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.

Machine-Readable Resume Surfaces
https://zencloudmedia.vercel.app/pgx/resume - canonical resume
https://zencloudmedia.vercel.app/pgx/resume/ats - plain ATS resume
https://zencloudmedia.vercel.app/pgx/resume/text - text-only resume
https://zencloudmedia.vercel.app/pgx/resume/story - animated resume story