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724 people in our graph share verified history with Hong β schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedHong: together at Facebook (2020)
Γ7Hong: together at Yahoo
Hong: together at UC Santa Barbara
Γ2Hong: together at Facebook
About
Cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing, and AI infrastructure expert. Founding chief architect at Alibaba Cloud, former Yahoo senior principal engineer, and formerly at Ask.com; PhD from UCSB and studies at Zhejiang.
Experience
- Alibaba CloudCTO, Alibaba Cloud Internationalcurrent2023 β presentSunnyvale, California, United States
- Alibaba CloudChief Architect, Alibaba Cloudcurrent2023 β presentSunnyvale, California, United States; Hangzhou, China
- Foothill VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2020 β present
- Lepton AIAngel Investor2023 β 2025
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2020 β 2023Menlo Park, California, United States
- Alibaba GroupTechnical Advisor to Executive Vice Chairman2018 β 2020Sunnyvale, CA
- Alibaba CloudChief Architect, Alibaba Cloud2015 β 2018Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Bellevue, WA
- Alibaba CloudPresident, Alibaba Cloud US R&D Center2011 β 2018San Mateo, CA
- Alibaba CloudSenior Director, Apsara Cloud Platform (ι£ε€©)2010 β 2015Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- TEEC Angel FundVenture Partner2015 β 2017Palo Alto, CA
- YahooSenior Principal Engineer, Hadoop Development2008 β 2010Sunnyvale, CA
- IACDirector, Search Engineering2003 β 2008Campbell, CA
- Teoma TechnologiesSearch Engineer2000 β 2001Piscataway, NJ
Skills & more
Cloud Infrastructure2System Architecture2Cross-functional Team Leadership1Distributed Systems60Scalability39Algorithms22Cloud Computing53Big Data23Computer Science6Large Scale Systems3Data Structures3Storage4
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Start-upsSoftware EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentHadoopMapReduceJavaPerlEnterprise SoftwareLinuxC++Team LeadershipSearchLanguages Chinese Β· English
From Hong's professional profile.
Colleagues at Foothill Ventures
Andre Oshydary
Partner at Foothill Ventures
Biao He
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Charles Ling
Investor at Foothill Ventures
Eric Rosenblum
Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures
James Chen
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Jinlin Wang
Partner at Foothill Ventures
John Matheny
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
John Wang
Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hong Tang?
- Cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing, and AI infrastructure expert. Founding chief architect at Alibaba Cloud, former Yahoo senior principal engineer, and formerly at Ask.com; PhD from UCSB and studies at Zhejiang.
- Where does Hong Tang work?
- Hong Tang is Venture Partner at Foothill Ventures.
- Where did Hong Tang go to school?
- Hong Tang studied at UC Santa Barbara (Ph.D, Computer Science); Zhejiang University (B.S., Computer Science and Engineering).
Same school
Also attended UC Santa Barbara490
Logan GreenCo-founder of LyftJen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis VenturesArturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniDanielle RomanowskiExecutive Assistant at Sapphire Ventures
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Also attended Zhejiang University61
Albert WangSenior Director at Qualcomm VenturesEnrique OtiInvestor at Green FlagTony GuGeneral Partner at NGC VenturesSophie WatsonVenture Debt Fund at Salica InvestmentsShu CaoManaging Director at Heuristic Capital PartnersElena GuglielminiOperations Associate at Systemiq Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Alibaba Cloud4
Also worked at Alibaba Group44
Lily JooVenture Partner at VentureFriendsWeisheng NeoPartner at QualgroViolet TanPartner & COO at UpHonest CapitalLuCompliance Director at UpHonest CapitalRichardInvestment Analyst at UpHonest CapitalWei CaiPartner at Lightspeed China Partners
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Also worked at TEEC Angel Fund18
Xuhui ShaoPartner at Foothill VenturesEugene ZhangFounding Partner at TSVCChun XiaFounding Partner at TSVCCharles ShaoGeneral Partner at TSVCSpencer GreeneGeneral Partner at TSVCLisheng WangGeneral Partner at TSVC
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Also worked at Yahoo518
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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