Kent Chen
Co-Founder (CTO) at Edaige Limited
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolKent Chen is a technology entrepreneur and CTO with 11 years of industry experience and a PhD in Computer Systems Networking, known for translating university research into commercial AI, blockchain and FinTech products. He has co-founded multiple startups and led technology clusters at HKSTP, blending hands-on engineering with strategic partnership and technology transfer skills. His background spans wireless and mobile systems, scalable AI solutions and IoT, with early R&D roles at DOCOMO, Huawei and ASTRI that underpin his systems-level perspective. Based in Hong Kong, he combines academic rigor with 4+ years of formal leadership to architect practical, commercialization-driven platforms and mentor technical teams. An understated strength is his track record of spinning university projects into companies and events (e.g., organizing the IES 2019 AI Forum), revealing a knack for ecosystem building beyond pure engineering.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Peking UniversityHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
English, Chinese, Japanese
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Github Skills (127)
react-native-app10
gmail10
remote-config10
in-app-purchase10
google-auth10
receipt-validation10
firebase10
auth10
javascript10
push-notifications10
pouchdb10
realtime-database10
outlook10
obsolete10
database10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
iamcxa/react-native-boilerplate
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
A React Native project template for building solid applications through separation of concerns between the UI, state management and business logic.
Contributions:66 commits, 8 PRs, 16 pushes in 6 months
flux-architectureseparationlogictemplatedetox
trunk-studio/trademuch
Dec 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:102 PRs, 38 pushes, 11 comments in 5 months
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