Liyin Tang is a seasoned professional in data infrastructure with extensive experience in leading engineering teams and contributing to open-source projects. Since August 2015, Liyin has been with Airbnb, currently serving as a Senior Engineering Manager for the Data Infrastructure team, overseeing over 30 engineers and tackling complex challenges related to infrastructure, compute engines, and workflow management. Additionally, Liyin is an HBase Committer and a member of the Project Management Committee at The Apache Software Foundation. Previous positions include Software Engineer roles at Dropbox and Facebook, where responsibilities encompassed message infrastructure and core data tasks. Liyin's early career included research positions at Microsoft Research Asia and the Information Sciences Institute. Liyin holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Founded in 2008, Airbnb started out as a simple idea. The two founders, Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia were desperately trying to make rent in San Francisco. To raise money, they strategically rented out their air mattresses to attendees of a major conference in the area. This is where the name "Air Bed and Breakfast" is derived from, and would soon become the well-known industry disruptor "Airbnb". Airbnb is a global travel community that offers magical end-to-end trips, including where you stay, what you do and the people you meet. The platform has grown to 4 million hosts who have opened their homes to 1 billion guests around the world with their most popular destinations being in Kissimeee FL, NYC, LA, Davenport, FL, San Diego, Atlanta, Austin Texas, and many more. Airbnb uniquely leverages technology to economically empower millions of people around the world to unlock and monetize their spaces, passions and talents to become hospitality entrepreneurs. Through their technology, they facilitate the connection and renting process between the hosts and travelers, however, do not actually own any of the rented out spaces themselves. Although they are known mostly for their lodging services and unique housing options, they also provide online experiences or in-person meet ups and community relief services. These two offerings became especially prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other natural disasters that occurred around the world where housing options quickly became scarce. Today, Airbnb's headquarters are in San Francisco where the simple idea started. They have additional offices in LA, NYC, Berlin, and Paris with plans to expand in Atlanta. They will continue to widen their global footprint to accommodate guests around the world.
