👩‍💼 Zitong (Vicki) Ye

📞 (+1) 312-909-5427
📧 yztyztyzta@163.com

🎓 Education

Northwestern University, USA
M.S. in Information Systems 2024.09 – 2025.08
• Courses: Database Systems, Network Security, Machine Learning, Program Management, Data Engineering with Go

University of California, Berkeley, USA
Exchange Program, 2023.08 – 2024.05

Shenzhen University, China
Bachelor’s in Fintech
2020.09 – 2024.07
• Courses: Blockchain, Quant Trading, AI & ML, Financial Engineering
• 18 Scholarships including Top 1% “Liyuan Star”

💼 Internship Experience

KPMG – Audit Intern
2024.06 – 2024.09

• Assisted IPO projects: financial testing & document management
• Verified funding data accuracy via bank confirmations
• Communicated with clients to clarify discrepancies

WeBank – Financial Product Manager Intern
2023.07 – 2023.08

• Defined pain points through user interviews & competitive research
• Ran A/B testing to optimize notifications → CTR ↑15%
• Designed onboarding flow → 1st-time conversion ↑70%

Futu Securities – Research Intern
2023.01 – 2023.05

• Wrote cloud computing & equity research reports → +3000 followers
• Developed report automation tool → workload ↓60%, release speed ↑

🚀 Projects & Leadership

PrePay – Blockchain Prepaid Card Risk System
🏅 National Gold Medal – China College Students Comp. Design Contest

• Led product design, smart contract dev (FISCO BCOS), UX wireframing
• Fraud detection, credit scoring, full-stack build, pitch deck

SadTalker Digital Human Generator
🎯 Industry Collaboration – AI Product

• Integrated SadTalker & VITS voice model
• Designed AI workflows, prototypes, specs
• Beta launched with enterprise partners

Chairman – Fintech Student Union
2022.05 – 2023.06

• Led 20+ events, ran social channels, hosted new student ceremonies
• Co-organized Shenzhen FinTech Competition with local gov

🧠 Skills

• Languages: English, Chinese
• Programming: Python, R, SQL, C/C++, HTML, JS
• Tools: Axure, Wind, Bloomberg, Excel
• Strengths: AI Product Strategy, Agile, UX Design, Data Analytics