Lei Zhang
United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolLei Zhang is a data and analytics executive with nine years of leadership experience building end-to-end data organizations that turn ML/AI and engineering investments into measurable business outcomes. Currently SVP and Chief Data Officer at Pluralsight, he previously scaled centralized data teams of ~50 engineers and scientists to deliver personalization, experimentation, forecasting, pricing, and MLops solutions across high-growth consumer businesses. His background spans production ML at scale—Spark, Snowflake, cloud platforms—and a strong research pedigree with a PhD from MIT, bridging rigorous algorithmic development (distributed ML at Oracle) with product-focused delivery. Known for cultivating high-performing teams, he combines quantitative rigor from finance and engineering roots with an appetite for applied AI agents and optimization that drive real operational impact.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Electrical Engineering, PhD Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Science and Technology of ChinaMaster of Engineering - MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
classification4
python3
multiclass-classification3
kaggle3
image-classification2
Github contributions (5)
zlxy9892/zlxy9892.github.io
Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
Contributions:207 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
zlxy9892/ST-CausalConvNet
May 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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