Zhenlan Wang
Principle Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolZhenlan Wang is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with 11 years of experience in leadership roles and over two decades of technical depth dating back to research engineering at NUS and a PhD in Computer Science. Based in Redmond, she focuses on driving reliable, automated CI/CD and infrastructure for Windows/.NET services—work reflected in contributions to the high-profile dotnet/wcf repo where she automated IIS-hosted WCF test service setup and hardened deployment scripts. Known for blending hands-on DevOps and automation engineering with people leadership, she advances platform stability while coaching teams to ship production-grade systems. Her background spans research, engineering, and senior delivery roles at Microsoft, giving her a rare mix of academic rigor and large-scale enterprise execution.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science at Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (20)
batchfile10
cicd10
automation10
script10
wcf10
command-line-utility10
command-line10
iis10
command-line-tool10
batch10
automations10
azure9
powershell9
git8
netcore6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/wcf
Jun 2015 - May 2018
This repo contains the client-oriented WCF libraries that enable applications built on .NET Core to communicate with WCF services.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:7 releases, 59 commits, 143 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Zhenlan primarily focused on automating the setup and configuration of the WCF test services hosted on IIS. They developed and updated scripts, specifically `SetupWcfIISHostedService.cmd`, to manage the creation, deployment, and cleanup of these services. The contributions include features like supporting existing repos and adding RTM branch support. The user also improved error handling and added logging, streamlining the CI/CD process for the project.
dotnetwcf-clientcommunicatewcfnet-core
zhenlan/corefx
Apr 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:20 pushes in 2 years 10 months
dotnetdddcqrsnet-corecsharp
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