Lan
High Tech Company Senior R&D Manager
Lan has been a senior R&D manager at a prestigious high-tech company for the past 5 years after he returned from working overseas. In 2008, he left his Silicon Valley job and relocated with his wife and two children (ages 1 and 4) to live and work in Asia. Over 7 years, as a director of engineering, he was given the opportunity to mentor many young engineers. Their family still maintains many close relationships that they developed during their time in Asia. After returning to California, he was part of a 2017 summer team that went to teach entrepreneurship overseas. It was his first time working in a Muslim country and the experience has created new online relationships and motivated him to develop entrepreneurial opportunities at home.