Lu Zhao

Technical Program Manager

Kirkland, Washington, United States19 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led GenAI initiatives at Netflix for data strategy.
Drove significant partner growth at Microsoft.
Designed user-centric identity solutions for Active Directory.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure and data management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementCloud ComputingProject ManagementIdentity Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentOperations ManagementData InfrastructureMachine LearningIntegrationPartner ManagementSoftware DesignFederated Identity ManagementScrumSDLCDistributed SystemsSoftware Project ManagementProduct Management

About

Experienced program manager with 13 years’ expertise in designing and launching successful software products used by millions of customers. Recognized for leading multifunctional teams in the development of strategic solutions that meets business priorities and customer needs. Demonstrated product management leadership experience with strong hands-on technical background. Proven experience on alliance and partnership development.

Experience

19 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

Technical Program Manager - GenAI, Infrastructure

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Led GenAI Data Practitioner Program, driving the end‑to‑end structure and execution of Netflix’s GenAI Data Task Force. I align platform teams and data practitioners across the full data lifecycle to adopt GenAI tools, accelerate our data practitioner strategy, and enable practitioners to evolve into orchestrators of AI agents rather than manual producers.
Led Cloud Resiliency and Scalability Program for Netflix Live, scaling Infrastructure for Massive Global Events
Led Company-Wide Availability Program to Drive System Resilience and Engineering Efficiency

Cloud ComputingProgram ManagementAgile MethodologiesSoftware Development

Microsoft

2 roles

Technical Program Lead - Cloud Commercial Marketplace

Promoted

Jan 2016 – Sep 2020 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Directed a team of 10+ to design and implement anomaly detection in Azure Marketplace, mitigating financial risks and automating operational insights.
Led a partner incentivization program, driving a 5X growth in participants and a 14X increase in solutions in under six months.
Orchestrated integration solutions for Windows Server 2016, Azure, and Azure Stack with tier-1 security and backup partners.

Cloud ComputingProject ManagementIntegration

Senior Program Manager - Identity and Access

Jun 2006 – Sep 2015 · 9 yrs 3 mos · Redmond

Designed and launched user-centric features for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), simplifying policy settings and enabling seamless customer integrations.
Championed cross-functional projects, including a product servicing model redesign, freeing 40% of developers’ time.
Delivered a deployment guide for Office 365, halving customer deployment time while increasing satisfaction.

Identity ManagementProject ManagementSoftware Design