Summary
Shawn Rong is a firmware-focused director with 11+ years driving SSD product development and cross-site engineering teams, currently leading firmware efforts at Micron (美光科技) in Shanghai. He progressed from hands-on NAND/NOR driver and FTL engineering to senior leadership roles, including RD Department Head at Exascend where he led SATA/NVMe client and industrial SSD architecture and launched the company’s Shanghai subsidiary. Known for motivating teams and optimizing delivery, he combines deep firmware technical expertise (FTL, NAND/NOR, ARM platforms) with proven cross-functional program management across acquisitions and multinational sites. His toolkit spans embedded C and higher-level languages hinted by his GitHub interests (PHP, JavaScript, Go), reflecting a readiness to bridge firmware and software ecosystems. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex storage architectures into shipping products while building high-performing teams and processes. He holds a master’s in computer science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and began his career developing embedded Linux NAND drivers, a background that keeps him grounded in low-level system reliability.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
bachelor, Computer Science, bachelor, Computer Science at Zhengzhou University
Master, Computer, Master, Computer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese, English