Summary
Ben Zhou is a CTO and data-focused engineer with 11 years of experience building production systems that span machine learning, data engineering, and full-stack web/mobile development. He brings research-grade technical depth from Brown and UCLA—where he worked on AR hand detection, reinforcement learning models, and information-theoretic inference—combined with industry experience at Meta and startups optimizing HBase, Redis, Spark, and NLP pipelines. Comfortable moving between prototyping (Unity, Android) and scaling backend services, he has a track record of turning complex algorithms into practical products, including work on AI-driven finance tooling and AR interactions. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends academic rigor with product-minded execution and a creative streak evident in his GitHub persona that balances persistence and human-centered thinking.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at Brown University
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles
Chinese, English, deutch