Paul P. Xiong

Founder and Principal AI Automation Engineer

Orange County, CA and Twin Cities, MN

pgxiong@gmail.com

Website: https://zencloudweb.com

GitHub: https://github.com/PgxBaku/ZenCloudMedia

Professional Summary

Software development manager and AI automation architect with 8+ years leading enterprise integration modernization across .NET, MuleSoft, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lake, Amazon Connect, and AI-assisted delivery. Built reusable platforms behind 100+ integrations, 50%+ faster delivery, $2M budget ownership, and 10+ engineer leadership. Currently building ZenCloudMedia as a public proof platform for Next.js, Supabase, Remotion, Python, browser automation, and LLM-enabled media workflows.

Available for AI automation, software development leadership, enterprise integration, and LLMOps architecture roles.

Target Roles

  • AI Solutions Architect
  • Software Development Manager, AI/Automation
  • LLMOps Lead
  • Agentic Workflow Lead
  • Enterprise Integration Architect

Key Metrics

  • 50%+ Faster Delivery
  • 100+ Integrations Built
  • 10+ Engineers Led
  • $2M Budget Managed

Experience

Founder & Principal AI Automation Engineer

ZenCloudMedia

Apr 2026 — Present

  • Built ZenCloudMedia as a hands-on AI automation studio for short-form media, publishing workflows, and agentic engineering systems.
  • Built a production Next.js and Supabase web app with public resume, reels hub, trust pages, backend data flows, Vercel deployment, sitemap, and crawlable policy surface.
  • Automated short-form video production workflows using Python, Remotion, browser automation, LLM-assisted scripting, captions, and publishing-ready outputs.
  • Published machine-readable resume, reels, trust pages, sitemap, and crawler-ready content surfaces as a public proof system for AI workflow orchestration.

Software Development Manager & API Manager

ConvergeOne

Apr 2025 — Apr 2026

  • Final technical escalation owner for global developers across US and India, resolving production integration blockers and architecture failures.
  • Led high-availability API layers connecting core systems to Amazon Connect, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lake, managed services, and professional services workflows.
  • Managed $2M annual budget across infrastructure, staffing, delivery planning, and executive ROI reporting.
  • Rolled out GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted CI/CD code review practices across a 10+ engineer API team.

Solutions Architect & Lead Developer

ConvergeOne

Jun 2022 — Apr 2025

  • Led the complete BizTalk EDI sunset, transitioning vendor integrations to MuleSoft Partner Manager.
  • Directed porting of 25 business processes into governed MuleSoft assets using modular shared patterns.
  • Co-developed 100+ integration processes using a proprietary middle-tier framework and reusable delivery patterns.

Solutions Architect

ConvergeOne

Mar 2020 — Jun 2022

  • Established Priority/Complexity Matrix to group 90 namespaces for phased CloudHub 2.0 migration.
  • Founded the IT Development Wiki — maintained for 8+ years as the company's primary technical database.
  • Migrated TFS to Azure DevOps and hired DevOps engineers to support the growing team.

Senior Software Engineer

ConvergeOne

Jun 2017 — Mar 2020

  • Authored the core .NET Middle-Tier Framework (C#, MEF, Async Queues) — backbone of 50%+ Time-to-Production improvement.
  • Managed database reporting via SQL Server and SSRS across 90+ core business processes.
  • Created the company SDLC and CI/CD process using TFS, establishing repeatable delivery governance for integration work.

Earlier Career

C.H. Robinson (Jr. Developer, 2003–2006) · LPS (Sr. Developer, 2008–2012)

2003 — 2012

Skills

Integration & Cloud: MuleSoft, BizTalk EDI, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lake, Amazon Connect, CloudHub 2.0, MQ FIFO

AI & Engineering: Copilot, LLMOps, Agentic Workflows, .NET / C#, Python, Next.js, Remotion, Supabase

Leadership: Executive Roadmaps, Budget Management, Engineering Hiring, Azure DevOps KPI Dashboards

Projects

ZenCloudMedia

Automated short-form video workflow using Python, Remotion, browser automation, LLM-assisted scripting, captions, and publishing-ready outputs.

https://zencloudweb.com

ZenCloudMedia GitHub

Public Next.js/Supabase site repo that backs the resume, reels hub, trust pages, backend workflows, and production Vercel deployment.

https://github.com/PgxBaku/ZenCloudMedia

Enterprise Integration Modernization

BizTalk EDI sunset, Partner Manager transition, and 100+ integration processes delivered through governed reusable patterns.

7pace + ADO KPI Dashboards

Custom ADO widgets correlating time-tracking data with developer velocity metrics and engineering performance reporting.

Education

B.A. Computer Science - University of St. Thomas

Saint Paul, MN. International study in China and Japan.