Stanley Zheng

Currently

• Security Infrastructure Engineer @ Voltus. Voltus aims to be the distributed energy platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition.
• Living in Brooklyn / Prospect Lefferts Park (PLG) with my partner and two cats Keke and Momo.
• My forever-home will be Manhattan Chinatown in NYC.
• (Previously) Software Engineer working for the City of New York @ New York Cyber Command
• Blogs at https://blog.zheng.nyc
• Volunteers and Builds at https://sendchinatownlove.com
• Working on a cloud-native startup hyperdrive.tech
• My resume can be found here.
• Loves combining food with photography, nature, and travel.

Talk to me about

• How to become a better programmer. You can achieve this by spending a one, six, or twelve week self-directed retreat retreat in New York. Join the Recurse Center!
• Going cloud-native. Using Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services to solve data, application, and infrastructure problems. Email us stanley@hyperdrive.tech
• Getting into Civic Hacking Changing ways you interact with your neighbors, communities, and local government through Civic Hacking and using you tech skills.
• Building Inclusive Communities. Advocating for inclusive and accessible tech products and inclusive tech pipeline for future engineers.
• Chinatown and Food! I love sharing Chinatown with everyone, ask me for food recommendations, ways you can contribute to the community, or all things aapi.

Social

• Calendly @ stanleyz
• LinkedIn @stanley-zheng
• Twitter @stanzheng
• Github @stanzheng

Languages, Skills, Tools

• Generic Python/JavaScript user
• Heavy Bash/Terraform/Python user for Automation
• Reluctant JVM Java convert
• Experimental Rustacean

Favorite/Interests

• Google Cloud Platform
• Hashicorp
• Serverless paradigm
• Distributed Storage

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Past

• Lived in Norfolk, Virginia
• Emeritus Organizer for Code for Hampton Roads, a CodeforAmerica Chapter. EST 2012
• Emeritus Organizer for Norfolk.js, a Norfolk JavaScipt User Group. EST 2013

Past Jobs

• Cloudreach - Cloud Software Engineer
• Homes -Experience Software Engineer
• Grow- Backend Developer
• xTuple - Software Engineer Intern
• VetroFiberMaps (fmr nbtsolutions) - Software Development Intern

Past Talks

• Dockercon'19 - Docker for Everyone
• AllThingsOpen'19 - How does a request get to your computer?
• RevolutionConf'18 - How does Google work?
• HRDevFest'17 - Kubernetes for Everyone
• DevCon'17 - Kubernetes for Everyone
• Norfolkjs.org