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Monkey Queen

Landscape designer → global trade & smart home sales strategist

Six years shaping parks, mixed-use sites and garden expos across China and Hong Kong. Since 2020, shaping deals instead — helping smart home and IoT brands find their first customers across the Americas.

New York, NY ***** *****
the journey, mapped below
About

I started my career reading sites — soil, slope, sightlines — and turning those constraints into schematic and construction drawings for parks, garden expos and mixed-use developments across China and Hong Kong.

In 2020 I pointed that same instinct — understand the constraint, build the relationship, deliver something that lasts — at international trade. Since then I've helped smart home, IoT and OEM manufacturers land their first distributors and key accounts across the US and the Americas.

Act I — 2014 – 2020

Designing land

Landscape architecture & project coordination — New Jersey, Kunming, Shenzhen, Hong Kong
MAY 2016 – APR 2017

Landscape Engineer

Kunming City Landscape Planning & Design Institute — Kunming, China
  • Lead designer for the Zhengzhou Garden Expo Kunming Garden — conceptual design through 3D modeling and construction drawings.
  • Coordinated with government departments, utilities and construction teams to keep the project on track.
  • Helped draft the Kunming Residential Area Design Code and Kunming Road Greening Design Code.
2ND PRIZE · EXCELLENT ENGINEERING DESIGN, KUNMING 2017
APR 2017 – APR 2020

Assistant Project Manager (prev. Project Manager Assistant)

Belt Collins Landscape Design Co., Ltd — Shenzhen & Hong Kong
  • Led a design team across 14 residential, commercial, mixed-use and TOD projects, from site analysis through final construction drawings.
  • Coordinated international teams in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Shenzhen to keep projects moving smoothly.
  • Delivered 50+ schematic and conceptual packages, 12 design-development sets and 12 construction drawing sets.
  • Presented design solutions directly to stakeholders — secured 7 new projects worth over ¥10M.
  • Tracked project finances and inspected construction sites against design intent.
14
Projects led
50+
Design packages
¥10M+
New work secured
6,300+
Parcels mapped
Act II — 2020 – Present

Designing deals

International trade & smart home sales — Shenzhen, North & South America, Minnesota
JUN 2020 – SEP 2021

Foreign Trade Specialist

Gospell Digital Technology Co., Ltd — Shenzhen, China
  • Ran the full B2B sales cycle for AI-surveillance OEM hardware and AIoT PaaS/SaaS solutions — negotiation, contracts, sample testing and delivery.
  • Managed sub-accounts on Alibaba, Global Sources and Made-in-China, qualifying leads at a 10% close rate.
  • Hosted live broadcasts during the online Canton Fair to generate qualified leads.
  • Worked directly with AWS and Alibaba Cloud engineers to deliver customized platforms and hardware.
FEB 2023 – NOV 2023

Business Development Specialist, North & South America

Focalcrest Limited (EVVR Home Automation) — Shenzhen, China
  • Ran pre-sale consultancy, sample testing and after-sales support for EVVR's home-automation line; acquired 12 new leads a week.
  • Managed 1,000+ leads in Zoho CRM and built email marketing funnels; qualified 300+ leads at a 60% qualification rate.
  • Closed at a 25% rate on qualified leads through cold calling, email and video meetings.
  • Exhibited at the HKTDC Electronics Fair and CEDIA Expo — 10% close rate in six weeks, ranked top sales performer.
  • Secured 10+ orders from a previously untapped region in the Americas.
NOV 2023 – APR 2024

Overseas Sales

ICCPP Group — Minnesota, US
  • Built out VOOPOO's B2B distribution channel across Minnesota from the ground up — a 6x increase in sell-in revenue, top sales performer in the US region.
  • Worked on-site with the marketing team to grow brand presence across Minnesota.
  • Streamlined delivery and repurchase cycles with distributors, doubling monthly volume through repeat orders.
  • Analyzed competitor and market data from retail visits — informed strategy behind a 300% jump in store entry rate.
6×
Sell-in revenue growth
1,000+
Leads managed
25%
Close rate, qualified leads
300%
Store entry rate growth
Toolkit

Two disciplines, one working style

Design & visualization

AutoCAD SketchUp Lumion Photoshop Illustrator InDesign ArcGIS

Trade & sales

Zoho CRM Microsoft Excel PowerPoint Alibaba / Global Sources Made-in-China Cold outreach & email funnels
Education

MS, Landscape Architecture

Rutgers University — New Brunswick, NJ

Thesis: The Liberty State Park Orientation Center — Rehabilitating a Post-Industrial Landscape to Make It Useful, Accessible and Legible.

BS, Horticulture

South China Agricultural University (Double First-Class) — Guangzhou, China

Ranked top 4 of 100+ students in major for three consecutive years; first- and second-class academic scholarships.