Xiang Zhou
Head Of Products at 阿里巴巴
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
Summary
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Top SchoolXiang Zhou is a product leader and hands-on engineer with over two decades of R&D experience across AI/ML, database engines, big data and cloud platforms, currently heading product at DataCloud where he builds AI-ready data analytics infrastructure and AI-powered exploratory tools. He previously steered Alibaba Cloud’s international database strategy and GTM, helping the service secure a leadership position in Gartner’s Cloud Database Magic Quadrant since 2020. Xiang blends deep systems expertise—reflected in ~50 patents spanning relational databases, distributed systems and cloud computing—with practical product execution, shipping serverless data warehouse, lake and AI agent offerings. Known for moving quickly from prototype to production, he bridges research and productization having led core analytics products like AnalyticDB and Data Lake Analytics. Based in Hangzhou, he combines enterprise-scale credibility from IBM and Alibaba with startup-style product velocity at DataCloud.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsMaster's degree Telecom and Information System, Master's degree Telecom and Information System at China Academy of Telecommunication Technology
Github Skills (58)
encrypt10
sql-query10
bigquery10
mysql10
big-data10
analytics10
java10
olap10
mpp10
hive10
sql10
ai10
clickhouse-client10
embedded10
rust10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
alibabacloud-howto/solution-cloud-native-web-hosting
May 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
alibabacloud-howto/opensource_with_apsaradb
Jul 2021 - Feb 2022
Contributions:103 commits, 66 pushes in 7 months
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