In addition to working with his mom and dad on their family-owned ATV, Golf Cart and Helmets distribution company, Tian is also a partner at 0 Ventures, an early-stage angel investor. He was previously a Director of Engineering at a publicly traded company, co-founded a series-A funded startup, and worked as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley. While at MIT, Tian lived at New House 4 and got to travel with the New England Patriots team to Super Bowl XXXIX. Tian is part of “That Mask Squad”, a group of NH4 friends who are organizing PPE donations for healthcare workers (GoFundMe). Tian is also an organizer for The COVID-19 Collective, a self-organizing online community of key players in the fight against COVID-19 who want to share information/advice with each other (wiki). If you are the organizer of a volunteer project, work at hospital, or is a domain experts, join C19C by filling out this form! Due to Tian’s experience in importing goods, he has focused on supply chain and vendor vetting.

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