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Yiwei Zhao

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Strategy & Business Operations Lead at RoboForce
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Yiwei is the Strategy & Business Operations Lead at RoboForce, focusing on Physical AI. With a background in machine learning and AI/ML data operations at Apple and Cruise, he combines deep technical expertise with business strategy, holding an MBA from Harvard and a Certified Scrum Product Owner certification.

Outside of his direct professional roles, Yiwei is deeply involved in fostering community and innovation. He actively participates in the Harvard Business School alumni network, helping to organize events and facilitate a new venture competition for the APAC region, connecting founders with investors.

He was instrumental in facilitating the 2025 Harvard Business School Alumni New Venture Competition in the APAC region.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Strategy & Business Operations Lead
Job Level
Middle
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Physical AI
Currently serves as the Strategy & Business Operations Lead at RoboForce, a company focused on building scalable "Robo-Labor" for industrial applications.
ML Operations
At Cruise, he was responsible for productionizing Machine Learning Operations (ML Ops) and managing complex data pipelines for computer vision models.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Strategy & Business Operations Lead
RoboForce
9-2024 - 12-2025
Product Strategy
Airwallex
2-2024 - 6-2024
Developer Marketing & Strategy
Zilliz
5-2023 - 8-2023
Strategy & Ops, Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure
Apple
12-2020 - 5-2022
Senior Product Manager, AI/ML Data Operations
Cruise
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Education
8-2022 - 5-2024
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard Business School
2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Brown University
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