Ru Jia is the first finance hire at Skild AI, handling finance and business operations. Her background includes finance and strategy at DoorDash and tech investment banking at Morgan Stanley. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon and is an MBA candidate at The Wharton School through the 2+2 program.
She created and hosted "Techcelerated, " a bilingual podcast and blog exploring China’s tech entrepreneurship scene. Her passion for supporting others is highlighted by receiving the Carnegie Mellon Womens Association Award for her commitment to the advancement of women in academic pursuits.
Unique fact: Ru independently ran a bilingual podcast covering complex topics like open-source databases, AIoT, and decarbonization in Chinas tech ecosystem.