Summary
Maohao Ran is an LLM Engineer and seasoned software developer with a decade of experience spanning machine learning, systems engineering, and full-stack web development. He has built production vehicle simulation and compiler tooling at BMW, led an AI-driven air quality forecasting platform achieving 80% accuracy, and worked as a Rust and LLM engineer through Toptal before joining a generative AI research center. Holding advanced degrees from Sussex, ASU and a PhD candidacy focused on LLMs and AI agents in Hong Kong, he blends deep systems-level expertise (C/C++, x86, compilers, WebAssembly) with practical ML and distributed systems design. Comfortable across Python, PHP, Node.js and Rust, Maohao is as likely to optimize big-data pipelines as to prototype intelligent agents, and he brings a proven track record of turning research into production-ready software.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computing and Technology, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computing and Technology at Arizona State University
Master of Science - MS, Advanced Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Advanced Computer Science at University of Sussex
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Large Language Model and AI Agent, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Large Language Model and AI Agent at Hong Kong Baptist University
Bachelor's degree, Embeded System, Bachelor's degree, Embeded System at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China