Muchiu (Henry) Chang

1202-3400 Riverspray Crescent, Mississauga, ON L4Y 3M5

416-828-5676 henry.chang212@gmail.com

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

 Over 10 years of multidisciplinary experience in avionics system safety, life cycle

design optimization, integrated logistic support (ILS) and program management
 PhD degree in engineering with patent in engineering life time virtual validation
by statistical numerical models
 Solid track records in conducting patent mapping study and , competitive
intelligence research for government strategic decision making support
 Superb ability to think “outside the box” and see the overall view strategically
 Chinese-English bilingual proficiency

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Associate 2009

Human Services Department, Region of Peel, ON
 Used patent mapping to identify potential employers in Toronto and developed an
employer name list for the unemployed highly educated new immigrants
 Summarized executive abstracts from various survey reports
 Developed computer files to integrate data from various community service
organizations for the 2009 economic crisis impact analysis
 Performed statistical validation of the collected data for Peel Region Labour
Market Survey

Technical Writer 2008 – 2009

ITS Electronics Inc., Concord, Ontario
 Prepared and reviewed documents for preliminary design review (PDR) of a
high power amplifier in Airbus A350XWB SATCOM project

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Consultant 2004 – 2007

9Tek Corporation, Taiwan
 Developed corporate IPR business models and strategies; built and administered
the corporate website; oversaw web content audit to prevent IPR infringement

Program Manager 2004

Quantum Computation Patent Mapping Research Program, National Science
Council, Taiwan (equivalent of National Research Council, Canada)
 Consulted with a broad range of stakeholders for fund raising
 Advised government on science/technology policy for long term economic growth

Associate Researcher and Senior Specialist 2000 – 2004

Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Ministry of Defense, Taiwan 1985 – 1995
 Coached inventors in literature survey, patentability study and patent drafting
 Conducted ILS, reliability, maintainability and safety design trade-off to improve
the life cycle cost effectiveness of avionics system design
 Successfully directed a CAD$1.5M program to design a computer-based trainer
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ACHIEVEMENTS

 Built and maintained a live database to provide the latest competitive intelligence 2009-now
of over 2000 patent-intensive companies and organizations in Canada
 Conducted successful patent mapping research for government policy studies 2009,2004
 Patented a virtual validation/verification method for systems with safety criticality 2004
 Built sophisticated open-source-software-based MC simulation platform on Linux 2002
 Obtained PhD degree with research in using MC modeling simulation to perform 2000
integrated logistic support trade-off for life cycle feature optimization
 Developed advanced variance reduction technique to increase the computation 1999-2000
efficiency of reliability MC simulation using Matlab software
 Secured full PhD scholarship to explore advance industrial safety analysis method 1995-2000
and conducted successful PhD research in the University of Cambridge, UK

PATENT AND SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

 “Integrated Virtual Product or Service Validation and Verification System and

Method”, Muchiu Chang, Invention Patent No. 200803, Taiwan, 2004
 “Virtual Validation and Verification of a Product specification”, Muchiu Chang,
The 52nd Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS2006),
California, USA, Jan. 23-26, 2006
 “Sun Tzu and Quantum Information --- A Strategic View for the Information
Techniques of Tomorrow”, Muchiu Chang, Proceedings of the IEEE International
Engineering Management Conference (IEMC2005), St. John's, Newfoundland,
Canada, September 11-14, 2005
 “Sun Tzu and Sustainable Competitive Advantage”, Muchiu Chang, Proceedings
of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC2004),
Singapore, October 18-21, 2004
 “A Monte Carlo Study of Integrated Logistic Support Trade-off at Early System Design Stage”,
Muchiu Chang, a dissertation submitted to the University of Cambridge for PhD degree, UK,
September, 1999

EDUCATION

All credentials assessed by Comparative Education Service, University

of Toronto (Ref: 24804) as equivalent to Canadian academic standards

Doctorate Degree in Engineering 200

University of Cambridge, U.K. 0

Master's Degree in Science (Geophysics) 198

National Central University, Taiwan 5

Bachelor's Degree in Science (Physics and Education) 198

National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan 3