Hi,I'm

Cyril Liu

PMO / Program & Portfolio Management Lead

I focus on the parts of work that shape delivery: direction, risk, resourcing, and decisions.

Working Notes: Vibe Coding and AI PMO

Case Studies

Selected Case Studies

These cases span brand migration, design delivery, growth, payments, compliance, and market launches. Together they show the way I work: read the situation clearly, then organize the work around it.

Flagship cases

Brand migration, design delivery automation, and growth portfolio work shaped my operating model at Gate.

Additional contexts

International launches and global payments tested the same judgment across markets and operating contexts.

Case 04 / Growth portfolio governance

Turning scattered growth requests into a portfolio

SEO, GEO, and ASO never behaved like a single project. I organized them as a portfolio, with demand pools, scheduling, risk alerts, dashboards, and executive reporting.

Growth PMO / portfolio governance / executive reporting
One governed growth portfolioKey metrics grew during the periodSome indicators nearly doubled

Case 05 / Localization and compliance

Finding the launch path across different market rules

Australia, Brazil, and Europe each had different launch conditions. I translated changing rules around KYC, fiat rails, wallets, partners, and acceptance into priorities, risks, dependencies, and owners.

International PMO / compliance coordination / go-to-market delivery
Supported multi-country expansionDelivery cycles shortened by about 15%Crypto on Credit moved from concept to launch

Case 06 / Global fiat payments

Delivering global payments across time zones and rule differences

Global fiat payments connected compliance, risk, regional business, operations, and engineering. Time zones, different work weeks, and changing regulation shaped every delivery plan. Regional windows, async records, E2E flow, DOD, and escalation paths gave the work one operating rhythm.

Global payments PMO / cross-cultural collaboration / agile transformation
Delivered around 45% of 2022 global fiat payment projectsCovered APAC, Africa, and LATAMLanded E2E flow and DOD

Method

Bringing Order to Complex Work

I come back to four questions: what matters, where the risk sits, what resources are actually available, and who needs to decide.

01

Judge value before organizing the work

Before a request enters the queue, look at the goal, expected return, and resource cost. Only then decide the portfolio, rhythm, and trade-offs.

SEO / GEO / ASO moved from scattered requests into a growth portfolio.
02

Risk should surface early

When plans, resources, acceptance criteria, or dependencies begin to drift, risk should already be visible to both the team and leadership.

Gate.com migration used touchpoint maps and validation screenshots to expose gaps early.
03

Reporting should sharpen judgment

Good reporting answers a small set of questions: is the goal still valid, are resources enough, what needs escalation, and who owns the next step?

RDER / Card reporting moved from progress updates to resource and risk decisions.
04

AI should support the PMO workflow

AI can organize information, detect anomalies, and draft reports. That leaves more time for trade-offs, communication, and follow-through.

Weekly reports, sprint analysis, and risk reviews became less repetitive to prepare.

Career

A Career Built on Judgment

From ROI review to global payments, market launches, and portfolio governance, the pattern in my work has stayed the same: make clear calls in complex settings and give teams a clear next move.

01

2019 - 2021

Business judgment

Ctrip.com / ROI committee

Decide value before you schedule.

At Ctrip, ROI reviews pushed project work upstream into business judgment. Before a request entered the engineering queue, it had to justify its place in terms of business value, return, priority, and resource cost. That perspective stayed with me and later shaped how I looked at programs and portfolios.

ROI review / engineering efficiency / transaction and settlement platforms
02

2021 - 2023

Global delivery

Binance / Global fiat payments

Put global teams on the same delivery standard.

Fiat payments sat across compliance, risk, regional business, operations, and engineering. When regulation or regional strategy changed, the program boundary moved too. I kept scope, acceptance, and escalation clear, then made E2E flow, DOD, and risk review part of the team's operating rhythm.

Around 45% of 2022 global fiat payment projects / E2E flow / DOD
03

2024 - 2025

International launch

Coins.ph / Market expansion

Turn changing market rules into a viable launch path.

Australia, Brazil, and Europe each came with different entry conditions. Regulation, KYC, fiat rails, wallet setup, partner readiness, and launch criteria kept shifting the project boundary. I learned to spot constraints early and turn them into priorities, risks, dependencies, and next steps.

Australia / Brazil / Europe expansion / around 15% shorter delivery cycles
04

2025 - Apr 2026

Portfolio governance

Gate / PMO across multiple business lines

Bring parallel programs into one management view.

At Gate, several business lines accelerated at once: brand upgrade, growth, payment cards, AI efficiency, and experiments. Each one competed for resources and attention. I made status, risk, and trade-offs visible early, and gradually turned demand pools, dashboards, risk alerts, executive reporting, and AI-assisted analysis into a repeatable portfolio governance model.

Gate.com migration in 3 weeks without major incidents / SEO, GEO, ASO / AI PMO

Contact

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