Kang Zhao
Founder & CEO at Simright
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Summary
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Top SchoolKang Zhao is a founder and CEO with over a decade of deep experience in the CAE software industry, currently building web-based Cloud CAE tools at Simright to enable browser-native modeling, simulation and structural optimization. He combines hands-on technical expertise in structural optimization, finite element and fatigue analysis with proven leadership—having led R&D and engineering teams at Altair and Aerobook. As a manager he has repeatedly built and scaled engineering teams, owning software architecture, development processes and customer-facing activities. His career blends applied research (Master’s in Engineering Mechanics) with product-driven engineering, translating complex CAE algorithms into usable web services. Notably, he moved traditional desktop CAE workflows to cloud-native delivery, focusing on accessibility and optimization automation. Based in Shanghai, he brings entrepreneurial drive and domain depth that bridge academic mechanics and commercial CAE software.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Engineering Mechanics, Bachelor, Engineering Mechanics at Wuhan UniversityMaster, Engineering Mechanics, Master, Engineering Mechanics at Dalian University of Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (59)
modeling-tool9
solver9
electrical-engineering9
creative-commons8
modelica8
crowdfunding8
agent-based-modeling8
structural-engineering8
power-systems8
fsi8
abaqus7
energy-system7
snl-applications7
polyhedra6
wolfram-language5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
simright/binview
May 2017 - May 2020
A Python command line utility for printing data in binary files
Contributions:4 PRs, 6 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years
python-commandpythonprintingcommand-line-utilitybinary-files
simright/pycg3d
Feb 2017 - Oct 2019
a pure Python package for Computational Geometry in 3D
Contributions:5 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
pythonmathematicsgeometric-algorithmscomputational-geometrypure-python
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