ZHIYAO (JIMMY) MA Page *
Mississauga, ON L5M 5T9
May 6, 2014
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a graduate of the University of Toronto with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. I
have had previous work experience at Aviya Technologies Inc. as a Value Engineer contracting
for Honeywell for 16 months. During my working term with Honeywell, I maintained, updated
and managed savings tracking for multiple Engineering projects. I also collaborated with
Electrical/Mechanical Engineers and financial departments to produce cost saving initiatives. I
also performed technical analysis for projects to analyze risk and reward of pursuing an
opportunity. I managed a series of seven projects and coordinated with Engineers, Managers,
Suppliers and my own Value Engineering team. I have extensive experience requesting for
quotations and interfacing between suppliers and onsite Engineers. I also have experience
reviewing and assessing engineering drawings. During the summer of 2011, I worked with the
City of Toronto, Transportation Services, for 4 months to supervise and verify measurements at
onsite road maintenance. I also assisted city inspectors at various road construction sites to
conduct enforcement activities. During this position, I experienced interacting with the public,
law enforcement, the construction crew and non-Electrical disciplines such as Mechanical,
Structural and Civil Engineers. In addition, I worked as a Fund Raiser with the Canadian Red
Cross for four months, which required advanced communication and advance presentation skills.
I possess a wide range of Electrical, Computer and Civil Engineering skills. I have strong
technical and computer background and extensive experience with C++, C, Assembly, Verilog
Windows, MS words, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Outlook, and Power Point. I also have
experience using Electronic equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, DE2 boards,
Circuit boards, Capacitors, Inductors, Resistors and Transistors. I have further experience using
power electronic equipment like breakers, high capacitance tools, AC/DC converters and various
brushless motors. I have also acquired lab experience working in a Class 100 Cleanroom.
I possess strong communication, problem-solving, analytical skills along with well-developed
time management and organizational capabilities. I am a person with well-developed
interpersonal skills that can be used to interact effectively with both a business and technical
person. Throughout my experience I have developed strong written, verbal and presentation
skills. In addition, I have knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations,
the Ontario Electrical safety code, Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS)
and the skills to read a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). I am an adept and eager learner with
strong writing and typing skills. I am also bilingual with the ability to speak English and Chinese
fluently.
It would be greatly appreciated, if you may consider me as a candidate for this position. Thank
you very much.
Best Regards, Zhiyao (Jimmy) Ma
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2776 Galleon Crescent, Mississauga, ON L5M 5T9
Phone: 905-***-****(H), 647-***-**** (cell)
E-mail: acedbu@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE SUMMARY
- Strong problem-solving and organizational skills. Strong reading and writing skills.
- Excellent communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills, used to interacting
effectively with both business and technical staff.
- Excellent computer programming skills. Familiar with computer design process, project
coordination and UML tool.
- Fundamental engineering training in computer and electrical engineering
- Experienced with lab procedures and equipments.
- Experienced with data analysis tools and technique.
- Experience working in a MicroFabrication Class 100 Cleanroom procedure.
- Knowledge of symbols present in the workplace hazardous materials information system
(WHMIS) and the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Circuit Systems
- Experienced with equipment such as Multimeters, Function generators, Oscilloscope,
Voltage/Current supplies.
- Worked with components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, potentiometers, diodes,
ALD1101 NMOS and ALD1102 PMOS transistors, and the IRF510 and IRF9510 power
transistors
- Experienced with circuit simulation software, such as PSpice and LTspice
- Designed rectifier circuits, amplifier circuits and speaker systems.
Power Electronics
- Experienced with equipment such as barrel resister, streetcar resistor, current sensors,
voltage sensors, knife switch, Analog meters, breakers, VSI convertor, Electrolyte
Capacitors and Inductors
- Analyzed and experimented with DC, AC and Brushless Dc Motors circuit systems.
- Built and simulated various DC convertors and Invertors
- Understand proper startup and shutdown procedures
- Understand proper safety measures when dealing with high voltage and current live
circuits.
MicroFabrication
- Experience working in a Cleanroom, including understanding proper Cleanroom entry
procedure.
- Working with various equipment such as silicon wafers,
- Worked with various hazardous chemicals, including primers, Hydrochloric acid, Sulfuric
acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, Phosphoric acid, and Hydrofluoric acid.
- Experience working with equipment such as Mask aligners, PhotoResist spinners, and bell
jar metal evaporation equipment.
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COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages: C/C++, Matlab, Vbscript, Visual Basic, Verilog, Assembly, Qt
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Unix.
Other: SAP, MS Excel, MS Access,Sentaurus, LTspice, Pspice, Presentation
software (PowerPoint), MS Word, Microsoft Outlook.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Undergraduate 2008-2014
John Fraser Secondary School, Mississauga, ON
High School Diploma 09/2006- 03/2008
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Aviya Technologies Inc: Contract work for Honeywell
Value Engineer – 16 month PEY Internship 05/2012 - 09/2013
- Maintained, updated and managed savings tracking for multiple Engineering projects.
- Interfaced between Electrical/Mechanical Engineers and finance to acquire cost savings
through obsolescence.
- Communicated with major Honeywell sheet metal and electrical suppliers to identify and
track cost savings opportunities.
- Performed savings analysis for projects to understand risk/reward of pursuing an
opportunity.
- Organized and managed meetings between Engineers, Managers, suppliers and Value
Engineering team.
05/2011 –09/2011
City of Toronto, Transportation Services
Summer trainee – Technical
- Assisted a City of Toronto inspector at various road construction sites
- Individually supervised and recorded measurements at road work sites
- Interacted with the public, law enforcement, the construction crew as well as other city of
Toronto personnel on sites
- Performed data entry using TMMS and RACS data organizational systems
Canadian Red Cross, Mississauga, ON 05/2009- 08/2009
Fund Raiser
- Raised fund through door to door visit and event booth presentation.
- Promoted awareness towards new Red Cross program helping people in Canada
- Entered donor information into database.
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VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCE
John Fraser Secondary School, Mississauga, ON 09/2006- 03/2008
Fund Raiser
- Played the leader role to raise the money for Sick Children Hospitals.
Erin Mill Library, Mississauga, ON 09/2006- 03/2008
Staff
- Organised the books and set up the codes using library system
Erin Mill Community Centre, Mississauga, ON 03/2007-06/2007
Staff Assistant
- Assist the swimming instructor to train the youth swimming when I was taking the
National Lifeguard Certificate Course.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Fourth Year Database Project
- Worked with a team of three members to design and implement a Graphical User
Interface (GUI).
- Project involves utilizing UofT published algorithm to calculate and display the
Resistance, Inductance, Current Density and Electric Field of a cross sectional Cable.
- Acquired experience using Qt GUI programming software.
- Acquired experience creating project proposals, progress reports, technical reports, and
test cases.
- Acquired design process experience.
- Fully implemented tool is groundwork for a fully published market tool for professional
Electrical Engineers and Technicians
Second Year Database Project
- Worked with a team of three members to design and implement a database sorting
program using C.
- Acquired experience creating Engineering documentation
- Acquired design process experience
- Gained experience towards justifying design decisions to an expert panel.
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS:
- Certificate of Distinction: Cayley Mathematics Contest (University of Waterloo)
- Awards: Perfect attendance award, Full honor award, Ontario Scholar (2004-2008) in the
John Fraser Secondary School.
- Certificate of National Lifeguard issued by Lifesaving Society
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST