Jon Wang
Founder, Co-CEO at Shimmer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJon Wang is a founder and machine learning-focused operator with eight years of experience building AI-first healthcare ventures and research programs. As Co-CEO of Assort Health he’s shipping specialty-specific generative voice agents that cut hold times and improve appointment accuracy for clinical call centers, backed by top institutional investors. His background spans ML research at Stanford, MIT and the Gates Foundation, product and talent leadership at Elemy, and consumer mental-health work with YC-backed Shimmer, reflecting a rare blend of deep technical rigor and operational scaling. He left an MD program at UCSF to pursue startups, signaling a persistent bias for impact and entrepreneurship over traditional paths. Known for bridging research and product, he pairs hands-on ML expertise with founder-level execution in healthcare. An early organizer of large STEM events, he also brings community-building experience to company growth and hiring.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of MinnesotaMounds View High SchoolSummer 2021, Summer 2021 at Y CombinatorDoctor of Medicine - MD (Left to pursue startup), Doctor of Medicine - MD (Left to pursue startup) at University of California, San FranciscoM.S. and B.S. -- Bioinformatics, M.S. and B.S. -- Bioinformatics at Stanford University
Github Skills (3)
medicine10
electrophysiology10
clinical-trials9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jonxwang/jonxwang.github.io
Jul 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:108 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
jonxwang/BMGFminicourse
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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