Dr Zhitao Xiong.

A short list of true things

• · builds useful products with AI and data
• · helps teams deliver responsibly and make sound decisions
• · draws on experience in financial services and the Consumer Data Right

What I work on

My work is about turning AI and data into useful products, and helping teams deliver them responsibly. I am interested in the decisions that connect an idea to something people can use: what to build, how to know it works, and how to organise the team around it. Governance is part of that work, alongside product judgement, engineering and the ability to learn from what happens in practice.

The experience I draw on

My experience spans data, analytics and AI engineering, team leadership and governance in financial services and the Consumer Data Right. At CDR-licensed firms in Sydney, this has included building and auditing AI systems, working with ISO 27001 controls and data-release risk assessments, and taking on transitional CTO responsibilities for security and system access. I hold a PhD in Transport Studies from the University of Leeds, and a Bachelor and a Master of Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology.

What you will find here

This site brings together my notes, research and practical experiments. Notes work through ideas and problems in products, data, AI and team leadership. Reports give a question more room, with the evidence and analysis behind it. Tools such as the CDR map make that research easier to explore. I write to make my thinking clearer and to exchange ideas with people working through similar questions.

How I approach the writing

I write in a personal capacity, drawing on practical experience and public sources. I aim to distinguish what the evidence shows from my own interpretation, and to be clear about what remains uncertain. Lessons from my work inform the writing; confidential material does not. These are personal notes and analysis, not legal, financial or regulatory advice, or an audit opinion.

Reader correspondence is welcome at me@xiongzhitao.me.