Summary
Ella Zhang is a product-focused hardware and software founder with 8 years of experience building consumer devices and AI apps, currently leading Creati, a fast-growing AI content automation app with 5M downloads and $30K daily revenue. Formerly an AR and VR product systems architect at Google and Oculus and an audio systems integrator at Apple, she combines end-to-end EE expertise—from architecture and PCB layout to validation and manufacturing—with cross-functional leadership across mechanical, firmware, iOS, and industrial design teams. Ella excels at turning ambitious prototypes into mass-produced products and has repeatedly driven rapid innovation cycles (e.g., four-board VR prototypes in four months). Based in Cupertino and trained at UCLA, she blends elite hardware system skills with product instincts for consumer-facing software, tackling hard ergonomics, low-power, and real-world manufacturability trade-offs.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, A-, Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, A- at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese