Summary
Wei Zhao is an Agile Release Manager with 13 years of experience shepherding large-scale software delivery across automotive, cloud, e-commerce, and telecom domains. Currently at CARIAD after roles as Solution Train Engineer and senior DevOps consultant at AWS, he blends enterprise-scale SAFe facilitation with hands-on DevOps coaching to accelerate value flow. Previously he led Agile/DevOps Centers of Excellence at IBM and drove Agile innovation at JD.com, demonstrating a track record of transforming organizations and coaching leadership as well as teams. His early R&D and engineering management experience at Nokia Siemens Networks gives him deep technical empathy for complex product development lifecycles. Based in Chaoyang District, Beijing, he pairs a Master’s in Software Engineering with practical experience in release orchestration, pipeline optimization, and cross-functional scaling. He is known for translating strategic agility into measurable delivery improvements rather than just process theater.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master Software Engineering, Master Software Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Bachelor Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor Computer Science and Technology at Harbin Institute of Technology
English, Chinese