BTSMED Platform
2018 – 2023
Unified platform linking base stations to carrier management systems. Managed 180+ people, 22 releases (100+ features each), 100% milestone hit rate; delivered under extreme memory and telecom-grade stability constraints.
Riano Dong
Target position: R&D Director | R&D Manager | Project Manager | Project Lead | Quality Manager
riano.dong@qq.com · +86 186 5816 9301 · Age: 43
Open to overseas relocation
20-year R&D Director with a Mathematics degree from Zhejiang University. Built and led a 180-person R&D org with a €6M annual budget, delivering 5G BTS platforms across full lifecycles. Drove agile transformation and AI tooling adoption across cross-border teams in Europe and China. Fluent English, conversational Japanese. Certified Senior Engineer.
Nokia Solutions and Networks Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou, China · R&D Director · Reports to Global VP · Team HC: 182 · 2006 – Present
Career path: Software Engineer (2y) → Scrum Master (2y) → R&D Manager (8y) → R&D Director (8y)
Team & Organization
- Built 180-person R&D team from scratch; hired and developed PMs, resource managers, defect coordinators, and quality leads
- Coordinated R&D across Europe, Southeast Asia, and China; resolved cross-timezone resource conflicts before critical path impact
Delivery & Quality
- Delivered 22+ releases of 5G/SBTS strategic programs, 100+ features per release, 100% on-time milestone rate
- Integrated DFMEA into hardware development — cut field defects by 70%
- Owned defect triage, severity classification, and cross-functional closure (Product, Dev, Test, CI/CD)
Engineering & Automation
- Rolled out end-to-end Scrum; built CI/CD automation pipelines across 14 repos and 19 CI/CD pipelines
- Built web metrics dashboard — reduced manual reporting by 80%, improved alert response time by 70%
- Managed program ramp-down and knowledge transfer after business exit — zero downtime across 14 repos and 19 pipelines
AI & Innovation
- Deployed Copilot/Cursor and internal AI test generation — cut code feedback cycle time by 50%
19y
5G BTS development
Two decades in telecom
182
Team Size
Built from scratch
€6M
Annual Team Budget
P&L ownership
22+
5G BTS Releases
100+ features each
100%
On-Time Rate
All milestones
50%
Faster Feedback
After AI tooling impact
Suzhou Hongzhi Technology Co., Ltd.
Suzhou, China · Software Engineer · 2005 – 2006
- Migrated Japanese securities trading system from IBM mainframe to UNIX
- Built front-end in JSP; back-end logic in COBOL and C++
Key Projects & Contributions
FlatOAM
2022 – 2026
OAM layer for Nokia 5G RAN (CM/PM/FM/User/Session/Security/Troubleshooting). Managed 150+ people, cleared heavy technical debt under tight schedules, 3 releases, 100% on-time.
Agile Transformation
2012 – 2022
Built web metrics platform from zero; automated R&D KPI tracking — 70% faster alerts, 80% reduction in manual reporting.
Culturosity
2016 – 2018
Designed and ran cross-cultural training across Finland, China, Poland, India, Malaysia, and Japan — delivered dozens of sessions to 5,000+ staff.
AI Tooling
2025 – 2026
Funded and deployed Copilot/Cursor and private LLM test generation; navigated data silo challenges in legacy embedded codebases.
AI Innovation Mentor
2025 – 2026
Funded internal AI pilots; helped teams scope problems, select models, and tune parameters — several prototypes spun out for external funding.
Education
Zhejiang University
B.S. in Applied Mathematics
2001 – 2005
Certifications
- Senior Engineer — China national professional title
- TL9000 — Telecom ISO 9001 quality management experience
Languages
- English — Fluent20 years multinational workplace
- Japanese — Conversational
Engineering
- Scrum / Agile, CI/CD, DFMEA, Test-driven Development
- AI tooling: Copilot, Cursor, LLM, Vibe coding, Agent creation
- Java, Python, C++
Management
- P&L ownership (€6M budget)
- Talent pipeline development
- Cross-border team leadershipEurope, SE Asia, China
Domains
- Telecom / 5G RAN / Cloud RAN
- OAM systems
- Securities trading systems
- Cross-cultural training