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About
Alex Gao is an engineer at Pear VC, where he builds systems to support the firm's portfolio. He studied computer science, economics, and public policy at UC Berkeley and continued in graduate school before starting his career as a software engineer at the fintech company OnePay, where he was a tech lead for nearly three years.
Experience
- Pear VCEngineering Leadcurrent2025 — present
- OnePayTechnical Lead | Identity Team2024 — 2025
- OnePayProduct Engineer | Onboarding & Auth2022 — 2024
- University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor2020 — 2022Berkeley, California, United States
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Data Science Consultant2021Los Angeles, California, United States
- Global Policy LabResearch Engineer2019 — 2021Berkeley
- Coding it ForwardData Science Fellow2020Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Air Force Research LaboratoryDeep Learning Engineering Intern2019 — 2020Hawaii, United States
- Berkeley Energy & Climate InstituteResearch Intern2017 — 2019Berkeley
- CMG Strategy ConsultingProject Manager2016 — 2018Berkeley, CA
- Clarity Movement Co.Data Science Intern2018Berkeley, CA
- PlayStationData Engineering Intern2017San Diego
- UC Berkeley Information Services and TechnologyNetwork Engineering Assistant2016UC Berkeley
Skills & more
Java12Python9Android5AWS5C#5R5JavaScript5PyTorch6TensorFlow4Microsoft Azure2HTML2CSS2
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Colleagues at Pear VC
Ajay Kamat
Partner at Pear VC
Aparna Sinha
Advisor at Pear VC
Arash Afrakhteh
Partner at Pear VC
Curt Herberts
Investor at Premji Invest
Eddie Eltoukhy
Partner at Pear VC
Emma Krivoshein
Senior Operations Associate at Pear VC
Eric Lin
Acting Associate Director for Innovation & Industry Services (ADIIS) at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Harris Stolzenberg
Partner at Pear VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Gao?
- Alex Gao is an engineer at Pear VC, where he builds systems to support the firm's portfolio. He studied computer science, economics, and public policy at UC Berkeley and continued in graduate school before starting his career as a software engineer at the fintech company OnePay, where he was a tech lead for nearly three years.
- Where does Alex Gao work?
- Alex Gao is Engineer at Pear VC.
- Where did Alex Gao go to school?
- Alex Gao studied at UC Berkeley School of Information (Master's degree, Information Systems and Management); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics with honors).
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at OnePay8
Arjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture CapitalBrian HamiltonObvious Champion at Obvious VenturesZach NooraniPartner at Foundation CapitalWill MoldowChief of Staff at First Round CapitalNichole WischoffAngel Investor at Wischoff VenturesTanisha BellurPartner at LuminarX
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Also worked at University of California, Berkeley529
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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)1,460
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