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
Education
- UC Berkeley School of InformationMaster's degree, Information Systems and Management2020 — 2022
- University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics with honors2015 — 2020
Skills & more
Java12Python9Android5AWS5C#5R5JavaScript5PyTorch6TensorFlow4Microsoft Azure2HTML2CSS2
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D3.jsKerasSQLWritingPublic SpeakingCommunicationLeadershipTeamworkProject ManagementResearchMachine LearningData AnalysisFrom Alex's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended UC Berkeley School of Information6
Neha KumarVenture Partner at Floating PointAnna JacobsonPartner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator CollectiveDaniel AlvarezData Science Lead at UNICEF Innovation FundCarlee PriceAdvisor at Sybilla MastersVamsi SistlaVenture Partner at 97212 VenturesParker ThompsonGeneral Partner at TNT Ventures
Also attended University of California, Berkeley863
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at OnePay6
Arjan SchütteFounder & Managing Partner at Core Venture CapitalBrian HamiltonObvious Champion at Obvious VenturesZach NooraniPartner at Foundation CapitalSumer SareenVenture Investor at Artichoke CapitalNichole WischoffAngel Investor at Wischoff VenturesNeal MintzVice President at Wischoff Ventures
Also worked at University of California, Berkeley142
Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesFreada Kapor KleinFounding Partner at Kapor CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade PartnersJay ParrishVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners
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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)681
David SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Massimo PrelzInvestor at DN CapitalRasmus AreskougInvestor at DN CapitalRiccardo MontiOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 Ventures
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