George Zhao
Manager at Scanywhere
Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Zhao is an information security and software engineering leader based in Beijing with over a decade of hands-on development and management experience, currently serving as Manager at Scanywhere. He specializes in PKI, SSL VPNs, application security, and system architecture while comfortably working across multiple programming languages. George has a solid track record leading R&D and technical teams at companies including Beijing JN TASS and Topsec, and earlier roles as a system architect and senior engineer demonstrate deep product-to-production experience. He contributes to open-source home automation tooling—developing core LAN communication logic for Midea smart devices—showing practical protocol reverse-engineering and embedded-systems savvy. Known for blending security-first thinking with pragmatic system building, he routinely turns complex security requirements into operational solutions. His background in Electronic and Information Engineering underpins a methodical approach to solving infrastructure and application-level security challenges.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
bachelor, Electronic and Information Engineering, bachelor, Electronic and Information Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
net10
network10
socket10
data-communication10
threaded10
communications10
thread10
hyper-threading10
python10
multithreading10
networking10
home-assistant8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
georgezhao2010/midea_ac_lan
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Auto-configure and then control your Midea M-Smart devices (Air conditioner, Fan, Water heater, Washer, etc) via local area network.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:72 releases, 1 review, 285 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:George primarily contributed to the core logic for controlling Midea smart home devices, focusing on LAN communication. Their work involved developing a `DeviceManager` class for handling device connections, message processing, and status updates. Key contributions include implementing and refining the communication protocol, parsing device responses, and adding functionality for features like setting the fan speed and controlling indirect wind. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of the Midea device communication protocol.
home-automationhome-assistantconfigurerefrigeratorheater
georgezhao2010/azure_cognitive_speech
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 22 commits, 1 PR in 1 month
text-to-speechcomponent-basedazure-cognitive-servicesassistantgoogle-home
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