Alex Zhang

Alex Zhang Email and Phone Number

CEO at Pharos Network | Former CEO of ZAN (Ant Group) | Blockchain & Web3 Innovator @ Pharos Network
Alex Zhang's Location
United States, United States
About Alex Zhang

With over two decades of experience in cutting-edge technology, I'm currently leading Pharos Network as its early contributor and CEO. We're pushing the boundaries of Web3 and blockchain technology to create innovative solutions for the decentralized future.Previously, I served as the CEO of ZAN, Ant Group's Web3 technology company, and held leadership positions including CTO for Ant Group Digital Technologies and Blockchain Lab Head at Alibaba Damo Academy. My journey also includes founding the Systems Research Department at NEC Labs America, where I focused on high-performance distributed systems and P2P network algorithms. I hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC and am actively involved in shaping industry standards as the Vice Chair for the IEEE Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Standard Committee。

Alex Zhang's Current Company Details
Pharos Network

Pharos Network

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CEO at Pharos Network | Former CEO of ZAN (Ant Group) | Blockchain & Web3 Innovator
Alex Zhang Work Experience Details
  • Pharos Network
    Chief Executive Officer
    Pharos Network Jul 2024 - Present
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  • Ant Group
    Senior Director
    Ant Group Feb 2021 - Present
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Cn
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  • Ant Group
    Chief Executive Officer Of Zan
    Ant Group Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Cn
    ZAN, a Web3 technology company owned by Ant Group Digital Technologies. ZAN provides rich and reliable services for business innovations and a development Cloud platform for Web3 endeavors. The ZAN product family includes ZAN Cloud Service (Node Service, eKYC, KYT, Smart Contract Review), ZAN RWA service, with more products in the pipeline.
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  • Ant Group
    Senior Staff Engineer
    Ant Group Aug 2017 - Feb 2021
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Cn
    Act as the Director of Blockchain Platform Division at Ant Financial, and also a senior staff engineer for the Ant Financial Tech Lab. He joined Ant Financial in 2017 and is currently responsible for the R&D and commercialization of Ant Financial's blockchain technology.
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  • Antchain
    Chief Technology Officer
    Antchain Apr 2019 - Oct 2023
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Cn
    AntChain leads in China BaaS market share from 2020 through 2022 by IDC report, the only leader as enterprise blockchain provider by ForresterWave 2022 report, and AntChain is also listed in Forbes Global Blockchain 50 in five consecutive years from 2019 to 2023; Ant Group retains its spot as the largest holder of blockchain patents worldwide.
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  • Nec Laboratories America, Inc.
    Department Head
    Nec Laboratories America, Inc. Apr 2016 - Aug 2017
    Princeton, Nj, Us
    Leading the Systems Research Department, I work with a team of talents on multiple R&D projects. The flagship project is NGLA, a self-learning engine and stream processing platform for analyzing large-scale and unstructured text logs. Built on top of SPARK ecosystem and in-house machine learning technologies.
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  • Nec Laboratories America, Inc.
    Senior Researcher
    Nec Laboratories America, Inc. Jun 2013 - Mar 2016
    Princeton, Nj, Us
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  • Nec Laboratories America, Inc.
    Researcher
    Nec Laboratories America, Inc. Aug 2005 - May 2013
    Princeton, Nj, Us
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  • University Of Southern California
    Research Assistant
    University Of Southern California Sep 2001 - Jul 2005
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    at Embedded Networks Lab.,worked on 1. Performance and Trust Management of Peer-to-Peer Systems, Ph.D. Thesis.2. Multi-dimensional range queries on Internet traffic (joint project with Intel Research).
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  • University Of Southern California
    Research Assitant
    University Of Southern California Sep 2002 - Dec 2002
    Los Angeles, Ca, Us
    at Information Science Institute,developed a multicasting gateway in YOID software for scalable end-host based multicasting.
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  • Bell Labs
    Research Intern
    Bell Labs Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
    Murray Hill, Nj, Us
    At High-speed Networks Research Department.Designed fast and memory efficient algorithms for network traffic measurement. One US patent granted and one pending.
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  • Stanford University
    Visiting Student
    Stanford University Apr 2004 - Apr 2004
    Stanford, Ca, Us
    at Stanford Reputation System group,designed the first algorithmic solution for Web page ranking spam detection.
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Alex Zhang Education Details

  • University Of Southern California
    University Of Southern California
    Computer Science

Frequently Asked Questions about Alex Zhang

What company does Alex Zhang work for?

Alex Zhang works for Pharos Network

What is Alex Zhang's role at the current company?

Alex Zhang's current role is CEO at Pharos Network | Former CEO of ZAN (Ant Group) | Blockchain & Web3 Innovator.

What schools did Alex Zhang attend?

Alex Zhang attended University Of Southern California.

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