Peter Zhe Chen
Managing Director at 5Y Capital
Peter Zhe Chen
Managing Director at 5Y Capital
Beijing
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2017 - Current
AI, Robotics, Metaverse, Open Source and various tech driven investment Portfolios include: HAI ROBOTICS , XYZ Robotics, Lightellience, AgileX Robotics, Qingtian Trucks，Xpeng HT Aero，Yahaha，Xverse，XMov，GraphOrigin，DirectDriveTech，Deltron，etc.
MBA Intern
2017 - 2017
Summer intern in TMT sector
Senior Software Engineer
2015 - 2016
Led development of context-aware sensor software for next-generation Google Glass and new wearable devices. • Introduced activity recognition engine that provides always-on context awareness with lower power consumption and longer battery life than original Google Glass, enabling new user cases in fitness and health application. • Designed new wearable product concept and successfully pitched to higher management for further prototyping. • Investigated bone conduction transducer fitting issues on wearables and patented novel sensor fusion algorithms.
Sensor Software Developer II
2012 - 2015
Led development of sensor service and algorithms on Android and BlackBerry 10 system. • Developed sensor software stack that significantly reduced the efforts to support multiple hardware architectures. • Invented unintended touch avoidance system that eliminated thousands of device returns caused by such issue. • Designed and launched Advanced Interaction features as vital product differentiation feature in BlackBerry 10. • Invented camera-sensor fusion algorithms that improved auto-focus performance and outperformed competitors. • Innovating in mobile and sensor domain with multiple patents filed and granted.
Radio Software Developer
2008 - 2012
Working in DSP Algorithms group at BlackBerry. Responsible for researching and designing advanced radio algorithms, prototyping in C language and MATLAB as well as developing radio functions on a DSP. • Designed and developed ingenious software-defined radio algorithms for BlackBerry smartphone. • Achieved significant cost saving and industry leading performance for 100M BlackBerry shipped since 2008. • Invited to join a taskforce of CTO office to prototype a digital memory system to explore new business model.
Cofounder
2013 - 2014
Led the three-people startup (tagtalk.ca) to develop NFC-enabled gift tag solution with personalized greeting. • Delivered multiple product lines and fully functional app within three months of project launch. • Collaborated with designers and manufactures on outsourcing new artistic design and product scaling. • Launched crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with wide media coverage and local incubator support.