Summary
Daniel Zhou is a seasoned commercial leader with 13 years’ experience building global food, beverage and nutrition businesses across Asia and the Americas, now leading key accounts for JD Logistics in the Americas. He combines product and sourcing expertise—having managed 30+ food-grade products at Brenntag and led category and strategic-market roles at Alibaba.com—with a strong technical bent evidenced by PostgreSQL-focused contributions to an open-source blog repo. Trained as an MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition at UCL with research stints at MIT and NHS labs, he blends scientific rigor with pragmatic market strategy. Daniel is skilled at negotiations, market analysis and cross-border partnerships, and has a track record of enabling SME digital export journeys and enterprise sales for global brands. Comfortable managing cross-functional teams and contingency planning, he frequently links on-the-ground supplier relationships to platform-level growth initiatives. Based in Beijing, he brings a rare combo of R&D grounding, database-savvy problem solving and commercial leadership across B2B marketplaces and supply chains.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Biological Science (minor: Food Science & Technology), Bachelor's degree Biological Science (minor: Food Science & Technology) at Ocean University of China
University College London
visiting scholar Nutrition Sciences, visiting scholar Nutrition Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
exchange Biotechnology, exchange Biotechnology at I-Shou University
exchange Public Policy Analysis, exchange Public Policy Analysis at Doshisha University
Pre-sessional Language Course English Language and Literature General, Pre-sessional Language Course English Language and Literature General at King's College London
English, Chinese