Pook-Ping Yao

Pook-Ping Yao has extensive work experience in the technology industry. From 2000 to 2012, they worked at PMC-Sierra, where they held various roles. Pook-Ping served as an Implementation Leader from 2000 to 2008, leading project teams and overseeing the integration of an acquired Israeli PON company. From 2008 to 2012, Pook-Ping Yao was the FTTH Applications Engineering Leader, providing pre- and post-sales support for telecom providers and leveraging their expertise in passive optical networking technologies. In 2012, they co-founded Optigo Networks and served as the CEO and Chief Technology Officer until the present. Optigo Networks specializes in securing and managing smart buildings in the commercial IoT sector.

Pook-Ping Yao's education history includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B. Sc. E.) in Mathematics & Engineering from Queen's University, which was completed from 1995 to 2000. Prior to that, Pook-Ping Yao attended Vanier College from 1994 to 1995. Before attending Vanier College, Pook-Ping Yao studied at Collège Jean de la Mennais in 1994.

In addition to the formal education, Pook-Ping Yao has obtained several certifications. These include "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization" from Cours, "Neural Networks and Deep Learning" from Coursera, "Anomaly Detection in Time Series Data with Keras" from Coursera, and "Machine Learning" also from Coursera. The certifications were obtained between December 2020 and January 2021.