Jad Meouchy

Jad, originally from northern Virginia, holds dual Bachelor of Science 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 visualization components of an emergency response simulation that received two million dollars in public grant 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 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiatives.