Zhenhua Chen
Independent Designer Product Thinker at Built by Zhen
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhenhua Chen is an independent designer and product thinker based in California with nine years of cross-disciplinary experience blending industrial design, macOS development, and systems automation. He builds “calm, low-noise” digital and physical products—most recently Wallity, a privacy-conscious, RAM-only macOS wallpaper utility engineered in Swift and AppKit to minimize friction and memory use. His background spans CAD engineering for electrical distribution hardware at Schneider Electric and IGE+XAO/ETAP to hands-on product work and CMF-driven home decor launches, giving him uncommon fluency between component-level engineering and user-facing aesthetics. On the engineering side he contributes to open-source infrastructure like Apache Linkis, automating license and build workflows and reinforcing deployment reliability. A Stanford product management certificate and MA/BFA in industrial design inform his practice: pragmatic, research-led, and attuned to emotional stillness in product experience. He’s focused on shipping small, well-crafted systems that reduce cognitive noise while solving concrete user and manufacturing problems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA, studio art, 3.2 GPA — Met transfer eligibility standard, Associate of Arts - AA, studio art, 3.2 GPA — Met transfer eligibility standard at Saddleback CollegeMaster of Arts - MA, Industrial and Product Design, GPA 3.09/4.0, Master of Arts - MA, Industrial and Product Design, GPA 3.09/4.0 at Savannah College of Art and DesignHigh School Diploma (GED), General Education (High School Equivalency), Passing (College Ready), High School Diploma (GED), General Education (High School Equivalency), Passing (College Ready) at GED Credentialing (State of California)St. Mary Catholic High School SMCSProduct Management Program, Product Management, Certificate of Completion, Product Management Program, Product Management, Certificate of Completion at Stanford University School of Engineering
English, Chinese
Github Skills (23)
scripting10
bash10
apache10
automation10
script10
sh10
automations10
shell10
web-content9
webpages9
nginx9
docker8
postinstall8
installers8
installer8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
apache/linkis
Nov 2021 - May 2022
Apache Linkis builds a computation middleware layer to facilitate connection, governance and orchestration between the upper applications and the underlying data engines.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 20 commits, 5 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Zhenhua primarily focused on automating the process of removing and adding licenses across various file types within the Apache Linkis project. This involved creating and utilizing a shell script (`modify_license.sh`) to update licenses in Java, Scala, XML, JavaScript, SCSS, properties, and Vue files. Additionally, the user developed scripts for regenerating dependencies and modifying the web application's installation process and configuration, indicating a strong emphasis on automation and build/deployment processes. The user also worked on fixing an issue related to the command "ip addr".
application-managerconnectionenginestoragejdbc
iture123/easyUtil
Dec 2017 - Dec 2021
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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