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Joana Zhang

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Board Member at Alliance of Angels

Seattle, Washington, United States

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About

Joana Zhang is a Board Advisor at Lightyear Consulting and works as a venture partner and angel investor focused on AI, robotics, life sciences, and space technology. She has more than 30 years of experience spanning corporate leadership roles at IBM and Microsoft as well as venture and cross-border innovation work. Zhang's background includes affiliations with Harvard and MIT.

Experience

  1. Lightyear ConsultingBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  2. Alliance of AngelsAngel Investor/Venture Partner/Board Membercurrent2017 — presentSeattle, Washington
  3. PCF Global Company, a subsidiary of Lightyear CorpPresident & Board Director2017 — 2020Global
  4. Pacific Coast Feather CompanyVice President/Asia General Manager/Board Director of PCF Global2006 — 2017Global
  5. MicrosoftMSN China Marketing Director2005 — 2006
  6. IBMSenior Marketing Manager2003 — 2005
  7. AOL Wireless/Tegic CommunicationsGlobal Marketing Program Manager1999 — 2001Seattle, Washington, United States

Skills & more

General ManagementSelf-confidenceInterpersonal RelationshipsLeadership20Strategy16Management30Strategic Planning12Venture Capital4Space Tech4Life Sciences3Advisory BoardsBoard of Directors
+12 moreInvestmentsRoboticsSolution SellingBusiness Model InnovationBoard GovernanceFinancial AnalysisCloud ComputingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Project PlanningBusiness InsightsSales StrategyMarket Analysis

Languages Chinese · English

From Joana's professional profile.

Colleagues at Alliance of Angels

Abishek Sankaranarayanan
Life Science Fellow at Alliance of Angels
Bob Lord
Innovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of Angels
Bob Wallach
Board Member at Alliance of Angels
Brent Weeks
Innovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of Angels
Charles Porter
Board Member at Alliance of Angels
Chris Igielski
Innovation Fund Administrator at Alliance of Angels
Dan Menser
Vice Chairman at Alliance of Angels
Dan Rosen
Chair Emeritus at Alliance of Angels

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Who is Joana Zhang?
Joana Zhang is a Board Advisor at Lightyear Consulting and works as a venture partner and angel investor focused on AI, robotics, life sciences, and space technology. She has more than 30 years of experience spanning corporate leadership roles at IBM and Microsoft as well as venture and cross-border innovation work. Zhang's background includes affiliations with Harvard and MIT.
Where does Joana Zhang work?
Joana Zhang is Board Member at Alliance of Angels.
Where did Joana Zhang go to school?
Joana Zhang studied at Seattle University (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); MIT Sloan School of Management (Artificial Intelligence Certificate: Implications for Business Strategy); Harvard Business School (Executive Certificate Program, Foundations of Private Equity & Venture Capital).

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