Hua Peng
Executive Director Of Software Engineering And Data Science
College Station, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHua Peng is an experienced software engineering and data science leader with 11 years in industry and a long tenure at StataCorp, now serving as Executive Director of Software Engineering and Data Science. He has led major platform enhancements—such as adding Markdown support, Unicode support, and high-performance Stata/MP features—and combines deep mathematical training (Ph.D. in Mathematics) with hands-on systems and API design for data transformation and visualization. Known for driving both language-level features (Mata extensions, LAPACK interfaces) and user-facing plotting and numeric capabilities, he blends research-grade rigor with product-focused delivery. Based in College Station, Texas, Hua brings a rare mix of academic depth and practical engineering leadership that consistently turns complex statistical computing requirements into robust, production-ready software.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics, Mathematics at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics at Brandeis University
Github Skills (24)
multimarkdown10
kramdown10
stata10
sas9
spss9
markdown-it9
parser8
syntax-highlighting8
commonmark8
docx8
pdf8
java8
markdown8
converting8
highlighter7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
huapeng01016/China2017
Sep 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
huapeng01016/chicago19
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:26 commits in 16 days
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