William Hsu
About William Hsu
William Hsu serves as the Quality Assurance Technical Lead at Canonical, focusing on Lenovo products. With extensive experience in software development and quality assurance across various companies, he has contributed to enhancing testing processes and frameworks in the tech industry.
Current Role at Canonical
William Hsu serves as the Quality Assurance Technical Lead for Lenovo at Canonical. He has held this position since 2019, contributing to the enhancement of validation processes for various hardware platforms, including servers, workstations, PCs, and laptops. Hsu is actively involved in improving the quality assurance processes for Lenovo ThinkStation releases and has proposed a test automation framework aimed at PC and laptop hardware initialization.
Previous Experience in Quality Assurance
William Hsu has extensive experience in quality assurance across multiple organizations. He worked at NeuroSky as a Software Developer for seven months in 2009. He then served as the Software Quality Assurance Team Lead at XRSPACE for five months in 2019. Hsu held various roles at Solera, Inc., including QA Team Lead and Release Manager from 2016 to 2017, followed by Release and Operations Manager from 2017 to 2018. He also worked at Mozilla as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test from 2014 to 2016.
Education and Academic Achievements
William Hsu studied at the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, where he earned a Master of Science degree from 2008 to 2010. He continued his education at the same institution, achieving a Doctor of Philosophy degree from 2010 to 2012. His academic background supports his expertise in software development and quality assurance.
Technical Contributions and Initiatives
Hsu has made significant contributions to the field of quality assurance through his work with various test frameworks. He enhances test coverage by adding new tests into the Checkbox framework and has initiated a test automation framework specifically for PC and laptop hardware initialization at Lenovo. His role extends beyond Lenovo, as he also supports OEM projects for other companies, including DELL.
Career Timeline and Progression
William Hsu's career spans over a decade, with a focus on software development and quality assurance. He began his career at Trend Micro as a Software Development Engineer in Test from 2010 to 2012, later returning to the company as a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in 2012. His career progressed through various roles at Mozilla, Solera, XRSPACE, and ultimately led to his current position at Canonical, where he has been since 2019.