Huiya Liu is an accomplished GPU Performance Engineer at Apple since September 2016, specializing in GPU, graphics, and game technology. Previously, at AMD from July 2006 to August 2016, Huiya worked as a Software Development Engineer and Sr. Software Development Engineer on the Direct3D Driver Performance Team, optimizing 3D graphics drivers for video game performance. Additional roles at AMD included working as a Sr. Firmware Engineer, where Huiya focused on memory controller and graphics northbridge initialization for Fusion Technology, and as a Software Engineer on the Software Verification team, developing simulation modules in C++ and QT for a large-scale virtual computer simulation system. Huiya's academic background includes a Master of Science in Computer Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science from Sun Yat-sen University, along with passing CFA Level 2 from the CFA Institute.