Edwin Zhao
Cloud & Developer Experience Engineer
Professional Summary
Senior technical leader with extensive experience building large-scale cloud and distributed systems, focusing on advanced CI/CD, developer experience, and cost optimization. Skilled in aligning technology strategy with business needs through modern platform engineering and cross-functional collaboration.
Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
DevOps & Automation
Programming & Tools
Education
Ph.D. in Learning Sciences
Georgia State University
Research focus on educational technology and data science applications in learning environments.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2-time Olympic Trials Competitor | Georgia Tech NCAA Division 1 Swimmer
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
HashiCorp
Publications
Exploratory Visual Analysis of Transcripts for Qualitative Research in HCI
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Exploratory Classroom Data Analysis and Reflection with the Interaction Geography Slicer
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Re-Shape: A Method to Teach Data Ethics for Data Science Education
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems