Wenlu Wang
Director Of Research Development at VIAVI Solutions
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolWenlu Wang is a seasoned photonics and optical-communications leader with over 20 years of experience taking complex electro-optical products from concept through high-volume production. As Director of Research Development at VIAVI and former senior roles at Jabil, Sanmina and Nortel, he has shipped coherent 100/400Gbps transceivers, silicon photonics PIC integrations, and DSP-enabled coherent engines while leading global cross-functional teams. He combines deep hands-on expertise in optics, hardware and firmware design, MEMS, and test characterization with business and product-line management informed by an MBA. Wenlu’s background spans foundational DWDM and ROADM component design to modern silicon-coherent modules, and he holds a PhD from Tsinghua plus more than six patents. Less obvious: he also contributes to widely used open-source projects across both front-end and back-end stacks (including TypeScript and TiDB), reflecting a rare blend of optical hardware mastery and practical software engineering sensibility. Based in Ottawa, he is known for translating demanding customer requirements into manufacturable, high-reliability products.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MBA General Management Marketing Strategy, MBA General Management Marketing Strategy at University of OttawaPh. D. Optical Engineering, Ph. D. Optical Engineering at Tsinghua UniversityM.Sc. Optics, M.Sc. Optics at Harbin Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (56)
application-framework10
editors10
json10
javascript10
element-ui10
admin10
typed-array10
ui-components10
testing10
tidb10
css10
app-framework10
databases10
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typescript10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/TypeScript
Oct 2017 - Mar 2022
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:101 reviews, 203 commits, 256 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Wenlu primarily focused on improving and maintaining the TypeScript language service, as evidenced by their commits related to completions and code fixes. Their contributions addressed issues in areas like template literals, logical assignment operators, class static blocks, and the handling of `this` in various contexts. This involved code modifications to the compiler and services, demonstrating a strong understanding of the TypeScript codebase and its underlying logic.
typecheckerjavascriptcleantype-checksuperset
microsoft/TypeScript-Website
Feb 2020 - Dec 2020
The Website and web infrastructure for learning TypeScript
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 45 commits, 8 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Wenlu primarily contributed to the website's content, focusing on translating documentation and examples into Chinese. They added and improved Chinese translations for various sections, including the handbook, examples, and playground features. Furthermore, they worked on the codebase to update the user interface and make it more accessible on smaller screens.
typescriptinfrastructurelearning-typescript
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