Lorby Bi
Plano,TX
Summary
Versatile Engineering Manager and Technical Architect with over 15 years of experience, excelling in both startup and grownup company environments. Demonstrated proficiency in infrastructure design, team leadership, and program management. Proven track record of building high-performing teams from scratch to 100+ professionals and introducing state-of-the-art technology to enhance product quality and team capabilities. Skilled in whole product delivery in an agile environment, offering a rich technical background at both the system architecture and detailed hands-on levels. Exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a focus on customer-centric planning and communication.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
VP of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
Richardson, TX
09.2019 - Current
- Established multiple teams from ground up, growing to total of 80 members focused on LTE/5G RAN product and solution development, including OAM/backend, testing, CI/CD, and QA teams.
- Implemented agile methodologies and quality monitoring throughout all stages of product life cycle, from requirement gathering to final delivery.
- Introduced CI/CD integration across all products, significantly improving efficiency.
- Spearheaded team's transition to Go-based development by creating Gofer, message-based, state-machine-driven, stateless Go framework.
- Successfully developed and deployed ORAN LTE-based cloud-native small cell solution on Kubernetes, supporting thousands of devices within single cluster.
- Utilized cutting-edge VPP/DPDK technology and containerized deployment via Kubernetes to deliver high-performance, cloud-native 5G CUUP.
- Led macro LTE team in restructuring legacy monolithic CU into microservice cloud-native architecture, improving unit performance by 300%.
- Directed NPN team in developing solution with automatic deployment functionality.
Senior Director of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
Richardson, TX
02.2017 - 09.2019
- Pioneered transformation of legacy ATCA-based products to Network Function Virtualization (NFV) architecture in response to industry shifts towards virtualization.
- Collaborated with senior management, PLM/SE teams to define transition roadmap.
- Architected novel NFV/microservice-based structure, integrating Layer 3/4 load balancer and Layer 7 routing engine for diverse protocols following same principle.
- Re-engineered traditional active-standby HA strategy to all-active HA model, enhancing system resilience.
- Led IMS/Messaging/SBC team in transitioning relevant products from ATCA-based to NFV-based solutions.
Senior Director of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
Shanghai
01.2012 - 02.2017
- Founded and developed new 40-member team for edge products in IMS network, including ASBC/ISBC/ATCF.
- Enhanced delivery processes by establishing automated integration testing team and tool.
- Integrated DPDK technique for media plane processing using standard Intel CPUs, enhancing system efficiency.
- Conceptualized and designed system architecture, including signaling, security, and media plane subsystems.
- Created common middleware layer for all edge products, significantly reducing effort needed to add new products compared to competitors.
- Led team in successfully delivering series of C++ implemented edge products to several Tier 1 and Tier 2 operators.
Director of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
Shanghai
09.2006 - 01.2012
- Established and developed IMS/Messaging development team from scratch, growing to 20 members.
- Managed engineering and maintenance staff, overseeing hiring, training, and personal development initiatives.
- Collaborated with PMs and other teams to streamline delivery process.
- Designed software architecture for IMS core network and messaging products, including SCSCF/ICSCF, RMS, MMS, and RCS, from ground up.
- Implemented and restructured core components of products, improving overall performance.
- Successfully led team to deliver series of IMS core network and messaging AS products, primarily implemented in C++.
Director of Engineering
Simton Technologies
Shanghai
01.2004 - 09.2006
- Built and managed proficient development, testing, technical support, and SCM team, driving maximum performance.
- Recruited, hired, and trained staff, setting clear operational and performance expectations.
- Designed system architecture for products and implemented core components, enhancing overall functionality.
- Established development process, software release approach, and quality control criteria, streamlining workflow.
- Successfully led team to deliver series of IPX (IP-PBX + Firewall) products, meeting project timelines and quality standards.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
SVA-Intrusion
Shanghai, Shanghai
01.2001 - 12.2003
- Successfully built robust firewall utilizing C on VxWorks platform, demonstrating technical proficiency and innovative thinking.
Education
Master of Science - Data Science
University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Science - SoftwareEngineering
Beijing University of Posts AndTelecommunications
Bachelor of Science - MechatronicEngineering, Electronic Engineering
Zhejiang University
Skills
Leadership & Management Skills:
- Team Leadership
- Decision Making
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Project Proposals
- Project Management
- Agile Workflow
Technical Skills:
- Software Architecture (C4 Model)
- Technical Direction
- Familiarity with RESTful API, gRPC, SIP, Diameter, TCP/UDP, SCTP, HTTP, TLS, Netconf, IMS, RAN, etc
- Proficiency in C, C, Go, Rust, Python on Linux platform
- Cloud-native technology, Containerization, AWS, Kubernetes
- Networking and Security, including VPP/DPDK
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning with PyTorch, TensorFlow
Certification
- Vital Skills for Data Science : Coursera
- Statistical Learning for Data Science Coursera
- Data Science Foundations: Data Structures and Algorithms: Coursera
- Advanced Programmer
- PMP
Additional Information
PR of US
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
VP of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
09.2019 - Current
Senior Director of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
02.2017 - 09.2019
Senior Director of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
01.2012 - 02.2017
Director of Engineering
Mavenir Systems Inc
09.2006 - 01.2012
Director of Engineering
Simton Technologies
01.2004 - 09.2006
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
SVA-Intrusion
01.2001 - 12.2003
Master of Science - Data Science
University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Science - SoftwareEngineering
Beijing University of Posts AndTelecommunications
Bachelor of Science - MechatronicEngineering, Electronic Engineering
Zhejiang University
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