(aka "Tango")
STAY CURIOUS
I am an ideas enthusiast seeing the world through Art, Music, and Design, while observing across tech, startups, engineering, finance, science, systems, economics, education, behavior, culture, oddities, and play to create ideas where my curiosity flows.
I grew up in Kansas, am Cantonese, share lots on Instagram @hahatango, and choose optimism!
I studied at RISD for Industrial Design, Harvard's GSD about information space, the MIT Media Laboratory about Tangible Media and Smart Cities, then became a researcher for the MIT Mobile Experience Design Lab. I've worked for Sony, Design Continuum, Herbst Lazar Bell, Invivia, Siemens Medical, TED, and at litl (within Aquent) for serial entrepreneur John Chuang incubating many startups every 10 months =)
Upon a global executive promotion I left my Dream job to start my own, but before doing so, I Said Go to travel the world to relearn and discover.
In 2018, I jumped into my startup Jot to Make Imagination Accessible, but soon after I surgically died (aortic dissection), so 2018-22 was deep recovery. This time tuned me into investing as my lens (31% CAGR over 13 years). I love learning about companies, startups, and brainstorming ideas with all to discover insightul contraian views.
I played the violin 15 years, was on two TV shows (ABC's American Inventor and PBS's Everyday Edisons), designed a shoe for Converse Join RED, and doodled a Timbuk2 Charity Bag. I organized TEDxCambridge in 2010 themed "How do you eat", have attended TED 20+ years, and often review portfolios for RISD students and guest crit.
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