Vincent Pang

Chartered Engineer and technology executive with 20+ years of experience leading technology strategy, AI/IoT platforms, cloud-edge systems, cybersecurity and global engineering organisations.

Former Chief Technology

Officer and IoT business-unit leader with accountability for multi-year roadmaps, architecture, R&D capability, budgets and P&L, vendor ecosystems, and delivery from concept through scaled deployment and operations. Combines strategic leadership with hands-on depth across AI/ML, automation, AWS, data platforms, connected systems and cybersecurity. Proven track record of building high-performing teams, improving operational efficiency, scaling new businesses, translating technical complexity into business value and investment priorities, and partnering with executives, customers, suppliers and cross-functional teams in regulated and customer-facing environments.

Solution Architect at Organic Response AB (2025-02 – Present)

• Re-architected a connected smart-lighting solution from a one-off implementation into a repeatable, scalable architecture spanning embedded devices and AWS, improving lifecycle consistency and deployment scalability.
• Bridged and aligned cross-functional teams through solution re-architecture, translating product, engineering and customer requirements into a coherent end-to-end design.
• Developed autonomous commissioning capabilities using AI and IoT technologies, reducing manual effort while improving deployment consistency and scalability.
• Strengthened enterprise integration and cybersecurity through authentication, authorisation, SSO and identity-provider integration with customer environments, such as MS EntraID, Sentinel and SIEM.
• Own cybersecurity assessment and conformance, evaluating NIST requirements and translating security and technical-risk findings into practical architecture changes.
• Automated cybersecurity assessment and DFMEA analysis by creating reusable GitHub Copilot AI skills for the organisation, conforming to ISO27001, ISO27402, IEC62443.
• Developed simulation environment for the end-to-end smart lighting system using python, linux, containerization.
• Developed the gateway based on Yocto platform.
• Translate customer deployment, identity and integration requirements into scalable platform decisions across connected devices, cloud services and enterprise interfaces.

Technology & AI Consultant (Part-time Advisory) at Chinotech International Limited (2025-01 – Present)

• Expanded an AI safety-monitoring platform across healthcare and public-safety use cases; architected and deployed a YOLOv7-based retail loss-prevention and watchlist alerting solution in Australia.
• Automated cybersecurity scanning and quality checks through GitHub-based CI/CD toolchains.
• Designed in-flight IoT solutions using AI, LoRa and video analytics, aligned with DO-160 and CS-25 certification requirements.

Chief Technology Officer at Chinotech International Limited (2020-02 – 2025-01)

• Held executive responsibility for technology strategy, AIoT architecture, R&D, roadmaps, engineering budgets and P&L.
• Designed and deployed a privacy-preserving AI safety-monitoring platform combining digital signal processing, AI/ML and balanced cloud-edge computing, and led predictive-maintenance and intelligent-automation use cases.
• Architected and delivered cloud-edge AIoT solutions for public transport, hospitals, aged-care centres, smart facilities and smart metering, integrating sensors, gateways, data platforms, dashboards and enterprise workflows.
• Architected and deployed an end-to-end AI and IoT platform for Smart Site Safety Systems across the construction sector, with deployments at power plants and construction sites throughout Hong Kong; the solution was recognised by the Construction Industry Council as an industry pre-approved solution.
• Led cybersecurity risk assessment, solution design and platform integration (MS EntraID, SIEM) to fulfill designed SL-T, development and governance across ISO/IEC 27001, 27002 and 27402 and IEC 62443, supporting Siemens global software-partner qualification and deployed recognized cybersecurity AIOT solutions at critical infrastructures such as power plants, railways (MTR-Hong Kong's railway operator).
• Led cross-functional architecture and business development, translating client needs into technology roadmaps and commercially viable priorities; managed third-party developers and technology transfer across software, embedded systems and hardware.
• Mentored engineers toward Chartered/Professional Engineer status.

Vice President, IoT Business Unit & Solution Architect at Chinotech (HK) Ltd (2018-08 – 2020-02)

• Led business-unit strategy, solution architecture, product development and commercial execution for enterprise IoT offerings, aligning technology priorities with customer and business outcomes.
• Created end-to-end platforms spanning LoRaWAN, Bluetooth and Zigbee sensors; ARM embedded-Linux gateways; data ingestion; Elasticsearch/PostgreSQL storage; dashboards and enterprise integration.
• Architected smart metering, billing, aged-care and smart-office solutions, integrating devices, gateways, cloud services, data and operational workflows.
• Introduced ROI review and approval governance for technology investments, aligned sales, marketing, customer service and engineering, and led the new business unit to breakeven within 18 months.

Senior Manager, Product Development Group - R&D at Shenzhen Huiding (2016-05 – 2018-07)

• Managed three product R&D teams comprising 40+ engineers across firmware, algorithms, analogue/digital IC and sensor design; developed technical leads and two levels of management.
• Defined 1-, 3- and 5-year technology roadmaps, annual budgets and common platform architecture across a high-volume product portfolio.
• Governed multiple concurrent development programmes from prototype through mass production, balancing scope, schedule, cost, quality, customer commitments and resource constraints.
• Re-architected a product to win a Huawei high-end smartphone programme, achieved JDI approved-vendor status and industry-first hybrid in-cell mass production with ZTE; led innovation resulting in 11 invention patents.
• Established Jira, Git/SVN, code review and engineering-quality metrics, reducing mass-production support staffing from 15 people to 3.

System & Software Manager at Solomon Systech Limited (2013-01 – 2016-02)

• Managed four design groups and 20+ engineers covering system architecture, sensor design, algorithms, firmware architecture and new-product introduction.
• Created product and technology roadmaps and secured Tier-1 programmes including Amazon Kindle Fire and LG advanced in-cell touch solutions.
• Improved product resilience in demanding electrical environments and led cross-border technology transfer following an acquisition, integrating architecture, design/code review, QA processes and documentation.

Firmware Manager, Taiwan Design Center / Senior Software Engineer at Synaptics Inc. (2003-07 – 2013-01)

• Built and mentored distributed firmware and application teams supporting more than 90 active customer projects across global OEM/ODM programmes.
• Developed embedded firmware, algorithms and device drivers across proprietary MCUs, 8051 and ARM platforms and solved critical product-quality and electrical-interference issues.
• Led ISO 9001 certification for firmware development and built automated SQA tooling that reduced testing effort from two person-weeks to half a person-day; delivered strategic programmes for major global OEM customers.

Earlier Embedded Software Roles at NSM Technology Ltd. / i-Technology Ltd. (2001-06 – 2003-01)

• Developed Bluetooth protocol stacks, profiles and device drivers, embedded-Linux ports, communication stacks, PBX control soft

• Master of Science in Electronic Engineering (Telecommunications), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering (Information & Communication Engineering), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Engineers Australia; National Engineering Register (NER 10280894); Member, Engineers Australia (MIEAust).
• Chartered Engineer and International Professional Engineer (CEng IntPE UK), Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET); Member, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (MHKIE).