# Ryan Hsu > Software Engineering | Machine Learning | Performance Computing Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanhsu Machine Learning, computer vision, image and video processing, parallel computing, CUDA, OpenCL ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Stack AV Jan 2024 – Present ### Being Dad @ Enjoying Time with Family Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 ### Engineering @ TuSimple Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Led machine learning data labeling tools team ### Technical Lead, Software Engineer, Engineering Management @ Cruise Automation Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Held critical roles in the enabling self-driving software stack to run on multiple generations of computing platforms; active participation in end-to-end lifecycle, including initial design, bringup, algorithm transition and optimization, and maintenance. Work across teams to improve platform performance by (1) analyzing modules for opportunities for performance improvements, (2) leverage accelerator platform by integrating libraries and developing custom GPU code, (3) developing and monitoring platform performance metrics. Develop, deploy and maintain tooling to convert deep learning models/networks to inference-optimized modules; currently targeting production inferencing framework (TensorRT) and investigating open-source compilers. Led team focused on runtime performance optimizations and performance observation tooling Led team focused on identifying algorithmic needs for neural networks and sensor ingestions flows for future computing platforms. Architected and developed highly efficient, low-latency, in-loop image compression for computer vision pipeline; worked with and coordinated multiple teams to test, evaluate, and deploy the platform. ### Software Engineer, Technical Lead @ Ayasdi Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, CA Architect, develop and improve unique core data analytics and machine learning platform based on topological data analysis; expand core capabilities by integrating complementary supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms Develop technology across advanced platforms, including single-node optimization, distributed computations, and accelerated hardware (such as GPUs.) Co-inventor on three pending patents. ### Senior Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineering, Developer Relations Engineer @ AMD Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Sunnyvale, CA • Collaborate with software developers on software optimization for AMD technologies • Co-author source code with key collaborators (Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro teams, ArcSoft, CiiNOW, Corel, MainConcept, Twitch, Ubitus) • Drive heterogeneous computing (GPU, OpenCL) adoption across industries • Drive AMD's cloud-gaming strategy using combination of proprietary hardware and industry standards • Provide developer feedback to internal teams and drive internals teams to deliver better hardware and software solutions to improve developer experience • Project highlights: advanced image processing algorithms, advanced video processing algorithm and pipelines, H.265/HEVC decoder ### Senior Software Engineer @ Life Technologies Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Foster City, CA • Integrate high-performance signal and image processing subsystem for next-generation DNA sequencing instrument (SOLiD 5500) • Implement and optimize functions for CUDA architecture • Participate in design and specification of future generation of DNA sequencing computing platform ### Performance Computing Lead / Imaging Scientist @ Eastman Kodak Company Jan 2003 – Jan 2010 | Rochester, NY • Lead developer of parallel-computing platform for high-speed high-performance digital image and video processing for HD and 2K sources • Developed proof-of-concept for early GPU/CUDA-enabled image processing platform • Algorithms (research and development): motion estimation, color transform, video stabilization, image deblurring, histogram equilization, noise reduction, image compression, video compression. ## Education ### Master of Engineering - MEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University ### BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-hsu-51768a3 --- Source: https://flows.cv/ryanhsu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryanhsu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01