In 2020, we gained a new board member. Meet him below!

Bio: Throughout his formative years, Yu Jiang bounced up and down the coast of California. After he got his degree in Electrical Engineering at UCLA, he spent some time back at his hometown in San Diego testing next generation cellular technology at Qualcomm before being moving to Northern California to work at Apple on the iPhones 4s through 6. During this time, he taught himself how to write software and took an 8 month sabbatical from work to travel around the world. Hanging out on countless beaches and in countless cities, he realized that he wanted to focus more on making an impact. When he arrived back in the States, he was recruited to join the Spectacles team at Snapchat in Los Angeles as a software engineer. During this time, he joined the TAP-LA board as the Social Chair and then Social Director. He has since moved to the Snap Research team in Seattle and has filed over 23 patents while at the company.

Fun Fact: I visited North Korea for 5 days

What do you want to accomplish this year? To make the entrepreneurship challenge a success!

What’s your previous involvement with TACL? TAP-LA West Side Social Chair for 1 year, Social Director for 1 year

Proudest accomplishment in TAP-LA? Getting regular TAPpy hours happening again in LA.