Turning AI into products
that matter.

Building the bridge between cutting-edge AI capabilities and real-world product impact — at scale, with a team, with intention.

Ricky Zheng
Based in SYD
Role CTO
Field Data
Focus AI
Driven by Innovation
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Journey

A decade of building
and never stopping.

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Stethy AI Singapore 2024 Stethy AI Singapore 2024 Stethy AI Singapore 2024

2024

Stethy AI — Singapore

Presenting Stethy at a Singapore healthcare conference as Co-Founder & CTO. The journey from hackathons to launching a health AI company.

Health AI Singapore CTO
Domain Hackathon LEAD 2023 Domain Hackathon LEAD 2023

2023

Domain Hackathon / LEAD

Back in the arena — this time with a data engineering lens. Leadership track meets build track. Coming full circle.

Leadership Data Real Estate
NASA Space Apps Sydney 2018

2018

NASA Space Apps Sydney

Won the Sydney chapter of the global NASA Space Apps Challenge. A weekend of orbital mechanics, open data, and very little sleep.

NASA Space Winner Global
MCICI VR Hackathon 2018 MCICI VR Hackathon 2018

2018

MCICI VR Hackathon

Before the metaverse was a buzzword — experimenting with immersive technology, spatial interfaces, and the limits of presence.

VR Unity Spatial
Freelancer Hackathon 2017

2017

Freelancer Hackathon

Freelance hackathon circuit — learning to rapidly integrate third-party APIs and ship prototypes under pressure.

APIs Rapid Prototyping
Macquarie Data Science Challenge 2017 Macquarie Data Science Challenge 2017

2017

Macquarie Data Science Challenge

Placed in the top 6 teams out of dozens. First taste of competitive data science — and first prize money.

Data Science ML Top 6
Facebook Sydney Hackathon 2017 Facebook Sydney Hackathon 2017

2017

Facebook Sydney Hackathon

24 hours at Facebook HQ Sydney. Where the culture of "move fast and build things" became personally calibrated.

Product Sydney 24hrs
Feelture IoT Project 2015 Feelture IoT Project 2015 Feelture IoT Project 2015 Feelture IoT Project 2015

2015

Feelture IoT Project

First foray into hardware hacking — building IoT devices and learning that the gap between idea and working prototype is where the real education happens.

IoT Hardware Arduino

Experience

Where I've been
and what I've built.

2020 – PRESENT

Co-Founder & CTO

Stethy

Co-founding a health AI startup — building the product, the team, and the technical vision from zero.

2020 – PRESENT

Lead Data Engineer

Domain Group

Leading the team that builds the property data platform at the heart of every data product — delivering more accurate, high-quality data that powers Australia's leading property search experience.

2019 – 2020

Software Engineer

Cover Genius

Building insurance technology products — APIs, integrations, and backend systems for a global insurtech platform.

2014 – 2019

Lead Software Development Engineer

Eutility

Grew from Data Engineer to Lead over 4+ years — building energy software, data pipelines, and leading the dev team.

2012 – 2013

Mobile App Developer

K-HART International

R&D on solar tracking systems — Android apps, photovoltaic analysis tools, and hardware sensor prototyping with Arduino.

Get in Touch

Let's connect.

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