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Jad, originally from northern Virginia, holds dual B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering and Psychology from Virginia Tech, and is a graduate of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. While in college, he engineered and built the data analytics components of an emergency response simulator that received 2M in public funding. Over his 15-year career, Jad has founded five startups and successfully exited three. His professional expertise is in software architecture and development, specifically big data analytics and visualization, and virtual and augmented reality development.

Based in Los Angeles since 2010, Jad promotes the community by organizing developer meetups and events, and volunteering time for STEM initiatives.