Maya Hao Li

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Knowledge and Skill Summary

• 8+ years of experience in web application development, working with the full stack of technology including backend databases, server application, and front-end web-based user interfaces. Excellent programming skills in JAVA, JSP, JavaScript/AJAX, XML, and PHP. Proficient in C, C++, and Lisp.
• Deep knowledge in data modeling, relational database design and implementation, knowledge representation, meta-data management, and data integration. Practical experience in SQL databases and complex datasets.
• An excellent problem solver that contributes innovative solutions. Able to work independently, stretch self’s capabilities as well as recognizing what others can offer to create value working collaboratively.
• Wishes to continue expand self’s abilities and explore new ideas. Adaptive organizer and planner who can set priorities, delegate tasks, and take responsibilities.
• A passionate photographer and avid traveler. Flickr sample gallery: http://goo.gl/6mK7J
• Active security clearance.
• Fluent in written and spoken Mandarin Chinese and English.

Education

University of Washington

• PhD in Biomedical and Health Informatics (February 2011).
• BS in Biochemistry and Neurobiology (March 2001).

Technical and Research Experiences

Cancer Biospecimen Repository
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Software Engineer/Technical Lead
May 2011 – Present

• Researching and developing an auditable workflow to enable researchers to collect human cancer tissue samples from the UW hospitals. Responsible for system architecture, database design, requirement documentation, external system interface design, and development.

Impinj
Seattle, WA
Software Engineer (Contract position)
March 2011 – April 2011

• Developed a return-on-investment simulation engine in object-oriented JAVA.
• Developed an interactive web-based interface for visualizing simulation results using Tomcat, JAVA, Google Chart, HTML, CSS, JSP, and AJAX.

MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA
Senior Database Technology Software Engineer
January 2008 – March 2011

• Data integration engineer
  • Developed system specifications for distributed database systems.
  • Developed a common vocabulary for large army databases.
  • Received a Program Achievement Recognition Award.
  • Developed workflow process and semi-automatic tools for constructing a common vocabulary.
• Database and software development in OpenII
  • Key developer of Unity, a semi-automated vocabulary generation application in OpenII.
  • Developed schema importers and exporters for OpenII.
• A liaison between customers and MITRE research project
  • Customized Harmony to meet the needs of a large military customer.
  • Contributed to OpenII research and development from real user experiences.
• Technology advisor to the National Center Research Resources at National Institute of Health
  • Investigated current research and development in Biomedical Informatics.
  • Published technology review papers.
• Technology advisor to the Neuro Names knowledge base design at George Mason University

Structural Informatics Group
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Research Assistant
September 2001 – December 2007

• Project Seedpod (PhD dissertation project)
  • Designed and developed of a general-purpose solution that helps scientists without computer programming skills manage data in a relational database through a web front end by simply creating a knowledge model of the lab data. Model using Protégé-2000, model-driven web-based application implemented in JAVA and PostgreSQL.
• XBrain Project (CS graduate level database course project)
  • Developed database infrastructure for publishing human brain data stored in relational databases dynamically in XML using SilkRoute.

Teranode Corporation
Seattle, WA
Consulting Engineer Internship
June 2005 – December 2005

• Developed an integrated and automated Teranode platform solution to manage samples and workflow at University of Washington Center of Expression Array. Duties included gathering user requirements, requirement analysis, data and workflow modeling, and solution customization.

Next Generation Internet Project
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Undergraduate Internship/ Student Programmer
June 2000 – December 2001

• Designed and developed a web-based information management application to manage case presentation and images, which enabled multi-location tumor boards to take place between physicians from University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Application implemented using PHP and MySQL database.

Publications

• Smith K, Mork P, Seligman L, Li H, Leveille P, Yost B, Wolf C. Unity: Speeding the Creation of Community Vocabularies for Information Integration and Reuse. In Proceedings of IEEE Information Integration and Reuse Conference, August 2011.
• Rosenthal A, Mork P, Li H, Stanford J, Koester D, Reynolds P. Cloud Computing: A New Business Paradigm for Biomedical Informatics. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, April 2009.
• Smith K, Morse M, Mork P, Li M, Rosenthal A, Allen D, Seligman L. The Role of Schema Matching in Large Enterprise. CIDR 2009, Monterey, CA.
• Mork P, Stanford J, Li H, Smith K. Sharing Data Containers in Translational Research. Proceedings of AMIA Spring Congress, 2008, Phoenix, AZ.
• Li H, Gennari JH, Brinkley JF. Model Driven Laboratory Information Management Systems. Proceedings of the AMIA Conference, 2006, Washington, DC.
• Gennari, J, Mork, P, and Li H Knowledge Transformations between Frame Systems and RDB Systems. Proceedings of the K-CAP05 Conference, 2005.
• Li H, Brinkley JF, and Gennari J. Semi-automatic Database Design for Neuroscience Experiment Management Systems. Proceedings of MedInfo 2004, San Francisco, CA.
• Tang Z, Kadiyska Y, Li H and Suciu, D and Brinkley, JF (2003) Dynamic XML Based Exchange of Relational Data: Application to the Human Brain Project. In Proceedings, American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium. In press.
• Li H, Lober WB, et al. Iterative Development of a Web Application to Support Teleconferencing of a Distributed Tumor Board. In Proceedings, AMIA 2002, San Antonio, TX.
• Lober WB, Li H, Trigg LJ, Stewart BK, Chou D. Web Tools for Distributed Clinical Case Conferencing. Proceedings of AMIA Annual Symposium, 959, 2001.