Jean Yang

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Jean Yang currently serves as a Scout at Andreessen Horowitz, focusing on investing in bottom-up B2B SaaS startups. Previously, Jean was the Head of Engineering and Product for Observability at Postman, launching Postman Insights and running engineering, product, and design for the department. Jean founded and served as CEO of Akita Software, where an innovative eBPF-based observability product was developed, earning recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor in 2023. As an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Jean led a research group, publishing significant work in programming languages and security. Other notable experiences include a postdoc at Harvard Medical School and various internships at prestigious organizations such as Facebook and Microsoft. Jean holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, alongside a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Harvard University.

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