Summary
Zhe Xiang is an architect with over 11 years of experience bridging research and product engineering in maps, LBS, and GIS, currently shaping location services at AutoNavi in Nanjing. He combines deep R&D chops from Microsoft Research and IBM China Research Lab with hands-on leadership as Chief Architect at NavInfo, delivering cloud-native, distributed storage and massive-data solutions for geo-intelligence. A PhD from Tsinghua, he has led telecom and cloud projects—including real-time mobile-traffic systems and telecom middleware—and co-invented 35+ U.S. patents that reflect practical innovation. Comfortable as an architect, R&D lead, or technical manager, he also has a track record of partnering with universities to spin up joint research programs. Colleagues describe him as a full-stack problem solver who translates complex networking and wireless research into production-grade mapping services.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science, Bachelor, Computer Science at Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ph.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at Tsinghua University