 10 PRs, 31 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Cyrus primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Discord bot, focusing on the implementation of persistent notes and related features. They added functionality for creating, deleting, and editing persistent notes within the modmail system. Code changes span core thread management, API interaction with a MongoDB database, and modification of the modmail cog. The user's work demonstrates a strong understanding of the bot's architecture and core functionality, including message handling and database integration.
herokudiscord-jsdiscordfeature-richbot
RealCyGuy/Bronze-Medalist
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
Discord economy bot with slash commands made with discord.py.
Contributions:12 releases, 131 commits, 3 PRs in 8 months
pythondiscord-economyeconomydiscordbot
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