Summary
Will Xiong is a software-oriented control systems and industrial automation engineer with 8 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning manufacturing, oil & gas, and consulting. A UBC electrical engineering graduate, he combines hands-on PLC/controls work and instrumentation with automation scripting and object-oriented Python development to streamline workflows and deliver multi-million dollar capital projects. He has a track record of accelerating delivery—completing projects ahead of schedule, cutting data-pull times by 40%, and reducing machine start-up time by 60% through pragmatic automation and UI redesign. Comfortable liaising between technical and non-technical stakeholders, he also builds training materials and mentors new hires to scale team capability. An effective public speaker and event organizer, he brings client-facing finesse backed by practical engineering rigor.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Applied Science, Certificate, Applied Science at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at The University of British Columbia
Chinese, English, French