Ning Zhang

About Ning Zhang

I’m a technology executive with nearly 30 years of experience across Big Tech and high-growth startups, leading infrastructure, platform, and product engineering organizations. I specialize in modernizing complex technology stacks and scaling teams that support 24x7, global products and services. Teams I’ve led have shipped platforms and products used by billions of people worldwide and generated billions of dollars in revenue. My work spans cloud infrastructure, large-scale distributed systems, developer experiences, and data & AI platforms, always with a strong focus on security, reliability, scalability, efficiency, developer productivity, and execution discipline. I enjoy taking on hard transformations: clarifying strategy, simplifying architecture, upgrading org design, and building leadership teams that can scale. I work closely with product and business leaders to ensure infrastructure isn’t just a cost center, but a durable competitive advantage.I’m a lifelong learner with three degrees in Computer Science (working on a fourth one) and an MBA, and I’m particularly interested in AI and Cloud, developer productivity, and how modern infrastructure can unlock new business models.

Experience

1. Cvp, Bing Fundamentals

   Microsoft

   Dec 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Lead the core infrastructure that powers Microsoft consumer services like Copilot, Bing, MSN, Edge.

Education

• University of Washington

  Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2003 — 2005

• University of Arizona

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  1995 — 1997

• Tsinghua University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  1992 — 1995

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Certificate, Stanford Executive Program

  2022 — 2023

• Xi'an Jiaotong University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

  1988 — 1992

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence

  2024 — 2027

Skills

• Distributed Systems
• Sharepoint
• Visual Studio
• Shopping
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Ios
• Strategy
• Cloud Computing
• Ios Development
• Mobile Applications
• Infrastructure
• Machine Learning
• Win32
• Com
• Java
• C++
• Mentoring
• Win32 Api
• Software Design
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Video
• Agile Methodologies
• Windows
• Bilingual
• User Experience
• Software
• Software Development
• Continuous Build
• Scrum
• Scalability
• Android Development
• Software Engineering
• Continuous Integration
• Tablets
• Continuous Delivery
• Mobile Devices
• Tablet Pc
• Android
• Computer Science
• Windows Phone