Zixuan Cheng
Summary
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RockstarZixuan Cheng is a systems-focused investor and emerging engineer pursuing an M.S. in Engineering Systems at UPenn while actively managing a diversified private investment portfolio across semiconductors, materials technology, and consumer beverages. With six years of experience spanning product data analytics and financial modeling from internships at McKinsey, Nielsen, Oriza Holdings, and BuySupply, he blends quantitative rigor (Python, R, SQL) with strategic insight to identify scalable opportunities. As a Limited Partner in OriLab and Vital Thin Film Materials, he supports companies at the intersection of advanced manufacturing and consumer health, tracking metrics from GMV growth to tech-enabled production scale. A Rutgers Business School graduate with a 3.8 GPA, he is deepening technical skills in machine learning, graph neural networks, and system modeling to better evaluate and incubate tech-driven ventures. Zixuan’s approach is notable for integrating hands-on engineering training with a practitioner’s investor mindset—using data science to de-risk bets and spot startup potential early. Based in Philadelphia, he plans to co-invest post-graduation with peers, turning academic research and technical fluency into actionable investment theses.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (16)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Theysua/dify
May 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:17 pushes in 9 months
Theysua/dify-docs
May 2024 - Jun 2024
The open-source repo for docs.dify.ai
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 month
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