Peter Li
About Peter Li
Peter Li is a Senior Engineering Manager and Head of Cloud Infrastructure at Quantcast, where he oversees a global cloud infrastructure on AWS. He has extensive experience in infrastructure management, automation, and compliance, supported by degrees in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and an Executive MBA.
Work at Quantcast
Peter Li serves as the Senior Engineering Manager and Head of Cloud Infrastructure at Quantcast. In this role, he oversees a global cloud infrastructure on AWS that supports AI-driven real-time advertising. His responsibilities include managing infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible, and SALTstack, as well as automating machine image management with Hashicorp Packer. He has been with Quantcast since 2022 and has contributed to processing over 100 million signals per day.
Education and Expertise
Peter Li holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. He furthered his education with a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an Executive MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His educational background supports his expertise in cloud infrastructure management, automation, and compliance with privacy data mapping systems.
Background
Prior to his current role at Quantcast, Peter Li held several significant positions in the technology sector. He was the Associate IT Director and Head of IT Infrastructure at The University of Hong Kong from 2010 to 2018. He also served as Executive Manager and Head of IT Infrastructure at The Hong Kong Jockey Club from 2018 to 2022. His earlier experience includes roles at LSCM R&D Centre, BEA Systems, Interpublic Group, and Connectix Corp.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Peter Li has implemented various systems and tools to enhance infrastructure management and compliance. He utilizes Hashicorp Vault for secret and secured access management and employs high-performance load balancing solutions using HAProxy. Additionally, he monitors performance using Datadog and supports the tools team with Jenkins, Github, and Github Actions.