Yiliang Zhao

Dr. Zhao Yiliang is Director at Openspace Ventures, heading the data science team and advising OSV’s portfolio companies on how to improve their AI and machine learning strategies to accelerate growth. He also plays an important role in assessing new opportunities from a data science perspective.

He has over 10 years' experience in managing and developing end-to-end machine learning projects from ideation to production. Previously, he was with Google as their J/APAC Machine Learning Practice Lead, where he oversaw the regional ML practice, ML pipelines and managed training/enablement programs/initiatives. He has worked with multinational industry leaders including Fast Retailing, Netmarble, AirAsia, AU Optronics and UOB on various machine learning projects.

Yiliang has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University (1st Class Honours.)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy National University of Singapore
• Executive MBA (Scholarship awarded) Quantic School of Business and Technology
• Bachelor of Engineering Nanyang Technological University

Companies

• Director, Head of Data Science Openspace Ventures (2021)
• Adjunct Faculty - Master of IT in Business (AI Track) Singapore Management University (2019)
• Adjunct Faculty - School of Computing National University of Singapore (2019)
• Vice President, Head of Data Science Openspace Ventures (2020 — 2021)
• Principal, Head of Data Science (Special Project) Arbor Ventures (2019 — 2020)
• J/APAC Machine Learning Practice Lead Google (2018 — 2019)
• Machine Learning Engineer Google (2018 — 2019)
• Senior Data Scientist Shopee (2017 — 2018)
• Data Scientist, Tech Lead GovTech Singapore (2016 — 2017)