Peng Du is a founder and seasoned software leader with eight years of industry experience building cloud-native platforms and developer-facing systems. Based in Seattle, he now leads Apexiel as Co-Founder & CEO, combining product design, user research, and hands-on coding to create a community-driven platform that gives every car enthusiast "a car friend." His background includes architecting scalable cloud and edge platforms at Futurewei, engineering roles at Microsoft and AWS, and deep performance work from a PhD in computer science. He teaches data structures and algorithms at the University of Washington Bothell and moonlights as a motorsport photographer, blending technical rigor with a passion for cars and storytelling. That mix of systems-level engineering, product instinct, and real-world domain enthusiasm helps him translate automotive problems into pragmatic software solutions.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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