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JLLixang Li

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Lixang Li

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Sydney, NSW, Australia

[email protected]

Experience

Crev Pty Ltd (Morris Cafe)

Owner-Operator & Systems Lead · Jan 2019 – Jan 2026

  • Sydney, NSW | Hospitality operations, commercial systems and people leadership
  • Held full P&L accountability for a hospitality business with approximately $1M annual revenue, managing cost control, staffing, supplier relationships and operational planning.
  • Designed and improved POS, inventory-management and operational workflows; incorporated human-reviewed Anthropic Claude API workflows for scheduling, demand forecasting and documentation.
  • Reported approximately 30% improved efficiency in relevant administrative processes following workflow changes.
  • Recruited, developed and retained a core team for 5–7 years through structured onboarding, clear operating procedures and consistent management.
  • Adjusted processes through COVID-era disruptions and changing business conditions while meeting customer-service and continuity needs.
  • Managed obligations across Fair Work / employment practices, food safety, insurance, contracts, privacy and workplace compliance.

Great Southern Hotel

Hospitality, customer operations and internal coordination · Jan 2013 – Jan 2019

  • Led guest-services shift operations and resolved time-sensitive customer and system issues, including reservations, payments and guest records.
  • Coordinated with internal teams to maintain accurate room statuses, reservations and operating-system records.
  • UNE Data Science & Statistics Club | Executive Secretary 2024–2026
  • University community leadership | Partnerships and administration
  • Coordinated club administration, member communications, committee documentation and technical community activities.
  • Contributed to the club receiving UNE’s 2024 New Club of the Year and Online Activation of the Year awards.
  • Supported partnership coordination involving DataCamp and Essential Energy.

One Can Grow Inc.

Not-for-profit organisational support · Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

  • Led a four-person team developing recruitment processes, HR policy documentation and practical people-management guidelines.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Development) Expected early

University of New England (UNE) | 19 completed units · Jan 2027 – Jan 2027

  • Academic average: 90.58% (90.6% rounded); 18 High Distinctions and one Distinction across 19 completed units.
  • Selected results: Computational Thinking (98), Software Development Studio 2 (96), Information Technology Project (95), Machine Learning with Big Data (94), Data Science Studio 1 (94), Functional and Reactive Programming (93).
  • Additional relevant coursework: Parallel and Distributed Computing (85), Computer Networks and Network Security (86), Data Structures and Algorithms (85), Operating Systems (89), Algorithms in Machine Learning (91), Database Management Systems (89), Web Programming (83).
  • Complete academic record (all completed units; unit score out of 100):
  • 2026: COSC340 Computer Networks and Network Security 86; COSC320 Information Technology Project 95; COSC330 Parallel and Distributed Computing 85
  • 2025: COSC230 Data Structures and Algorithms 85; COSC310 Software Project Management 92; COSC331 Machine Learning with Big Data 94; COSC380 Algorithms in Machine Learning 91; GEOL210 Dinosaurs! 86; ICT100 Computational Thinking 98
  • 2024: COSC120 Object Oriented Programming 88; COSC210 Database Management Systems 89; COSC250 Functional and Reactive Programming 93; COSC220 Software Development Studio 2 96; COSC240 Operating Systems 89; COSC260 Web Programming 83; COSC372 Management Information Systems 92
  • 2023: AMTH140 Discrete Mathematics 92; COSC102 Data Science Studio 1 94; COSC110 Introduction to Programming and the UNIX Environment 93
  • Undergraduate Studies | Mechatronic Engineering & Science (Geology) Two years completed

University of Sydney

Degree not completed

  • Completed approximately two years of undergraduate engineering and science study; qualification was not awarded.

RESEARCH, AWARDS & ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

University of Sydney | Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Clarke · Jan 2014 – Jan 2014

  • Contributed to exploratory spinal cord injury research involving thoracic stabilisation device concepts and biomechanical testing.
  • Independently machined and assembled a testing rig, supporting practical evaluation of mechanical characteristics and experimental feasibility.
  • Developed early experience in research planning, fabrication, technical documentation and evidence-based problem-solving.

Certificate IV in Human Resources Management

NSI TAFE · Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

    Skills

    Other

    • Backend / systems: FastAPI, Pydantic, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, TLS 1.3, secure network protocols, HMAC-SHA256, client-server architecture, JSON/XML, microservices concepts
    • AI / LLM engineering: Anthropic Claude API, LLM integrations, grounded generation and citation verification, structured prompts, tool/function calling, agentic workflows, schema validation, human-in-the-loop review
    • Data / ML: Apache Spark, PySpark, scikit-learn, classification, Random Forest, k-nearest neighbours, PCA, feature engineering, model evaluation, data processing
    • Infrastructure / engineering: Git, GitLab, GitHub OAuth, Docker, Terraform, AWS, CI/CD practices, unit testing, rate limiting, technical documentation, Agile project delivery, UAT
    • Robotics / hardware: NI LabVIEW, NI CompactRIO / single-board RIO, LiDAR, sensor fusion, SolidWorks CAD, Microsoft Kinect SDK, mechanical prototyping
    • Business / collaboration: Requirements analysis, stakeholder engagement, P&L management, people leadership, compliance, workforce planning, POS and inventory workflows, process improvement
    • Individual project | Next.js 16, TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS v4, LLM APIs, Docker, Terraform, AWS | lagombyli.dev
    • Built and deployed an interactive AI interview agent that answers questions about my experience in first person, with structured STAR-style responses grounded in CV source material.
    • Engineered PDF/DOCX extraction, heuristic CV parsing, evidence retrieval and deterministic citation verification; unsupported claims are rejected rather than invented.
    • Implemented GitHub OAuth allowlisting, CV uploads, content CRUD, an administrative dashboard, usage reporting and request rate limiting.
    • Covered deterministic components with 49 unit tests and deployed a custom-domain application using Docker, Terraform and TLS.
    • Six-person industry-client team | Geospatial data processing, MapLibre GL JS, interactive mapping, Agile / PMBOK-informed delivery
    • Collaborated with NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) to develop an interactive flood-impact visualisation platform for disaster preparedness and situational awareness in Moree, NSW.
    • Led client engagement and requirements gathering; translated stakeholder needs into implementation priorities and a feasible technical scope.
    • Contributed to geospatial data processing and interactive map components, coordinating integration across frontend, data and backend workstreams.
    • Supported stakeholder demonstrations, review cycles and testing, refining outputs in response to client feedback.
    • Designed a networked Wordle application in Go, with a TLS server responsible for game logic and word selection and an interactive terminal UI.
    • Implemented per-session HMAC-SHA256 message authentication, sequence numbers for replay/reordering detection and fixed-size 512-byte padding to reduce traffic-analysis leakage.
    • Added rate-limited game-tick responses to reduce timing leakage and a SHA-256/nonce commitment scheme to prove the server selected the hidden word before gameplay.
    • Applied automated tests and protocol-oriented design to strengthen reliability and security.
    • github.com/BlueDoraemon/Golang-Wordle-Secure-Application-Protocol-
    • Developed an AI-powered service for summarising YouTube videos through an API-based workflow.
    • Designed typed FastAPI endpoints, Pydantic models, schema validation and defensive error handling, prioritising predictable application integration.
    • Individual academic project | Apache Spark, PySpark, scikit-learn, PCA, Random Forest
    • Built a big-data processing and machine-learning pipeline to classify physical activity using the HAR70+ dataset of older adults.
    • Performed feature extraction, dimensionality reduction using PCA and comparative model evaluation; achieved a Random Forest F1 score of 0.928.
    • Four-person team within ~100-student GitLab monorepo | Java, Scala, systems integration
    • Developed and integrated game features in Java and Scala against a shared server architecture alongside multiple independent development teams.
    • Investigated and resolved defects outside the immediate team codebase, including shared audio and cross-team integration issues.
    • Practised collaborative debugging, source-control workflows and interface coordination in a large, evolving codebase.
    • Applied k-nearest neighbours classification to real morphometric measurements of ceratopsian dinosaur horncores.
    • Prepared and analysed the dataset and evaluated a practical machine-learning classification approach.
    • Team lead | NI LabVIEW, LiDAR, sensor fusion, SolidWorks CAD, NI single-board RIO
    • Led a student engineering team to the national finals and managed a $6,500 project budget, balancing mechanical, electrical and software tasks.
    • Designed and built an autonomous robot to navigate an obstacle-filled arena, identify and collect objects, and deliver them to designated locations under time and scoring constraints.
    • Integrated LiDAR and sensor fusion for navigation and obstacle detection, implemented control logic in NI LabVIEW and designed mechanical components in SolidWorks CAD.
    • Worked with two external engineers to create an interactive 3D disaster-evacuation simulator under competition constraints, qualifying for Round 4.
    • Integrated skeletal tracking from the Microsoft Kinect SDK to interpret real-time body-joint gestures and control simulation interactions.