About
Team
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Pasha Sadri - The BossBefore co-founding Polyvore, Pasha was a principal software engineer at Yahoo, where he built several products from scratch, including Yahoo Pipes and Yahoo Trip Planner. Polyvore was one of Pasha's many ideas for a startup (the others included dirt pills for city kids, tomato-scented vegetable spray, and hydroponic restaurants), but the team is glad he chose Polyvore over those ideas. Pasha has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego. |
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Jianing Hu - Chief Code WranglerJianing was most recently a software engineer at Yahoo, where he worked on Yahoo Trip Planner. Jianing has a degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is unsure if he will ever finish the Ph.D he started at Carnegie Mellon, because being a co-founder of Polyvore is too much fun. Jianing is an avid rock climber. |
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Guangwei Yuan - Ping Pong ChampionAfter getting his B.S. and Masters in Computer Science from Tsinghua University and Duke University, Guangwei worked at Oracle for 4 years. He joined Yahoo in 2005 and left in 2007 to co-found Polyvore together with Pasha and Jianing. Guangwei is Polyvore's reigning ping pong champion and has the superhuman ability to eat enormous quantities of food without gaining any weight. |
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Jess Lee - Level 80 Night Elf Product ManagerAfter graduating from Stanford University with a degree in Computer Science, Jess worked at Google for 4 years. She was a product manager for Google Maps and launched features like My Maps and draggable driving directions. Jess enjoys drawing, owns way too many comic books, and is hopelessly addicted to making Polyvore sets. |
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Kenson Yee - Apprentice CodesmithKenson was most recently a software engineer on the Google, where he worked on search quality for Google Maps. Prior to that, he studied Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Kenson must weigh less than 160lb at all times or face dire consequences from his girlfriend. |
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Nadia Hussain - SocialiteAfter graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Communications, Nadia worked at Google for 5-1/2 years. She helped grow the Google AdWords Online Sales & Operations team from 50 people in Mountain View to hundreds of people around the world. Nadia is currently looking for a storage space large enough to hold her shoe collection. |
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Liz Xu Wilson - Recovering Shop-a-holicLiz graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Computer Science, and then worked at Google for 4 years where she led the My Maps team and the Blogsearch China team. Liz was sent to Shanghai to help with the growth and development of the Shanghai office, and fell in love with fashion there. Liz loves alternative rock, arts & crafts, and of course, shopping.
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Mandy Chenmin Liang - Apprentice fashion treasure diggerMandy graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in Computer Science. Mandy likes collecting and digging data to find interesting things. She also likes to travel around to pick up languages & cultures, gourmet, and beautiful things. Mandy is a sports lover, her part time activities range from serving in the volleyball team, to being a dance instructor.
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