METALS Alumni
Class of 2024
Monica Chen
Andrea Chisholm
Tzu-Yun Huang
Jason Ke
Chief Product Officier @ WisdomPlan
Ruiwei Xiao
PhD Student @ Carnegie Mellon University
Wanting Yang
Wayne Yao
Fern Zhang
Class of 2023 (*including December 2023 graduates)
Meiyi Chen*
Research Associate @ Carnegie Mellon University
Shiyu Duan
Product Designer @ MiTek
Laura Delince Ceballos*
Learning Engineer & Product Analyst @ Open Learning Initiative
Qinglin Feng*
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Amanda Frey
Editorial Content Manager @ Savvas Learning Co
Lin Gong*
Dollaya Hirunyasiri*
Product Manager @ Teaching Tools
Jinzhao Hu*
Marsha Kerman*
Bruce Li*
Research Associate II @ Carnegie Mellon University
Yichen Li*
Software Engineer (Database) @ Huawei
Jitian Liao*
Liwei Liu*
Wei Lu*
Qiaoqiao Ma*
Assistant Course Developer @ Open Learning Initiative
Xiaolin Ni*
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Kyle Reto*
Machine Learning Engineer @ SciQuiry
Safiyyah Scott*
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Qi Sun*
Product Designer @ AdCellerant
Yiqing Sun
UI/UX Designer @ Stealth Startup
Tia Tang
Manvi Teki
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Ying-Jui Tseng*
UX Designer @ Amazon
Yue Wang*
Learning Engineer @ Open Learning Initiative
Yimiao Wu*
Product Manager @ Meituan
Lingyu Yan
Mengzhe Ye*
UI/UX Designer @ Hats & Ladders
Zoey Ye*
Lanning Zhang*
Xiangqing Zhang
Product Designer @ SoJo Spa Club
Yankun Zhao*
CEO & Co-Founder @ WisdomPlan
Xinyu Zou*
Product Manager @ Alibaba
Class of 2022
Prithika Acharya
Program Manager @ Toddle
Yinan Cai
UX Designer @ T-Mobile
Tiago Castro
Software Engineer @ Block
Chaoran Chen
PhD Student @ University of Notre Dame
Gabriel Winter Clark
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Tyree Cowell
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Learning
Xinlu Gou
UX Designer @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Yudi (Cyndi) Jia
Product Manager @ Stealth Startup
Jimmy King
Product Manager @ MARi
Marc Levesque
Product Manager @ Panorama Education & Lesson With You Co-Founder
Cuiting Li
Software Engineer @ Peerceptiv
Yinmiao Li
PhD student @ Northwestern University
Yu (Yuki) Liao
Product Designer @ Duolingo
Zijing Lu
Aastha Patel
Product x Learning Design @ Rocket Learning
Rachel Pehrsson
Associate Software Engineer @ Scholastic
Tadpol Rachatasumrit
Software Engineer ll @ Lucid Software
Liujing Ren
UX Researcher @ ThinkCERCA
Princy Sasapara
Technical Program Manager @ Google
Abubakir Siedahmed
PhD student @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Boon Hong (Donovan) So
Co-Founder @ BricksAI (Backed by Y Combinator)
Jingyi (Jenny) Song
Associate Software Engineer @ Veeva Systems
Yinru Sun
Product Designer @ TikTok
Shang-Yuan (Sean) Wang
Product Designer @ Verse
Xinzhu Wang
Teaching Consultant @ Duke Learning Innovation
Xinyu Yang
Ziwen Zeng
Product Designer @ iHeartMedia
Hanxiao (Hazel) Zhang
UX Designer @ Samsung Research America
Jiaqi Zhang
Instructional Designer, Intermediate @ Doña Ana Community College
Qianru Zhang
UX Designer @ Kora Financial
Yanling (Jenny) Zhang
Product Designer @ Hanwha Vision
Xiaoyang Zhou
UX Researcher @ NIH
Class of 2021
Daniel De Angulo
Chih-Yun Huang
UX Designer @ Carnegie Learning
Joseph Kopko
Full Stack Engineer @ PLUS - Personalized Learning Squared
Caitlin Lim
Assistant Course Developer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Xinyu Lin
UX Researcher II @ Emburse
Baptiste Moreau-Pernet
Machine Learning Engineer @ Digital Harbor Foundation
Xiaoyu (Scarlett) Shi
UX Researcher @ Dynatrace
Class of 2020
Henry Chang
Software Engineer @ NoRIILA
Ziqi (Dakota) Dong
Education Product Manager @ Bytedance
Nabeeha Fatima
Instructional Designer @ EY Global Learning Design and Development
Lilian (Jiachen) Gong
Research Professional @ Arizona State University
Yuqing Guo
UX Designer @ Deloitte - Applied AI Group
Sudhir Gupta
Principal Learning Product Manager @ Axway
Xinying Hou
PhD Student @ University of Michigan
Chuyao Hua
User Experience Designer II @ Oracle
Estelle Jiang
Lead User Experience Designer @ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Yue Jiang
Senior Staff UX Designer @ Palo Alto Networks
Jialu Li
UX Designer @ JD
Shujing Lin
Senior Engineer I - Software Engineering @ Guild
Hsing (Paul) Liu
Mac/iOS Engineer @ IPEVO
Xuanyuan (Ember) Liu
Senior Product Designer @ Airwallex
Shiyang Lyu
UX Designer @ Apple
Xiaoyu Shi
User Experience Designer @ SAP
Neil Thawani
Research Programmer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Yuchen (Erin) Xie
Product Designer III @ Chime
Miaojun Xu
Han Xue
UX Designer @ Harness
Gautam Yadav
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University Simon Initiative
Junhui Yao
Scrum Master @ Huawei
Chenning Ye
UX Designer @ Alibaba​
Ruwen You
Product Manager @ Yuanfudao
Congying Zhang
UX Designer @ NetApp
Lauren Zito
Manager, Design Team @ WGU Labs
Guodong Zhao
Product Manager @ Pacer Health
Shijie (Daniel) Zhu
Yu Zhao
Senior Interaction Designer @ Bloomberg
Class of 2019
Greg Bunyea
Learning Experience Lead @ NYU School of Professional
Harley Chang
Learning Engineer − Eberly Center @ Carnegie Mellon University
Canhai Chen
Software Engineer @ Apple Accessibility Department
Tanvi Domadia
Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University Simon Initiative
Ryan Emberling
Director of Engineering @ ASSISTments
Wei Gong
User Experience Designer @ SAP
Shivang Gupta
Head of Product @ PLUS - Personalized Learning Squared
Kim Larson
Director, Special Projects ETX @ Arizona State University
Hao Li
Senior Software Engineer @ Robinhood
Wenjie Li
Senior UX Designer @
Automation Anywhere
Zhoulin (Sasha) Meng
User Experience Designer @ Cengage
Rishi Pisipati
Software Engineer II @ BetterLesson
Juliet Pusateri
Instructional Designer @ EY
Yihong Shi
Senior Product Designer @ VMware
Xiaoyan Song
Product Manager @ Tezign
Qianhui Sun
Instructional Designer @ EY
Jiasi Tan
Lead UX Designer @ Apple
Hanyu Tang
Software Engineer @ Yelp
Jiaqi Wang
Senior Product Designer @ Samsung
Kexin (Bella) Yang
PhD Student @ Carnegie Mellon University
Duoduo (Doris) Zhang
Product Designer @ Confluent
Mingtong Zhang
Game Designer @ Tencent
Xiaofei Zhou
PhD Student @ University of Rochester
Class of 2018
Pankaj Ajit
Data Science and Engineering Manager @ Shopify
Mohammed Alburaiki
Factory Director & Co-owner @ Elements Factory
Mianhong (Cherie) Chen
UX Design @ YouTube
Siyu Chen
Senior Frontend Engineer @ TikTok
Michelle Deng
Software Engineer @ Amazon
Tianmi Fang
Senior User Researcher @ Rubrik
Courtney Francis
Program Manager, Learning Sciences for Innovators @ Carnegie Mellon University
Yumei Jin
Founding UX Designer @ ISIMA
Naga Santhosh Josyula
Instructional Designer @ EY
Ye Jin Lee
UX Designer @ Hyundai
Yulin Liu
UX Researcher @ Squarespace
Portfolio
Zachary Mineroff
Senior Learning Engineer @ Carnegie Mellon University
Rui Ning
@ TAL Education Group
Elizabeth Onstwedder
Senior Learning Designer @ Duolingo
Napol Rachatasumrit
PhD Student @ Carnegie Mellon University​
Julia Ridley
Product Manager @ InnoEnergy Skills Institute
Jiaojiao Song
Lead Product Designer @ Goldman Sachs
Roger Strang
Instructional Designer @ Cal State Long Beach
Lu Sun
PhD Student Cognitive Science Department and Design Lab at UC San Diego
Srinivasa Talluri
VP of Data Science @ Inspire
Cheng Hong Wang
UX Designer @ Amazon Web Services
Chenxin Wang
Interaction Designer @ Internet Brands
Yeyu Wang
PhD Student @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Samantha Weaver
Instructional Designer @ EY
Anne Xie
Senior Product Manager @ Phenom
Lu Yang
Product Designer @ GoodHire
Mengxin Yu
UX Designer @ TAL Education Group
Class of 2017
Lu Chen
Senior Experience Designer, AVP @ PNC
Yali Chen
Founder @ Stealth
Kevin DeLand
Content Writer & Software Engineer @ Mathigon (Freelance)
Rohan Gulati
Junyu Huang
Co-Founder @ Toma
Amanda Johnson
Director of Product Design @ YouScience
Sarah Klein
Principal Product Designer @ Brandcake LLC and Sarah Klein Coaching
Nick Lewis
Learning Experience Designer @ Chegg
Pei Lin
Senior User Experience Product Manager @ OPPO
Jordan Marks
Advanced Systems Manager @ BAE Systems
Yilin Ying
Program Manager @ GetSetUp
Tianxin Yu
UX Researcher, Google Maps @ Google
Class of 2016
Halida Astatin Herwan
Researcher @ Bukalapak
Alexandra Brusilovsky
OLI Developer @ @ Carnegie Mellon University
David Hwang
Engineering Manager @ Anthropic
Steven Moore
Postdoctoral Fellow @ Carnegie Mellon Human Computer Interaction Institute
Shailja Harendra Relwani
Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Samyak Shah
Product Manager @ Opendoor Education
Kathy Yu
Full Stack Engineer @ Rocket Money
Class of 2015
Timothy Burkhart
Learning Consultant @ TiER1 Performance Solutions
Vikram Kamath Cannanure
PhD Student @ Carnegie Mellon Human Computer Interaction Institute
Chien-Yu Chang
Senior Product Designer @ Inspera
Steven Dang
Data Scientist @ Lexia Learning*
Ya Gao
Senior User Research Manager @ Microsoft Cloud + AI
Qian Hu
Staff Product Designer, Learning @ LinkedIn
Justin Kahn
Senior Software Engineer @ LinkedIn
Guanjie Li
Senior UX Researcher @ Meta
Arka Mani
Director @ Jammate Solutions, India
Ariel Norling
Product designer @ Plumb
Cassandra Taylor
Associate Managing Director @ ideas42
Yujing Tian
Lead UX/UI Designer @ China Life Property
Fei Yu
Senior Product Designer @ Rubrik
Naixin Zhang
Product Manager @ Airbnb
Class of 2014
*Denotes METALS alumni who after graduation entered and graduated from a PhD program.
Danny Koh
Assistant Director @ Ministry of Defense of Singapore
Avinash Parida
Product Design Lead @ Facebook
Martina Pavelko
Cognitive Scientist @ Carnegie Learning
Mark Potter
Sr. Product Owner for Data Innovation & Insights @ ETS - AI Research Labs
Yujun Song
Product Designer @ Facebook