Hello, My name is Yikun Peng.

I am a Product Manager and Web developer based in Toronto, Canada.

📱Contact

🌐 Website

✉️ Email

⌨️ Github

💼 Linkedln

💼 Corporate Experience

Product Manager

NEXGO – (02/2023 - 08/2023)

Global Acquiring & Cross-border Payments

• Focused on global payment product development from inception, entailing vision, mission, product principles, and strategy
• Led the development of key modules including Onboarding, KYC, multi-currency accounts, Merchant App and POS Systems
• Managed the development of the corporate website and official WeChat account
• Led the user experience design for multiple product lines, overseeing the implementation of internationalization and localization strategies
• Formalized high-fidelity prototypes, developed PRDs, product road map and internal research reports, coordinating with development, operations, and compliance teams to align functional requirements and product
• Gained alignment from executives and colleagues in the EU division of the group, synchronizing project progress, gathering and analyzing requirements
• Integrated third-party service provider interfaces (such as WeChat Pay and Alipay)
• Bilingual Host of the NEXGO 2023 Annual Conference (with a scale of 3000)

Business Analyst Intern

Fortune Trend Technology – (08/2017 - 09/2017)

• Involved in daily financial data analysis, conducting industry research and composing relevant reports.
• Improved the user experience of the trading app, delivering interaction design solutions.

🏫 Education Experience

Master of Science, Human Computer Interaction

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

09/2021 - 12/2022

• Graduate with Distinction (ranked 1st out of 126 candidates in multiple courses)
• Research Direction: Mixed Reality, Human Factors, Games, Human Computer Systems
• Developed a digital card and Al-driven ideation tool in dissertation project, successfully incorporated into the Cardographer Research Project by Mixed Reality Lab

Bachelor of Arts - Specialized Honours BA, Game and Interactive Media Design

York University, Canada

09/2014 - 12/2020

• Rank: Top 5%, achieving first place in senior courses and capstone project
• Awarded the 'Year in Review Award' four times, with works exhibited at the Gales Gallery and Toronto Media Arts Centre

📈 Entrepreneurial Experience

Atlas Lab

09/2019 - 06/2022

Founder

Developed desktop app for monitoring and automating operations on online e-commerce platforms, with performance rivaling contemporaneous competitors priced at $3,500 per license

Rings of Time

01/2022 - 05/2022

Founder

A travel guide app based on mixed reality and spatial audio, utilizing progressive, multi-level, and multimedia virtual points of interest to enhance the immersion of users exploring any attractions

🏅 Certificates

Professional Scrum Product Owner

Scrum.org

11/2023

Professional Scrum Master

Scrum.org