About NATEA Silicon Valley

Dr. Meng-Hsien (Jenny) Lin 林孟嫺 is an Associate Professor of Marketing and MBA Academic Director at California State University, Monterey Bay. She holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from Iowa State University, an MBA, an M.S. in Biomedical Sciences, and a B.S. in Veterinary Medicine. She is also a licensed veterinarian in Taiwan.

Dr. Lin’s research focuses on consumer decision-making and well-being, using methods like consumer neuroscience to study advertising effectiveness and the impact of social media. Recently, her work has explored sustainability, financial education, and AI in marketing.
She teaches courses such as Marketing Management, Integrated Marketing Communications, and Sustainable Global Business at undergraduate and MBA levels. Dr. Lin was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan in AY2022-2023.

An emerging hardware product design engineer with a combination of business and engineering expertise, she is interested in user experience and social innovation. Her dedication also extends to mentoring and connecting international students those on a similar journey.

• Display Mechanical Engineer, Apple

• Product Launch Engineering Intern, Tesla

• Junior Analyst, McKinsey & Company

• A passionate basketball and handball player

• Stanford Taiwanese Student Association, Vice President

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University

Mu-Ti is an impact-driven product designer. He focuses on on creating intuitive and trustworthy AI-powered products that enhance social interactions. He holds a Master’s degree from UC Berkeley’s School of Information, integrating UX design with AI, information law, and policies.

• Staff Product Designer, Primer.ai

• Product Designer, Eightfold.ai

• Multimedia Producer, Season Arts Children Education Institute

• M.S., Information Management and Systems, UC Berkeley

• B.S., Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design- The New School

Oscar is an account technologist at Applied Materials, specializing in the development of metal deposition production processes.

He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 2024, where his research focused on developing new materials for clean energy applications. Prior to that, he completed a double major in Chemistry and Materials Science, receiving his B.S. from National Taiwan University.

• Semiconductor Industry Business Operation

• AdTech Industry Operations Project Manager

• Hardware Manufacturing Industry Project Manager

  
  

Happy and honored to serve as a bridge between Taiwanese professionals and the Bay Area community. 

Angela is building a globally-distributed relational database with great scalability, high availability, and replication. Angela is currently focused on implementing AI-driven vector search capabilities within Oracle’s distributed database architecture.

• Software Engineer, Oracle

• M.S., Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A

• B.S., Information Management, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

• Product Manager at Adobe

• Business Analyst MBA Intern (Apple Maps), Apple

• MBA, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

• B.S., Business Administration and Management, National Taiwan University

Changwei’s career has taken him from hands-on execution as a Project Manager in Taiwan and strategic planning as a Business Analyst in France, to critical market expansion roles including Global Channel Development in Latin America and diverse Sales and Marketing roles in the US. He is currently focused on the area of Business Development.

• Business Development Manager, Zollner Elektronik AG, Milpitas, CA (2022 - present)

• Founder and President, National Central University North America Alumni Association

• M.B.A., HEC Paris, France

• B.A., Français, National Central University, Taiwan

An aspiring bioengineer with a foundation in AI and biomedical innovation, he is passionate about translating research into real-world healthcare solutions. His strong dedication also extends to supporting NATEA in fostering the growth of the US-Taiwanese tech community.

• Software Engineer, Heartflow

• Software V&V Engineer, Hologic Inc.

• Machine Learning Research Engineer, UCSF Health

• Founder and Machine Learning (NLP) Engineer, WackO_Ltd.

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley

An engineer turned investor, focusing on corporate strategy and venture.

• Investment manager, Global Lighting Technology

• Senior embedded software Engineer, View

• Prototype engineer, Soraa

• President, Taiwanese Graduate Student Association, UC Irvine

• M.S., Computer Science, UC Irvine

• B.S., Biomechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University

Kyle is a battery data analyst at an energy startup in Menlo Park CA, where he applies AI and machine learning to develop advanced battery management solutions for energy grids and EVs. 

He holds a master’s degree in materials science from Stanford University. Outside of work, Kyle enjoys reading, photography, traveling, and riding motorcycles.

Nick helps customer build AI factories with the focus on HPC cluster installation and validation. Interested in how AI technology provides value add to each profession and industry.

• Solutions Architect, NVIDIA

• M.S., Computer Science, New York University, U.S.A

• B.S., Major in Information Management; Minor in Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Ning is a Product Strategy & Operations Manager at TikTok, where she shape the product roadmap, translate market needs into product strategy, and lead go-to-market efforts. With experience in product management, strategy, marketing, and monetization, she has worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and AI startups.

She enjoys learning from others and collaborating with people from diverse backgrounds to drive meaningful impact.

Shani is a full-stack engineer with deep experience scaling enterprise platforms. As an end-to-end builder, she designs reliable systems spanning backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend applications. Her expertise is in architecting the core platform that supports both key product capabilities and efficient internal administration.

• Senior Software Engineer,Apple

• Software Engineer, Zendesk

• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

• B.S., Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Skye is a software engineer with experience building scalable systems in enterprise environments, focusing on reliability, integrations, and automation for security operations platforms. Her technical background spans backend systems, data workflows, and cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams. 

• Software Engineer, Splunk a Cisco Company

• VP Digital Media, National Central University North America Alumni Association

• M.Eng., Electrical & Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Canada

• M.S., Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan

Tommy Hsu is a results-driven full-stack engineer experienced in delivering scalable web solutions for startups, e-commerce brands, and enterprise teams, with a strong focus on building end-to-end systems, from B2C platforms and CMS tools to automated data workflows, while ensuring effective system integration for seamless interoperability across platforms and services.

• Production Engineer, Supermicro

• M.S., Information Technology and Management, Shih Chien University, Taiwan

• Member of Technical Staff, Hark

• Applied Scientist, Amazon Lab126

• M.S., Computational Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

• B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

YiChin is a product management thought leader with a strong background in data science, AI, and strategy. Driven by a passion for innovation and deep, strategic thinking, she fosters business growth while keeping a loving, exploratory heart, embracing the world alongside her family.

• Senior Manager, Product Management, Salesforce

• Product Manager, Strategy & Analytics, Zendesk

• MBA, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

• M.S., Information Technology Management, Tiburg University, Netherlands;
  Aix-Marseille University, France; University of Turku, Finland

• B.S., Information Science, Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Yvonne is now a Senior Hardware Engineering Manager at NVIDIA. She has 20+ years of industry experience in development and validation of computing hardware, spanning from consumer devices to data centers. She is responsible for developing go-to-market data center hardware products and reference hardware design with NVIDIA’s latest data center silicon offering.

• Ex-Intel, Director of Platform Hardware Engineering

• B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oregon State University

• B.M. (Bachelor of Music), Piano performance, University of Oregon