Bill Chen

Bill Chen has extensive work experience in the field of data engineering and database administration. Bill started their career in 2005 at InnoPath Software, where they held the position of Sr. Tech Lead. During their time there, they played a leadership role in designing and delivering high-available distributed database and system solutions for Verizon and other Telco customers. Bill also led a sustaining team in performing root cause analysis and code fixes for InnoPath Java applications and systems.

In 2012, Bill joined Federal Home Loan Bank as a Database Administrator. In this role, they managed the bank's mission-critical Oracle and MS SQL databases, ensuring high availability and serviceability of the bank's business and applications. Bill also deployed and managed various business applications such as SSIS/SSRS/SSAS and implemented HA and DR solutions using VCS, EMC replication, and SQL mirroring.

In 2014, Bill joined ItsOn, Inc. as a Principal Administrator/Architect. Bill played a lead role in designing, developing, and deploying Cassandra, Hadoop, and Oracle clusters for the company's distributed cloud-based SAAS mobile service platform. Bill owned and led the design and implementation of Cassandra, Hadoop, and Oracle in all environments. Additionally, Bill implemented and managed a two-way active-active distributed data store across geographical regions using Cassandra cluster, Oracle RAC, and GoldenGate.

Since 2016, Bill has been working at Crunchyroll, initially as a Senior Data Engineer and later transitioning to the role of Staff Data Engineer in March 2019. Further details about their responsibilities and achievements in these roles are not provided.

Bill Chen obtained their Bachelor of Science degree in Railroad Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University. Bill then went on to complete their Master of Science degree in Computer Sciences from Kent State University. In 2019, Bill also obtained a certification as an AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS).