Yongzheng Zhang (Tiger)

Yongzheng (Tiger) Zhang has an extensive work history, with their most recent position being the Head of Machine Learning at Nextdoor since March 2022. Prior to that, they worked at LinkedIn for several years in various roles, including Director of Engineering, Machine Learning, where they were responsible for building the largest professional knowledge graph in the world. Yongzheng (Tiger) also held positions as Senior Manager, Data Science / Machine Learning, Manager, Data Science / Data Mining, Senior Staff Data Scientist - Data Analytics / Data Mining, and Staff Data Scientist - Business Analytics / Data Mining. Before joining LinkedIn, Yongzheng worked at eBay as a Senior Research Scientist, where they designed and developed large-scale product prediction/recommendation systems and data/text mining systems. Yongzheng (Tiger) began their career as a Research Intern at Yahoo! in 2005.

Yongzheng (Tiger) Zhang's education history begins with their Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Southeast University. The specific dates of their undergraduate education are not provided. Yongzheng (Tiger) then pursued further studies at Dalhousie University, where they obtained a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from 2000 to 2002. Continuing their academic journey at Dalhousie University, Yongzheng successfully completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computer Science from 2002 to 2007. Yongzheng (Tiger)'seducation did not include any mention of degrees or field of study at Changzhou High School.