Lei Zhang

Chief Executive Officer @ CARIAD, Inc.

About

Seasoned R&D leader with proven track record of converting innovative ideas and technologies into exciting customer experiences and successful commercial products. Hands-on experience building and scaling up global software R&D teams. Specialties: Android, Embedded systems, Automotive IVI, Machine Learning, Mobile Apps and Web Services.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Android, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Applications, SQLite, API, REST, Java, C++, C#, Web Services, Performance Tuning, Computer Graphics, OpenGL, Mobile Search, Object Oriented Design, Design Patterns, Computer Vision, Microsoft Technologies, .NET, XML

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

CARIAD, Inc.

2024-5 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Global VP, Digital Cockpit and Software Development

NIO

2019-9 - 2024-4 · 4 yrs 8 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Built a global software R&D organization of 900+ people and report to NIO founder and CEO William Li. Key driver of NIO’s industry leading digital technology platform - Banyan Smart System that enables the most personalized, intelligent and immersive cabin experience in all NIO products. Responsible for core technologies behind NOMI - world’s first in-vehicle AI companion and PanoCinema - NIO’s 2nd-gen digital cockpit which features 7.1.4 surround sound and Dolby Atmos®, 256-color waterfall ambient lighting, N-Box enhanced infotainment console and AR technology.

Vice President

Zepp Health

2016-3 - 2019-8 · 3 yrs 6 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Smartwatch product line and new ventures. We went public on 2/8/2018 (NYSE:Zepp)

Chief Architect

Zepp Health

2015-3 - 2019-8 · 4 yrs 6 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Zepp Health is a leading smart wearables and Internet services company. It’s the creator of the best-selling Mi-band in China. It has the #1 smart wearables shipment worldwide in Q3, 2018 according to IDC.

Tech Lead Manager

Google

2012-9 - 2015-3 · 2 yrs 7 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Android Automotive

Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Google

2010-7 - 2012-8 · 2 yrs 2 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Android Core. Changing the world!

SDE II

Microsoft

2009-8 - 2010-7 · 1 yr

Greater Seattle Area

Working on next generation Mobile Search Platform.

Software Development Engineer

Microsoft

2008-1 - 2009-7 · 1 yr 7 mos

Software Engineer at Bing Mobile Platform team. Built high performance back end service powering all Microsoft mobile search products (e.g.http://m.bing.com, Bing for IPhone/BlackBerry and Bing for Verizon).