Huafei Sun

About Huafei Sun

I have a passion for solving challenging real-world problems with computational and data science technologies. I enjoy setting business and technology strategy, building and managing technical teams, and engaging stakeholders and customers. I equally enjoy hands-on learning and developing new technologies, and finding innovative ways to adopt them in business. I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to pursue this passion in my career and build up my relevant experience: • 6+ years of management experience in building and leading diverse and remote teams • 8+ years of industry experience in developing and adopting computational and data science technologies, and translating the technologies to business value • Track record of strong research background – PhD from MIT and research experience in a leading energy company, with multiple publications on machine learning and computational mathematics

Experience

1. Department Manager, Ai & Data Science, Upstream

   ExxonMobil

   Apr 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computational Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• University of Toronto

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Aerospace Engineering

  2003 — 2007

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computation for Design and Optimization

  2007 — 2009

Skills

• Mathematical Modeling
• Fortran
• Simulations
• Statistics
• Research
• Numerical Analysis
• Linux
• Data Analysis
• C
• Programming
• Python
• Latex
• C++
• Algorithms
• Matlab