Jun Zhan
CEO And Weichai Young Scientist at Weichai Power Intelligent Technology
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolJun Zhan is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building AI-driven systems and commercial products across China and the US. As CEO and Weichai Young Scientist and Director of the Silicon Valley Innovation Center, he leads data-driven innovation and industrial AI initiatives for Weichai Power from Sunnyvale. His prior roles as senior architect and tech lead at Baidu saw him drive large-scale GPU simulation clusters, lead autonomous driving simulation, and contribute to voice and speech recognition projects including work related to Deep Speech 2. Earlier he co-founded and architected a widely used digital humanities platform at Guoxue, demonstrating a rare blend of machine learning, infrastructure, and productization expertise. He combines research-grade invention—multiple prototypes, patents, and novel algorithms—with hands-on systems design that scales to thousands of GPUs and enterprise deployments. Fluent in bridging academic ideas and commercial impact, he brings cross-cultural product experience and a background in comparative literature that informs creative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Comparative Literature & Culture Study, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Comparative Literature & Culture Study at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (50)
simulation10
imitation-learning10
artificial-intelligence10
robotics10
unreal-engine-410
simulator10
autonomous-vehicles10
calibration10
self-driving-car10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
computer-vision10
apollo10
ros10
autonomous-driving10
airsim10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
xczhanjun/openpilot
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 23 days
drivingmachine-learningagent
xczhanjun/autoware
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:5 PRs, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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