Jia Ji

Jia Ji is serial entrepreneur currently in the process of launching his latest startup, Couchange, a social venture that’s developing a universal donation platform. Prior to that, Jia was president and founder of Flying Fish Media and helped launch Dancetown, an exercise gaming system for seniors that was acquired by Cobalt Flux. He has also worked for a variety of technology startups such as Guru.com, Pittsburgh.com, Ripple Effects Interactive, Dreamwork Soft, Inecom Entertainment, Interactive Media Systems, and eGenesis. Jia is a Stanford University alumnus and actively supports grassroots technology efforts in his local community. He currently serves on the Pittsburgh IGDA board, as Technology Director for NAAAP Pittsburgh, and helps organize the Pittsburgh PodCamp conference series. In the past, Jia has been a visiting instructor at Chengdu’s University of IT and has lectured at Stanford, CMU, and other universities worldwide.