Summary
Shiyao Ma is an experienced engineering leader with 13 years focused on networks, distributed systems, cloud security, and blockchain technologies. Currently Head of Consumer Experience Engineering at Jampack, he has held senior technical and managerial roles at Block, Afterpay, and as CTO/Head of R&D at CPChain Foundation. He combines rigorous academic training toward a PhD in Computer Science from HKUST and research exposure at University of Toronto with hands-on delivery of production systems. His interests span network theory and convex optimization, reflecting a blend of systems design and mathematical rigor in problem solving. Based in Shanghai, he is comfortable bridging research and product teams to ship secure, scalable services. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who turns complex distributed and privacy challenges into deployable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Student, Visiting Student at University of Toronto
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Tsinghua University
Shanghai High School
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)