Li Hua

Led comprehensive R&D initiatives for smart water solutions, overseeing technical strategy, product development, and team growth to deliver innovative IoT, AI, and GIS-based platforms.

• Defined and executed the company's technical roadmap for smart water products, encompassing IoT platforms, AI algorithms, GIS systems, and digital twins, driving technological innovation and successful solution deployment.
• Directed the full lifecycle development of diverse smart water software solutions, including integrated management platforms for water/wastewater plants, asset lifecycle, GIS, leakage, and revenue, consistently ensuring on-time project delivery.
• Built and mentored a high-performing 13-member R&D team (Project Managers, Design Engineers, IoT Engineers, Software Engineers, Algorithm Engineers, QA Engineers), fostering skill development in 3D modeling and implementing OKRs to enhance team performance by over 20%.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with business development teams to translate complex water industry requirements into viable technical solutions, directly supporting pre-sales activities and client technical consultations.
• Spearheaded the development of a comprehensive smart water system for Leshan Mindong District, integrating modules for water resource allocation, pipe network management, and revenue, significantly enhancing overall water management efficiency and operational insights.

Led R&D efforts in IoT and blockchain technologies, developing innovative solutions for sensor data integration, cloud platforms, and decentralized applications.

• Engineered the integration of TCP/MQTT communication protocols for IoT devices, including water quality sensors, and built an IoT cloud platform for efficient device management, data collection, and visualization, supporting over 100,000 data points daily.
• Developed private/consortium blockchains on Ethereum, authoring ERC-20/721 compliant smart contracts in Solidity, and designed data storage solutions to synchronize IoT data with blockchain ledgers, ensuring immutability for critical operational records.
• Developed lightweight edge nodes, enabling direct participation of edge devices in the blockchain network, reducing data processing latency by 30% and enhancing overall system scalability.
• Led end-to-end technical breakthroughs for water quality monitoring IoT systems, overseeing sensor selection, communication protocol development, and PCB hardware design to ensure stable data transmission and real-time visualization for over 50 monitoring stations.

Managed the product lifecycle for environmental monitoring systems, focusing on requirements, design, and system integration.

• Conducted in-depth market research and user needs analysis for a mine dust online monitoring system, defining product features and performance specifications that improved data accuracy by 25%.
• Spearheaded the selection and development of sensing materials for the mine dust monitoring system, optimizing sensor performance and reducing material costs by 10%.
• Orchestrated the integration and rigorous validation of the mine dust online monitoring system, ensuring seamless functionality and compliance with industry standards.

Contributed to advanced materials research and process optimization for lithium-ion battery components.

• Participated in the pilot-scale production of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) / Nickel Cobalt Aluminum (NCA) cathode materials, optimizing sintering processes that increased material yield by 15% and facilitated successful lab-to-production transfer.