Qiang Xu
Senior Principal Engineer, Research Lead at Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.
Canada
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Top SchoolQiang Xu is a Senior Principal Engineer and research lead with 11 years of experience driving applied research and engineering at Huawei Technologies Canada following a PhD from McMaster University. He blends deep academic rigor—from long research and teaching tenures—with pragmatic product-focused leadership across roles from staff to principal engineer. His background includes research internships at Microsoft and early engineering at VMware, reflecting fluency in both cutting-edge systems research and production software development. Based in Canada, he leads teams that translate novel ideas into deployable technology, often bridging academic proof-of-concept work with industrial-scale engineering. A detail that sets him apart is sustained progression within a single R&D organization, demonstrating impact across research, architecture, and delivery over multiple career stages.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Wuhan UniversityMaster’s Degree, Master’s Degree at University of Chinese Academy of SciencesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at McMaster UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
xuq/Acoustic
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:27 commits, 25 pushes in 4 months
xuq/xuq-vim-config
Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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