Zhang is recognized as a serial entrepreneur and industry thought leader with over two decades of experience in commercializing AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. He founded Bairong in 2014 and led the company to its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2021. He steered the company through a significant leap from discriminative AI to generative AI and enterprise-ready AI agents. He has built a business system of “role-oriented design, collaborative AI functions, and results-based rates”: developing evolutionary AI agents from atomic-level SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure), orchestrating multi-agent collaboration with built-in audit and security governance, aligning AI performance with business results through SLAs (Service Level Agreements) mechanisms, and embedding AI into critical production systems to deliver quantifiable value. Zhang is active not only in industry but also in academia, dedicated to promoting the collaboration between the two fields. He serves as the vice-chairman of the Beijing Federation of Industry & Commerce, co-chairman of the Financial Big-Data Research Center of Tsinghua University, and a lecturer at the SEM (School of Economics and Management) of Tsinghua University and the PBCSF (People’s Bank of China School of Finance) at Tsinghua University, and the School of Finance of Renmin University. Zhang holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering & Automation from Tsinghua University.