This site is dedicated to the memory of our dear Ah Zeng
Our dear friend Xibin Zeng was born in China on May 8, 1969. He was tragically killed during surfing in the waves at a Hawaiian beach on December 16, 2011.
Xibin came to the United State to study in August 1993. He met Qingyang at Arizona and got married on July 1995. They were blessed with the birth of twin boys on May 2, 2002.
During his career in the United States, Xibin was a dedicated software developer. His main achievements included research in operating systems, database development, managing system specialty, and etc.
Xibin is sincere, kind and very talented. He is much loved by his family and friends. We are very sad to see him go and will always miss him.
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The Connexn development team had a lot of fun together, and Xibin was always a part of it. I remember playing a lot of ping-pong with Xibin. He was one of the best players, and usually beat me easily. For a few weeks when he was changing from pen grip to western our games were competitive, but soon he was beating me handily again. We played doubles with different team combinations and there were a lot of good times and joking around. There were also frequent lunches out with the team. One of our favorite restaurants was Spice China in Louisville where Xibin knew the owners. Once the twins were born, that was a frequent topic during lunch. Xibin was very devoted to his boys.
johnkaplantech
4th March 2012
I first met Xibin in September of 2000 when I interviewed him for a spot on my team at Connexn. I remember I liked him from the start. The summary at the top of my interview notes says, “Sincere, humble, good potential.”
I was building a team to do telecom software in Java. Xibin didn’t have any professional Java experience, and for most software managers, this would have disqualified him, but I hired him anyway. Fast study is one of the most important skills for a software developer, and Xibin showed me he was a fast study in the interview. He treated my hard technical questions as opportunities to learn. The tech bubble wasn’t over yet, and I had interviewed hundreds of developers who couldn’t admit they didn’t know something, and would try to fudge answers. Xibin did the opposite, answering as best he could, then quizzing me on whether there was a better answer, an additional detail I would share, or a nuance he had overlooked. He took every opportunity to turn the interview into an advanced Java lesson.
- John Kaplan
johnkaplantech
28th January 2012
Jill and Michael Butler from East Knoyle, UK, were so very sad to hear of the terrible accident in the sea. We hope that his wife and children will in due course be able to recover from the shock.
We are very sad for you all.
Michael & Jill
mbutler
15th January 2012
