Summary
Yaping Yang is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years of hands-on experience bridging institutional research and engineering disciplines to deliver data-driven insights for strategic planning. She has a strong background in research analytics, surveys, forecasting and performance evaluation from roles at Academy of Art University and Dominican University of California, combined with earlier engineering and project analyst experience in Japan. Comfortable with SQL, Excel and SPSS, she translates complex datasets into actionable recommendations and builds reliable analytic workflows. Fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English, she often operates at the intersection of multicultural teams and technical stakeholders. Her MBA and advanced technical degrees underpin a pragmatic blend of business acumen and quantitative rigor that helps institutions turn research into measurable outcomes.
7 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Soochow University, Suzhou, China
MS, MS at Shinshu University (MS), Nagano, Japan
Ph.D., Ph.D. at Shinshu University (Ph.D), Japan
MBA, MBA at Mills College, Graduate School of Business
English, Chinese, Japanese