Primary Job Title CEO & Co-Founder Primary Organization Midgame
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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I'm the CEO of Midgame, an esports and gaming analytics company. I believe that every day is a chance for us to unlock new possibilities for ourselves — and that rising to the challenge takes guts, discipline, and imagination.
I've written for Fast Company and Quartz, been interviewed by The New York Times and The Atlantic, and spoken
on four continents at places like Google, Pinterest, and TED. My most recent company, the tech hiring platform Headlight, was acquired in 2019 and my first startup, Ridejoy, was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch.
At Stanford I studied biology (BS + MS), which taught me to think like a scientist. I also captained Stanford's men's gymnastics team to the 2009 NCAA team championship, which taught me that nothing beats winning as a team. A first-generation immigrant, I advocate on behalf of Asian Americans, in part by running The Asian American Man Study.
On the personal side: I love athletic challenges and hold Guinness World Records for both Aztec pushups (set in 2014) and burpee pull-ups (2018). I lived in Boston and Silicon Valley before settling in Brooklyn... but I'll never root for the Yankees.