Yen Tan
Co-Founder, Kona | Leadership Coach, Educator, and SXSW Speaker | Featured in Entrepreneur, The Guardian, TechCrunch, Fortune
Los Angeles, California, United States
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About
🐶 Co-Founder at Kona – Building AI for manager enablement. Built for Slack and meetings (Zoom/Google Meet). Because everyone deserves to work for their best manager ever. As seen in The Guardian, Fortune, Yahoo, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, Harvard Business School, Forbes, and more.
🎓 Leadership Coach - Coaching dozens of managers, VPs, and CXOs to identify leadership blindspots and lead with empathy and accountability. Worked with managers at Zipline, XWP, Oyster, Buffer, and more. Leading the Remote Manager Accelerator, a 30-day accelerator for managers who want to up-level their management style.
📚 Training Facilitator - Ran manager workshops at Circle, Buffer, Linktree, Postscript, Mercury, Happy Money, and more. Designing online courses on remote management, advising Fortune 10 companies on remote strategy, and writing thought pieces. Ask me about our People Leader Book Club!
🌎 Future of Work Speaker - Invited to speak at SXSW, Google, MailChimp, GitLab Commit, and other remote work conferences about the future of work, building successful remote-first organizations, and AI.
👋 Non-Technical – Majored in English and Creative Writing. Obsessed with storytelling, sales, and customer joy. Ask me about breaking into tech!
🏳️🌈 Queer as heck - Sixth-generation Chinese American, trans nonbinary, and hella queer. Protect trans youth! Please refer to me by they/them pronouns:)
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The #onestream visAbility Alliance brought some Halloween magic to the Michigan Miracle League this year! A huge thank-you to all the volunteers and…
The #onestream visAbility Alliance brought some Halloween magic to the Michigan Miracle League this year! A huge thank-you to all the volunteers and…
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Last year, #OneGenesys made a global impact—and we’re going to Go Big to close out 2024!💪 Today we launched Gene-rosity in Action, Genesys’ annual…
Last year, #OneGenesys made a global impact—and we’re going to Go Big to close out 2024!💪 Today we launched Gene-rosity in Action, Genesys’ annual…
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Eptura has an exciting, important US-based opening for a Director of Support. If you have a genuine commitment to enhancing customer experiences and…
Eptura has an exciting, important US-based opening for a Director of Support. If you have a genuine commitment to enhancing customer experiences and…
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Experience
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University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts - BA English with concentration in Creative Writing, Minor in Entrepreneurship
Activities and Societies: Sike AI, LA Hacks, Sigma Tau Delta, the Writer’s Den at UCLA, Film and Photography Society (FPS) at UCLA
B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a Minor in Entrepreneurship. Summa Cum Laude, on Dean's Honor's List, and Highest Honors for the Department of English.
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UCLA Undergraduate Minor in Entrepreneurship
Bachelor's degree Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Through a carefully developed curriculum by UCLA Anderson professors and an integrative capstone experience, students in the minor obtain both breadth and depth in their understanding of the concepts, frameworks, and practical implications of entrepreneurship.
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Hub Lead: Greater Los Angeles
L&D SHAKERS
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Education
The L&D SHAKERS is an international community for Learning & Development professionals that meet, share, learn and accelerate their careers.
Skills
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Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation
MGMT 160
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Short Story Workshop with Angela Flournoy
ENG 138
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Short Story Workshop with Juliana Xuan Wang
ENG 137
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AI in action! 'AI' in this instance meaning 'Adorably Informative' brought to you by #YahooDSP 😍
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Proud to work for a leader of Amit Walia's caliber and to support his vision for leadership here at Informatica, where data and AI come to life for…
Proud to work for a leader of Amit Walia's caliber and to support his vision for leadership here at Informatica, where data and AI come to life for…
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Couldn't agree more. Lead with compassion and collective intelligence.
Couldn't agree more. Lead with compassion and collective intelligence.
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As we approach the close of 2024, I want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible work we’ve accomplished at Sabre Corporation this year…
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For my network in and around Schaumburg and Rochester, this is an opportunity to work for a great company and some amazing leaders! Please share!
For my network in and around Schaumburg and Rochester, this is an opportunity to work for a great company and some amazing leaders! Please share!
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