MING-SHIUN (TAKO) TSAI

Seattle, WA  |  [email protected]  |  linkedin.com/in/TakoTsai  |  Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent)

Summary

9+ years of global experience in the technology sector, with 6+ years at AWS specializing in Networking, Security, and Edge Services. Bridges East and West through cross-regional expertise spanning APJC and NAMER with native Mandarin and fluent English. Go-to expert for resolving complex challenges, driving product team fixes, and delivering architectural recommendations. Builds GenAI-powered tools to automate troubleshooting and eliminate operational burden.

Certifications & Skills

Technical Skills

Python · Bash · IPv4/v6 · TCP/IP/TLS · DNS/DHCP/NAT · HTTP · PKI · Wireshark · BGP · CDN · LoadBalancer · Firewall · Accelerator · WAF · AntiDDoS

AWS Certifications

Solutions Architect – Professional
Advanced Networking – Specialty
AWS Public Speech Certificate
AntiDDoS SME Certificate
CloudFront SME Certificate
WAF SME Certificate

AWS Skills

VPC · EC2 · S3 · CloudFront · AntiDDoS · WAF · ELB · Network Firewall · Global Accelerator · Lambda · SQS · SNS · DynamoDB · CDK

Professional Experience

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Senior Cloud Support Engineer  |  Seattle, WA  |  Dec 2023 – Present
Cloud Support Engineer  |  Seattle, WA & Taiwan  |  Jun 2019 – Dec 2023

AVer Information

Technical Section Manager / Advanced Engineer  |  New Taipei, Taiwan  |  Nov 2017 – May 2019

4ipnet Inc

Network Engineer  |  Taipei, Taiwan  |  Oct 2016 – Nov 2017

Publications & Speaking

"New AWS WAF AntiDDoS Managed Rules"AWS Official Blog, 2025 (Sole Author)
"Amazon CloudFront VPC Origin Best Practice"AWS Official Blog, 2025 (First Author)
"How do I use AWS WAF to mitigate DDoS attacks?"AWS Knowledge Center, 2025
"A Lightweight Autoscaling Mechanism for Fog Computing in Industrial Applications"IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics, 2018 (90 citations)
Speaking: AWS Taipei Summit 2022, AWS Tech Summit (2022, 2024 in APJC, 2025 in NAMER)

Education

National Central University (NCU)  |  Taoyuan, Taiwan

Master of Science in Computer Science & Information Engineering  |  2014 – 2016

National Changhua University of Education (NCUE)  |  Changhua, Taiwan