Lester Yu
Founder And CEO at Chicago House Athletic Club
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolLester Yu is a multidisciplinary founder and operator with nine years of experience building mission-driven organizations at the intersection of health, education, and community engagement. As Founder & CEO of VALT Health and founder of the Low Brass Network, he has mobilized thousands of volunteers, secured millions in funding, and scaled programs across all 50 states and 55+ countries. He combines hands-on biomedical and health policy research experience—from roles at Scripps, Pfizer, and university labs—to program design and youth leadership development at the Institute for Vitality and Vitality Biosciences. Lester’s background spans strategy, grant development, and on-the-ground operations, and he occasionally composes music and competes as a near-scratch amateur golfer, illustrating a creative and disciplined approach to problem solving. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he also advises startups and nonprofits while pursuing advanced public health studies, blending entrepreneurial grit with research-informed decision making.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA, Political Science and Government, Associate of Arts - AA, Political Science and Government at De Anza CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Irvington High SchoolMaster of Public Health - MPH, Master of Public Health - MPH at Oregon State UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Public Policy (on leave of absence), Bachelor of Arts - BA, Public Policy (on leave of absence) at Princeton UniversityAssociate of Science - AS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Associate of Science - AS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Foothill College
English, Chinese, Chinese
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Github Skills (106)
tunnel10
sctp10
firewall10
deno-deploy10
bug-reporting10
ssh10
udp10
sql-query10
ddl10
fiddler10
garmin10
gzip10
eloquent10
nps10
data-masking10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
lesteryou/WebIM
May 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
lesteryou/categraf
Aug 2022 - Jun 2024
one-stop telemetry collector for nightingale
Contributions:25 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
telemetrystopcollectornightingale
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