Helena Z.

Helena Z. currently serves as the Founding Head of Growth at OpenArt AI, where significant achievements include scaling the company from 0 to $20 million ARR within a year, beginning in January 2024. Prior to this role, Helena Z. worked as an investor at Decent Capital from January 2022 to January 2024, collaborating with the co-founder of Tencent on investments in various sectors including cloud observability and vertical AI. Helena Z. also held the position of Systems Design Project Lead at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science from January 2020 to January 2022, focusing on creating an immersive freeride simulation with effective hardware-software integration. In addition, work as a researcher in the UCLA HCI Lab involved exploring innovative human-computer interactions and designing assistive technology for gamers with hearing impairments. Helena Z. holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCLABS and a Certificate in Engineering Innovation from The Johns Hopkins University.