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Neal Zhang — Software Engineer working on agentic development and memory research.

Contact Information

Name Neal Zhang
Professional Title Product Manager & Agentic Developer

Professional Summary

Product Manager with 10+ years shipping AI, gaming, and education products at Microsoft, Meta, Zynga, and Age of Learning. Now building agentic systems and researching memory architectures. Like Guy from Free Guy — woke up inside the system and started building my own.

Experience

  • 2025 -

    Mountain View, CA

    Principal Product Manager
    Microsoft AI
    Modernizing content recommendation systems with deep learning and generative modeling.
    • Advancing deep learning modeling techniques and infrastructure for personalized user experience
    • Introducing generative recommendation and ID-based sequential modeling for personalized news feed
  • 2022 - 2025

    Menlo Park, CA

    Product Manager
    Meta
    Led AI/ML integrity, GenAI safety, and content ecosystem optimization across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
    • Built end-to-end ML-powered ranking system for trends detection and personalized delivery
    • Enhanced AI & ML Integrity Foundation for video integrity, quality, and safety
    • Led GenAI safety for Meta AI, AI Sticker/Imagine launch powered by Llama and Emu
  • 2018 - 2022

    Glendale, CA

    Director of Product Management
    Age of Learning
    Led product management for Adventure Academy and ABCmouse international expansion.
    • Led product development, curriculum design, and user progression for Adventure Academy
    • Directed ABCmouse Tencent joint venture — growth, analytics, content production
    • Spearheaded company growth across APAC, Europe, LATAM, North America
  • 2017 - 2018

    Austin, TX

    Product Manager
    Zynga
    Managed ad monetization, user acquisition, and game optimization for mobile titles.
    • Drove revenue and engagement for Solitaire through ad monetization and UA optimization
    • Led product development and competitive intelligence for Willy Wonka Slots
  • 2015 - 2017

    Irvine, CA

    Product Manager
    MobilityWare
    Managed social casino games and built data analytics products.
    • Managed slots, blackjack, and card games — development through launch
    • Built data product for statistics and analytics, optimizing player engagement

Skills

Product Management (): Product Strategy, Roadmapping, Growth, Analytics, Go-to-Market, User Acquisition
AI & ML (): GenAI, Recommendation Systems, Content Integrity, ML Ranking, LLM Applications
Agentic Systems (): AI Agents, Memory Architectures, Autonomous Systems, Tool Use

Interests

Agentic Development: AI Agents, Memory Research, Autonomous Systems, Developer Tooling
Gaming & Movies: Game Design, Free Guy, Cinema, Interactive Entertainment