Summary
Alex Zhang is a datacenter and network quality leader with 11 years of experience driving NPI, sustaining, manufacturing, and failure analysis across routers, storage, and server platforms. Currently Quality Manager Infra/IDC at TikTok, he blends hands-on SMT, test automation and HW/SW validation with program and supplier management learned at Apple, Cisco and Meta. A CCIE and MS in Telecommunications, Alex has led global cross-site teams and supplier qualification programs that reduced cost of quality through data-driven closed-loop corrective actions. He’s known for practical innovation—initiating SCO-funded projects and automation efforts that delivered measurable operational savings—and brings a rare mix of network architecture depth and manufacturing floor expertise. Based in California, he also codes recreationally and balances engineering rigor with interests in basketball and cooking.
11 years of coding experience