Jian Zhang has extensive experience in domain industry and ICT industry. She's working as consultant of DotAsia Organization, helping DotAsia on building community relationships, as well as business development with DotAsia partners all over the world.
Jian worked as General Manager of Asia Pacific Top level Domain Association before joining DotAsia. She led APTLD to outreach to registries and registrars in the Asia Pacific Region, promoted best practice of TLD registries.
Before taking up the position of APTLD, Jian was the Director of International Business Department of China Internet Network Information Center (.CN registry). During her tenure with CNNIC, she helped CNNIC to establish working relations internationally with different organizations including joining ICANN ccNSO.
Jian is actively involved in Asia Pacific Internet community, she was the board member of Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA), and the first female Executive Council member of Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). She's also one of the key drivers of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), she led China's IDN .CN application, participated the ICANN IDN Fast Track process.
Jian's career track also included technical and managerial positions at GTE Internetworking, Nextel Communications and Cisco Systems in the US.
Jian has an MS degree in Information Systems from Northeastern University, Massachusetts, USA