Identity / Method
About
Systems and management shape my work. Racing, shared worlds, and everyday observations keep the frame wide.
I’m Jinglin Li / 李京霖, also known as Ronaldo. LJL is my personal mark, and TheFakerShy is the name I have used in games for years.
A portrait / Four perspectives
More than one way to know me.
Change the perspective. See what holds my attention, how I approach it, and where you can look closer.
CURRENT PERSPECTIVE 01 / 04
How do I make complexity usable?
Make the next decision clearer.
I am drawn to the space between business needs, systems and execution. The useful question is what people need to decide, and what makes that decision possible.
See it in the work
Kopi & Co gives that instinct a concrete form: a bounded Monday decision, visible evidence and a prototype whose rules can be inspected.
An NUS team project, with prototype screens and a separate account of my contribution.
What did this choice exchange?
Read the choices between the laps.
A finishing position is an outcome. I am interested in the sequence behind it: the options available, the cost of a decision and the time left to make it work.
See it in the work
The Hungary 2019 feature pairs a sourced race account with a strategy desk. Change the assumptions and see when a tyre advantage can repay a stop.
The race is historical. The adjustable model is illustrative, with explicit assumptions rather than live telemetry.
What can the next attempt improve?
Prepare well. Stay curious about chance.
As TheFakerShy, I value practice, shared execution and the learning between a first success and reliable understanding. A difficult attempt can be worth examining even when the result is outside my control.
See it in the work
The Skyfrond story follows a real fishing attempt in Final Fantasy XIV, then separates opportunity, execution and randomness in an interactive experiment.
The probability lab uses chosen assumptions. It does not estimate the game's hidden catch rates.
What is worth noticing along the way?
Keep the frame wider than the goal.
Systems and strategy are only part of the picture. Place, technology, considered objects and everyday moments also shape what I notice and what stays with me.
See it in the work
Life & Notes holds this quieter part of the HQ. The dated Now page offers another way to understand the threads receiving attention.
Small observations from life beyond the projects.
Four perspectives, one person. Follow the links in each perspective to look closer at the stories and background.
Personal tours / Start with your curiosity
There is more than one way in.
Choose a question and follow three stops through my background, working methods and interests. The connections live in the stories.
How I work
Follow a business question into a rule, then into something you can test.
How I make a call
The interesting part of a decision is what has to be true for it to work.
How I keep improving
Shared execution in a raid. Preparation and chance at the water.
THE ORIGINALS / INTERFACES · MODELS · IMAGINATION
A closer look. A fuller story.
Nine pieces across three rooms. Inspect an original, compare two works, then follow the source and case.
Enter the original-work exhibition ↗The names you will see here
- Ronaldo LiPublic identity
- Jinglin Li / 李京霖Name
- LJLConnecting mark
- TheFakerShyGaming identity
Education / Selected experience
Where systems meet management
I work across business needs, systems, and execution: turning ambiguous policies and stakeholder requests into workflows people can build, test, and use.
Education
- 2026 · expected December
NUS Business School
MSc in ManagementGeneral management, digital transformation, consumer insight, negotiation, and structured problem solving.
- 2022–2023
Cornell University
MEng in Systems EngineeringSystems architecture, complex project management, stakeholder needs, and verification and validation.
- 2018–2021
Indiana University Bloomington
BS in Informatics · Business CognateInformation systems and their business context, from data and web prototypes to sociotechnical ethics.
Selected experience
- Apr–Jul 2026
Hangzhou Huizhi
Business requirements & process optimisationTranslated policy and stakeholder input into requirements, field dictionaries, interface mock-ups, calculation logic, and acceptance criteria across eight-plus internal workflows.
- Feb–Dec 2025
Chengdu Zhonghuan
Internal operations & business developmentSupported operational review, warehouse and material-planning improvements, cross-functional follow-up, and customer and project discussions.
- Jun–Aug 2023
Honeywell
Product engineeringCollaborated on a virtualised engineering environment supporting Experion, including implementation and testing.
- Jun–Aug 2021
Siemens Industrial Software
Product designTurned building-management requirements into early web-interface concepts, prototypes, and customer-facing documentation.
BACK TO THE ORIGINALS / OPEN THE WORK
A few lines on a CV can open into a longer story.
Reports and plans from Cornell preserve specific designs, assumptions and open questions. I have revisited that material in these notebooks, with experiments you can try.
CUSD / 2022–2023
How does a school respond to its community?
Read the individual plan alongside two team reports: water, gardens, classrooms and requirements.
Open the notebook ↗CORNELL / CITY SYSTEMS
How do we compare choices in a city?
Greenway candidates, bike stations and district branding connect models with experience and information.
Open the notebook ↗BON APPÉTIT / SYSEN 5930
What tells us a project is progressing?
Start with my cost-management chapter, then compare planned work, completed work and spend.
Open the notebook ↗Curriculum vitae / Two languages. One journey.
The experience, in full.
From systems engineering to management and business practice. Read the full CV in its original layout or a searchable text view.
Edition: 6 August 2026 · Direct contact details omitted in this public reading edition.
- Professional conversationsLinkedIn / Jinglin (Ronaldo) Li
Education, experience, and the professional thread connecting systems, business, and execution.
- Projects & codeGitHub / TheRealFakerShy
My public development identity and a place to follow the things I build.
Public resources / Take something with you
From reading to keeping.
Keep the experiment
Change the assumptions, export a lap-by-lap CSV, or share your own scenario. Every input and model boundary is visible.
Kopi & Co
Read the case or keep the three published interface screens, with team authorship and personal contribution clearly distinguished.
Four rooms, one headquarters
A method across fields
Systems
Look for what connects before isolating the answer.
Evidence
Keep what is known separate from what is interpreted.
Iteration
Let each attempt sharpen the next decision.
Stories
Make understanding memorable without outrunning the facts.
Route / 04
Places that shaped my perspective.
From Moreau Catholic to Indiana, Cornell and NUS, each place has added something to how I study, work and see the world.
- Moreau Catholic
- Indiana University
- Cornell
- NUS