Xiujiao Gao currently works as a Client Lead & Cloud Engineer at Stark & Wayne. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB).

At Stark & Wayne, she has been helping numerous clients with their Platform ("PaaS") Operations, CF and Related BOSH Deployments, CFCR, Automation using Concourse, Monitoring, Backup/Restore, and Application Migrations. She makes sure that the projects and processes stay on track and delivers valuable outcomes to clients.

She writes blogs/articles and speaks at conferences and, as an ambassador for CF community, she helps people in various ways, especially during conferences and meetups.

She has presented at CF Summits in the USA, EU, and China along with the OpenStack Summit and other tech conferences.