Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/02/14
By: Ko Lin

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Taipei, Feb. 14 (CNA) A Taiwanese-American has been selected for a tour of duty at a United States government agency, as part of a program that recruits innovators to help tackle technology challenges within the government.

Under the Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) initiative, Patrick Lin (林博智) will be working at the U.S. Department of Transportation on its Intelligent Transportation Portfolio program, according to the managing agency.

“Most recently, Patrick led the autonomous driving team for Ford Motor Company in Asia where he pioneered innovative thinking for transportation ecosystems and smart cities (Beijing 2.0),” according to an online post by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which heads the PIF program.

Lin, one of the 17 technologists and entrepreneurs selected to participate in this year’s PIF program, is described on the GSA blogsite as an entrepreneur, strategist, and innovative problem solver.    [FULL  STORY]