Shang Gao

Senior Computer Engineer · Architect · Consultant · Educator · Inventor

Software, Embedded, Mobile & AI solutions — from idea to market

25+ years building, leading, and supporting systems — from bare-metal firmware to large language models（LLMs）.

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✓ 25+ years experience · Fortune 100 - 500 clients · Products in market

Trusted by industry leaders

CHINA UNIONPAY · MASTERCARD · US BANK · AT&T · NEC · LG · KMART · CISCO · NAVICO · SINGULEX

What I Do

🔧 Architect

Software, embedded, mobile, and AI systems — from chip-level design to enterprise architecture.

💼 Consultant

Architecture, project rescue, team leadership, production support, and expert advice for real-world projects.

🎓 Educator

Practical courses on IT, software, embedded systems, and AI — built for engineers who want real, ship-ready skills.

💡 Inventor

Products taken from concept to market. Some already shipping.

About Me

I'm a Senior Computer Engineer with an advanced degree（M.S.）in Computer Science & Engineering and more than 25 years of experience — spanning chip-level design, embedded and real-time systems, enterprise software, web and mobile platforms, cloud architecture, and today's AI-driven applications.

I've worked with Fortune 100 to 500 clients across payments, banking, retail, telecom, medical, networking, and industrial sectors. Today I consult, teach, lead teams, and invent — helping people and organizations build systems that actually ship. I'm bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese.

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Skills & Stack

25+ years across the full stack — from firmware to AI

🏗️ Enterprise Architecture

Architecture: Distributed systems · microservices · cloud-native platforms · API design · system integration

Cloud & DevOps: AWS · Azure · GCP · Docker · Kubernetes · Terraform · CI/CD

Data: PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis · SQLite · Vector Databases

Focus: secure & scalable architecture

🌐 Web & Mobile Development

Web Frontend: React · Next.js · Vue · Angular · HTML5 / CSS3

Mobile: iOS (Swift) · Android (Kotlin / Jetpack Compose) · React Native · Flutter · Ionic

Capabilities: cross-platform apps · native integrations · offline storage · push notifications · app store deployment

🤖 AI & Modern Development

Foundations: ML (Classical Algorithms) · Neural Networks

Modern AI: LLMs · RAG · LangGraph · MCP · Prompt Engineering · AI Agent Design

Engineering: MLOps / AI DevOps · Vector Databases

Tooling: Claude Code · Copilot · Cursor · Trae

🔧 Embedded & Real-Time

Hardware: SBC · microcontroller · ARM/MCU

System: bare-metal · RTOS/FreeRTOS · Zephyr · OS kernel & device drivers · firmware · Embedded Linux

Advanced: Edge AI / Tiny ML · security

Applications: IoT · smart devices

🌐 Networking & Protocols

Core: TCP/IP · UDP · sockets · HTTP/HTTPS · WebSocket

API & Integration: REST · GraphQL · gRPC

Embedded & Industrial: MQTT · CAN · BLE · WiFi · USB

Diagnostics: Wireshark · tcpdump

💻 Languages & Backend Frameworks

Languages: C · C++ · C# · Java · Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · Go · PHP · SQL · Shell / Bash · Assembly (legacy)

Backend: Node.js / Express · Django · Flask · FastAPI · Spring Boot · .NET / .NET Core

Tooling: npm / pnpm · Vite · Webpack · Git · GitHub / GitLab

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Achievements & Products

Systems and products delivered — from national payment networks to world-first inventions

China UnionPay · Payment Systems & Gateways

Delivered

Payment systems and gateways deployed across multiple cities and regions in China, processing online financial transactions at scale.

US Financial Networks

Delivered

Regional and international financial network systems for US banking and payment clients, handling high-volume, mission-critical transactions.

Medical Research & Diagnostics

Delivered

Developed Erenna for medical research and biomarker analysis, and Clarity — a clinical analyzer for high-sensitivity in vitro diagnostics.

Next-Generation Network Security (IDS/IPS)

Delivered

Engineered a 2nd-generation intrusion detection and prevention system for enterprise network security and real-time threat monitoring.

BESS · Battery Energy Storage System

Delivered

An energy storage system for efficient power management and emergency backup, combining embedded control with IoT monitoring.

Smart Kitchen Monitor

World's First

Invented the world's first smart kitchen monitor — tracking restaurant employee behavior and hygiene compliance to improve health environments.

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Computer Courses

Practical training across three tracks, from foundations to advanced, and many of my students have gone on to join global tech leaders, such as Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon

💻 Software & Full-Stack Development

Foundations: Python · JavaScript · C/C++ · Java · Go · C# · Git · Shell / Bash

Web: HTML/CSS · React · Next.js · Node.js · PHP · REST APIs · PostgreSQL

Backend: Django · Flask · FastAPI · Spring Boot · .NET · Node.js / Express

Cloud & DevOps: Docker · Kubernetes · AWS · Azure · GCP · CI/CD pipelines · Linux commands · monitoring

Mobile: iOS (Swift) · Android (Kotlin) · React Native · Flutter · Ionic

HTML/CSS, JavaScript and Python courses are coming soon…

🔧 Embedded, Networking & Systems

Embedded: Embedded C/C++ · STM32 · ESP32 · PIC · Arduino · Raspberry Pi · firmware

RTOS: RTOS/FreeRTOS · Zephyr · scheduling · device drivers · HMI · sensors

Networking: TCP/IP · UDP · sockets · MQTT · CAN · BLE · WiFi · USB

Industrial & IoT: data acquisition · monitoring · control systems · smart devices · IoT

Diagnostics: Wireshark · tcpdump · network troubleshooting

C/C++, microcontroller and RTOS/FreeRTOS courses are coming soon…

🤖 AI & Modern Development

Foundations: Classical ML algorithms · neural networks · model training & evaluation

LLM & GenAI: LLMs · RAG · LangGraph · MCP · Prompt Engineering · vector databases

Agents & MLOps: AI agents · multi-agent systems · MLOps / AI DevOps · deployment & monitoring

AI Tools: Claude Code · Copilot · Cursor · Trae

Data & Pipelines: data engineering · feature stores · model serving

AI/algorithm, agent, and DevOps courses are coming soon…

New courses are being added regularly.

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Consulting Services

From idea to market — and everything in between

Architecture & Design

Make the right decisions before code is written — system design, technology selection, and scalability planning.

Project Rescue & Team Leadership

Get stuck projects moving again. I lead engineering teams to deliver complex work — on time and on target.

Production Support

Keep live systems running — incident response, root cause analysis, performance tuning, and on-call coverage.

Milestones 🔒

Progress notes and milestones

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Reports 🔒

Technical analysis and research

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Guides

Design system and technical guides

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Let's Build Something Together

Whether you have a project, a question, or an idea worth exploring — I'd like to hear about it.

I typically respond within one business day.