About
I'm a 3rd Year MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at Imperial College London, specialising in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Currently, I am on track of achieving first class honours in my studies. Apart from studies, I have strong passion about tech and finance and I have multiple internship experience working in both areas.
Tech Enthusiast & Engineer
I am originally from Malaysia, so I am able to speak fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese & Malay. I like travelling around world.
- Name: Boon Liang Wong / 黄玟量
- Degree: Master of Engineering
- Email: blw219@ic.ac.uk
- City: London, UK
Skills
Throughout my studies in Imperial, I have built up a lot of experience and technical skillsets around Machine Learning, Embedded System and Computer Vision.
C++ 100%
Python 90%
MATLAB 75%
C 95%
Excel 100%
Powerpoint 100%
Resume
Education
MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering
2019 - 2023
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Currently on track to obtain 1st Class Honours in my degree (equivalent to 4.0 GPA)
- Specialised in Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Cambridge International A Level
2017 - 2019
Kolej Yayasan UEM, Malaysia
- 4A* - Further Mathematics, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
- Elected as Vice President of Electronic Society
- Attained silver medal in Singapore and ASEAN Math Olympiad Competition and the silver Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Professional Experience
CICC - UK Investment Banking Team
April 2022 - June 2022
London, United Kingdom
- Screened 100+ public companies and performed breakeven analysis on selected companies to determine profitability range in the SaaS industry as part of listing documents for Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- Conducted research on beverage industry and potential M&A targets in China; developed deck to present to UK/EU client
- Worked on multiple deals to advise companies on newly regulated GDR listing under Shanghai-London stock connect mechanism
Arm - Software Engineering Intern (LLVM Compilers)
July 2021 - September 2021
Cambridge, UK
- Designed and implemented Python and C++ version parsing tools to extract information from patch files and integrated it into LLVM code coverage tools to show data about added/deleted files as well as added lines of code resulting from new patches
- Improved coverage by writing unit tests using GoogleTest framework and extended functionality in LLVM tools to generate HTML report to put up code coverage results from patches for review by adapting the LLVM tools output accordingly
- Reverse-engineered LLVM code coverage report generation for integration purposes and developed project in Docker container
CIMB - Investment Banking Intern
May 2021 - July 2021
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Conducted structured data gathering and in-depth industry research on market growth outlook, public companies with relevant financial metrics using Bloomberg and performed comparable company analysis in Excel to draft a series of pitch decks
- Constructed comprehensive investors Q&A booklet together with 2 senior analysts as well as gained exposure in developing client's equity stories by outlining purpose of IPO, corporate strategies, and company outlook for roadshow of a live IPO deal
Optiver - Spring Insight Programme
April 2021
Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Attended multiple lectures on market making and option theory to generate profits in market as well as position management
- Implemented strategies using Python to maximise profit for high frequency trading in Optiver's simulated trading session
McKinsey & Company - Discover Digital Spring Insight Programme
April 2021
London, United Kingdom
- Collaborated within a team together with consultants to assist a telecom company in increasing profitability and popularity
- Employed analysis using McKinsey's MECE framework and delivered presentation to board on findings and recommendations
JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Spring Insight Programme
Februuary 2021
London, United Kingdom
- Built a Python automation software to screen name against sanction list for compliance, wrote SQL queries to extract data
- Implemented JPMorgan's open-source code “Perspective” in preparation for data visualisation as full stack engineer in JavaScript and used React framework for web applications to create chart for trader's dashboard
Keysight Technologies - Software Engineering Intern (QA)
July 2020 - September 2020
Penang, Malaysia
- Worked within Software Quality Assurance team to validate software before launching into the market, with the collaboration of the DevOps team; gained technical skills for software validation cycle and built a test coverage matrix for the software
- Researched and learned the scripting language to automate the process of software testing and utilised image recognition technologies to build an AI model for machine learning on automation platform to analyse data from test log for bug tracing
- Applied functionalities within the AI model to run both directed and random test cases to validate the usability of the software
Amplify Trading - Summer Trainee
June 2020 - July 2020
London, United Kingdom
- Attended workshops on trading strategies that can be applied in algorithmic trading to maximise profits based on technical analysis techniques and researched on different algorithms deployed by Bulge Bracket banks in electronic trading
- Developed various algorithms and strategies for trading; coded for a full day in leetcode-style coding challenges in Python which involve optimisation of codes for faster execution; used the library Numpy for data visualisation
Leadership & Extracurricular Activities
Imperial College Finance Society - Vice President
March 2020 - Present
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Lead the vision of the society and developed proposals with committee members to find sponsors in funding society events
- Successfully invited multiple companies and professionals for networking events and speakers’ sessions in Imperial College
Imperial College Investment Society - Head of Portfolio Management
July 2021 - Present
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Focused on generating trading and investment ideas for a virtual portfolio within the society and actively involved in organising society flagship programme in educating 300 students on financial tools, investment strategies as well as risk management
Contact
Please don't hesitate to contact me for more information about my portfolio or experience
Location:
Imperial College London
Email:
blw219@ic.ac.uk