# Effy Zhang

> Member of Technical Staff @Anthropic. Former CEO & Founder at Baserun (Acquired) | ex-Cruise | ex-Square.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/effy

## Work Experience
### Member of Technical Staff @ Anthropic
Jan 2025 – Present | United States

### Co-Founder @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area

### CEO & Founder @ baserun
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Evaluation and monitoring platform for LLM applications (acquired).

### Staff Product Designer @ Cruise
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design lead for AV testing strategy & special projects

### Senior Product Designer @ Square
Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California
Square Point of Sale

### Teaching Assistant @ Gray Area Foundation For The Arts
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
TA for Gray Area Creative Code Immersive Bootcamp

### Interaction Design Intern @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater New York City Area
Samsung PX Team

### Interaction Design Intern @ Samsung Electronics America
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | san jose, california
Visual Display User Experience Lab, Samsung Research American

### Product Designer @ THRE3D
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Beijing

### Web Designer @ Crystal Asia
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Beijing

### Freelance Illustrator @ Condé Nast
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Freelance Illustrator for GQ and Esquire

### Assistant Project Manager @ Beijing Design Week
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Beijing City, China

### UI/UX intern @ Mobitide Technology Co,.Ltd
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Beijing


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Interaction Design
School of Visual Arts

### Computer Software Engineering
Fullstack Academy

### VR Development
UploadVR

### Creative Code Immersive
Gray Area Foundation For The Arts

### iOS for Designers
CodePath

### BE in Industrial Design
China Agricultural University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/effyz
- Portfolio: http://www.effyzhang.com/

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Source: https://flows.cv/effy
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/effy/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-13