Jiayang Liao

About Me

         See my CV for more details.

         Hi! My name is Susan Jiayang Liao 廖嘉楊. I am a Business Analyst in the Cross-Divisional Strategic Execution (XDIV) department, under Executive Office at Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong SAR. I graduated from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Financial Technology (FinTech) and double major in Computer Science. I am interested in Project Management, and Business Workflow Management broadly.

         My UG final year project investigates software development of privacy-preserving wallet, supporting both audibility and financial data encryption using a centralized database. During my undergraduate study, I mainly worked with Dr. Chow Kam Pui in HKU Standard Chartered Foundation FinTech Academy(HKU-SCF FinTech Academy ). I also worked with Prof. Jian-feng Yao from Statistics Department of HKU, on data science related topics.

         Apart from career interests, I also enjoy ballet, playing Guzheng, and cooking. One of my life goals is to live along a lake, planting and cooking with my family, though it may take a long time to enter the stage :D

Career Interests

• Project Management, Corss-Divisional Collaboration
• Frontend Development, E-payment System
• Data Analytics, Machine Learning
• Digital Currency & Blockchain

Education

• The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
  [2019 - 2024]
  
  
  Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Financial Technology,
  CGPA: 3.92/4.30
  
  
  2nd Major in Computer Science
  First Honor Distinction
  
  

• Northwestern University, USA
  [2022.03 - 2022.06]
  
  
  Exchange Program
  CGPA: 4.0/4.0
  
  
  Course Taken: Web Design, Data and Decisions, AI, Distributed Systems
  
  

• Fudan University, China
  [2020.12 - 2021.01]
  
  
  International Winter Capmus
  CGPA: 4.0/4.0
  
  
  Course Taken: Econometrics, Quantitative Risk Management

Honors, Awards, Grants

Internship & Project Experience

• Leveraged cross-divisional collaboration and applied project management framework to firm-wide initiatives.
• Facilitated internal auditing process with automated business workflow to relieve manual workload.
• Supported cross-regional compliance project with divisional business analysis and technological workaround

• Project Title: Prototype of SuperCloudPay: privacy-preserving wallet in cloud era [Project Proposal] [Panel Presentation].
• Led the development team of 3 to create a prototype of E-wallet application, supporting audibility and privacy protection.
• Responsible for entire frontend development of mobile application using React Native.
• Learned and coded in React Native in 1 month, building 15+ screens and 20+ reusable components.
• Collaborated with backend developers and cryptography experts in protocol and function designs.
• Test React components using Jest and create documentations.

• Project involved:
  mBridge - Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency project [Phase 2] [Roadmap]
  e-HKD - Retail Central Bank Digital Currency project [Whitepaper] [Dicussion paper]
  Hong Kong FinTech Week 2021 (HKFTW2021) [Event link]
• Documented and tested online platforms of mBridge for cross-border settlement involving BIS, 4 central authorities, and 20+ retail banks globally.
• Supported technical analysis of 35+ industry feedback on e-HKD Whitepaper.
• Tracked global digital currency projects and coordinated regular updates to the Chief FinTech Officer.
• Hosted the market research and presentation of Automated Market Maker in DeFi.
• Co-designed and promoted the digital currency panel presentation of HKFTW 2021.
• Supported on-site logistics for Financial Secretary of HKSAR and CEO of HKMA.

Extracurricular Activities & Competitions

• Web 3 Carnival, HKUST 30th Anniversary
  Crypto Lab, HKUST
  
  
   Product Manager
  [June - Sept 2022]
  
  
• Chengdu FinTech80 Hackathon, Data Analyst
  SWUFE
  
  
   5th Place (Innovator Award)
  [July 2021]
  
  
• Crypto Portfolio Challenge, Data Analyst
  AREIX
  
  
   8th Place (2nd Best Model Accuracy)
  [April 2021]
  
  
• FinTech Student Association
  HKU
  
  
   Internal Vice President
  [June 2020 - Aug 2021]
  
  
• RC Piano Society
  R.C.Lee Hall, HKU
  
  
   President & Dance Director
  [June 2020 - Present]
  
  

Research Experience

Teaching Experience

The University of Hong Kong

• [Fall 2020] ENGG1330 Computer programming I in Python (Undergraduate, Introductory)
  Teaching Assistant to Dr. Schnieders, Dirk
  Responsible for delivering weekly two-hour tutorial sessions. Scheduled tutorials: Introduction to Python, Python Basics (Syntax, Data types, Data structure, Operators, Control flow, Recursion), Data Structure, Introduction to Algorithms, Final recap.

Skills

• Natural Languages: Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent), Cantonese (Basic)
• Programming Lanaguges^#: Python, Web development (HTML, CSS, JS), App development (React Native), C++, Database (MongoDB, SQL), Java, Go, Solidity
• General Skills: Microsoft Office, Workflow Studio, WordPress, Notion
  ^#In a descending order of proficiency.

Key Courses

• FinTech:
  Introduction to Data Science and Visualization;
  Foundations of FinTech Programming (Java);
  Theory of Data and Decisions;
  Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT);
  E-payment and Cryptocurrency;
  Emerging Technology and Business Models;
  Regulation of Financial Market;
  Corporate Finance;
  Portfolios Analysis;
  Derivatives;
  


• Computer Science:
  Web Design;
  Interactive Mobile Application
  Computer and Communication Networks;
  Cyber Security
  Data Structures and Algorithms;
  Artificial Intelligence;
  Database Management;
  Computer Organization;
  Distributed System;
  Cryptography
  Programming Technologies in Linux and C++;

Contact

• Email: susan823@connect.hku.hk
• Phone: Upon Request.
• GitHub: SusanLJY
• LinkedIn: Susan Jiayang Liao

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