ZHIYAO (JIMMY) MA Page *

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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

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