Mei Zhang

About Mei Zhang

I am a proven multiplier with the First Team Mindset and the passion for delivering exceptional business, technology, and customer outcomes by fostering great distributed teams and being data-driven in all phases of product development. I enjoy fabricating a team culture where all contributors have a clear vision, mission, and values, then weaving our alignments, and serving my team so that they can shine and deliver outstanding results. Grow an inclusive, diverse, and distributed Ohana.Being an Agile Advocate, I believe we all can be better tomorrow by continuously improving the products and team. Every day I do my best to show up with a growth mindset, a can-do attitude, and a passion to learn and help others learn so that together we all can achieve more and have a positive impact on our businesses and our communities.

Experience

1. Senior Engineer Manager

   Salesforce

   Feb 2022 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   Lead three distributed teams: Base Components across EST, CST, MST, and PST; Web Components Framework in EST and PST; and Components Enablement in IST. Oversee a total of 19 team members, with one engineering manager reporting directly to me. Collaborate with six specialized domain experts, including a professional documentation writer, accessibility representative, quality engineers, performance engineer, CI pipeline specialist, and Product Owner.Base Components delivers powerful, best-in-class programmatic building blocks, which empower internal and external developers to quickly build Lightning Components for use in all Lightning run-times.The Web Components Framework team develops and maintains the foundational components and tools that enable scalable, reusable, and accessible web applications across the platform.The Components Enablement team is committed to driving excellence in web component development by establishing robust governance, coding standards, and performance optimization practices. Being Agile Advocate, drive team sprint planning, daily standup, sprint retro, and release planning. Periodically work with the Product Owner to prioritize the backlog, monitor team velocity, and budget planning. Comfortably worked in a lean, rapidly iterative product development process and in a fast-paced environment. A proven track record of building cultures that encourage ambition and foster empathy. Maintaining and fostering Salesforce culture by inclusively interviewing and hiring the right talents with an eye towards diversity. Manage, develop and stretch a high-performing team. Ability to coach and mentor others and create new teams.Being Women In Technology (WIT) hub lead for Puget Sound. Hosted the speed-mentoring session and the senior leader panel in Bellevue. Promote workplace equality by being inclusive in providing opportunities and information for career development and learning opportunities.

Education

• University of Mississippi

  Master, Engineering Science emphasis on Computer Science

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Windows Performance Analyzer (Wpa)
• C
• Debugging
• Ssas
• Code Coverage
• Distributed Systems
• Uml
• Xml
• Software Development
• Python
• Scrum
• Linux
• Java
• Testing
• Static Analysis
• Mobile Devices
• Ssrs
• C#
• .net
• Test Planning
• Wireless
• Design Patterns
• Software Project Management
• Git
• Etl
• Test Automation
• Web Services
• Windows
• Eclipse
• Android
• Power Bi
• Software Design
• Visual C++
• Analysis Services
• Unix
• Visual C#
• Shell Scripting
• C++
• Ssis
• Software Engineering