She is also an employee of IBM specializing in providing big data and database solutions for businesses and organizations and is a faculty member of IBM Academic Initiative. She has won the IBM Means Service Award in recognition of outstanding service and leadership and the 2012 Gerstner Award for Client Excellence. As a Mizzou alumna and an IBMer, Zeng is actively working on facilitating the collaboration between MU and IBM, bringing in industry expertise to enrich students’ education experience.