Summary
Shixiong Shang is an AI Technical Marketing Engineer with 9 years of experience in leading global DevOps and infrastructure initiatives for enterprise customers. He currently drives AI marketing engineering at Cisco, applying deep technical expertise to translate complex solutions into customer-focused outcomes. He previously built and led high-performing teams at Sysdig, expanding on-prem Openshift deployments to 20+ environments for a 200k-host footprint and accelerating CI/CD upgrade cycles from six months to one month. A proven founder and CTO, he led CloudPerceptions and guided Nephos6 through product vision, revenue growth, and cross-border teams, while actively fostering Kubernetes and IPv6 adoption in the ecosystem. He combines hands-on engineering with strategic storytelling, bridging marketing, sales, and engineering across Fortune 500 accounts and global partners such as IBM. He holds a BS in Mechanics from Peking University and an MS in EE from NC State, reflecting a strong foundation in both hardware and software systems.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., EE, M.S., EE at North Carolina State University
B.S., Mechanics, B.S., Mechanics at Peking University
English, Chinese