About Lee Chen

If you think Lee Chen is just a top Dalhousie accounting graduate and Chartered Professional Accountant, you don't really see the big picture. It is true that Lee makes a living by working as an accountant, but this only accounts for half of Lee's life! So... what is the other half? Glad you ask, let's get started.

Lee's Background

Lee was raised in Shanghai, and moved to Halifax in 2012 to pursue his post-secondary studies. Due to his background, Lee masters 3 languages (WUU, CMN, ENG) and is able to switch one to another seamlessly.

Lee is proudly a Chartered Professional Accountant and a member of Golden Key International Honour Society. Golden Key membership is by invitation only and applies to the top 15% of college and university students in all fields of study.

Lee's Vision, Focuses and Beliefs

Being a person who knows almost everything is Lee's vision. Lee developed this vision when he was very young and is making progress towards it every day. But we have to say, Lee is still way too far away from this vision!

While his vision seems to be unachievable, Lee does have a few focuses that are more realistic. At the current stage, Lee is focusing on developing his competencies in accounting and computer science. It's pretty safe to say Lee has already become an expert in these areas!

Lee believes that some basic services (such as setting up simple websites or optimising resumes) should be available for free, and earning profit by providing such services is unethical. Therefore, Lee created SmartLee Non-Profit to offer these services and much more for free!

About Lee Online

Lee Chen launched the initial version of Lee Online in 2007 as a hands-on web development experiment. Since then, Lee Online has undergone multiple transformations, with its purpose, design, and technical stack continually evolving alongside the modern web. Today, the main purpose of Lee Online is to serve SmartLee Non-Profit (Lee's non-for-profit initiative) as well as enhancing Lee's personal branding. Lee Online utilises advanced technologies, such as hardware-backed MFA, DDoS mitigation, SSL, DNSSEC, CDN and more.