Joe is a 25+year Silicon Valley veteran whose career bridges leadership roles at large enterprises like Cisco and Oracle with the entrepreneurial drive of co-founding multiple startups with successful exits. Passionate about developing the next generation of leaders, he is a mentor with organizations such as Data Science for All (DS4A) and MJAA, where he guides rising professionals.

Currently, as the CTO at Raydiant, Joe is at the forefront of modernizing the in-location customer experience.  As a Limited Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures and an active angel investor and advisor, he is deeply involved in the startup ecosystem, helping to nurture and grow promising new companies.

Joe holds a B.S. in Computer Science from MIT, where he held leadership positions in the Chinese Students Club and helped organize the US premier of the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. He also earned his M.S. in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University, where he was active in the Asian American Students' Association, helping to organize speaker events with cultural icons such as playwright David Henry Hwang.

Joe dabbles in musical compositions and is working on variations of George Winston’s piano piece Thanksgiving.