Cathy Zhang — CTO
I have many years of experience designing and developing software, from concept to launch. My current responsibilities at Intel’s Cloud SW Engineering include leading the team to build a SW stack on Intel's HW to boost the performance, scalability, affordability, and security of the cloud infrastructure. I am also responsible for defining the cloud-native strategy and driving company-wide contribution to the open-source cloud ecosystem. Before this, I worked at Futurewei Inc., managing a team of senior architects and leading the engineering team to deliver innovative cloud technologies. I led the team to build a serverless platform from the ground up and launched it as part of Huawei’s public cloud offering. I also led the team to develop a global resource orchestration and scheduling platform across large-scale cloud sites and edge sites. In addition to project design and development, I helped define the company’s strategy around emerging technologies and regularly advised top executives on which cutting-edge technologies we should adopt and why. I sit on the Technical Oversight Committee | Cloud Native Computing Foundation, which provides technical leadership to the industry’s cloud-native community. I have acted as track chair for both Kubecon and OpenStack Summits. I co-authored several CNCF Specifications and have been a guest speaker at numerous international conferences and summits (Kubecon, OpenStack, OSCON, OPNFV, ONF, etc.). On behalf of Intel, I delivered a keynote address at Kubecon NA 2022. I have a Ph.D. degree in computer engineering and hold 21 US-granted patents with another 8 in the US Patent Office pipeline.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure Architect with expertise in serverless and orchestration technologies.
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Experience: 27 yrs 8 mos
Career Highlights
- Led development of innovative cloud technologies at Intel.
- Co-authored multiple CNCF specifications and white papers.
- Delivered keynote at Kubecon NA 2022 representing Intel.
Work Experience
Confluent
Principal Engineer II (1 yr 6 mos)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Tech Lead of Cloud Native AI Working Group (2 yrs 6 mos)
Technical Oversight Committee (3 yrs 10 mos)
Intel Corporation
Senior Principal Engineer (3 yrs 5 mos)
Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
Chief Architect/Distinguished Engineer (9 yrs 6 mos)
Cisco
Technical Lead (13 yrs 3 mos)
Education
B.S. at Tsinghua University
Ph.D. at State University of New York at Buffalo
