# Kathy Wang

> Founder of Broadar, inc. | Google Deepmind Hackathon Winner & 4x MIT Hackathon Winners, 27+ International Awards, Published on CHI & SIGGRAPH.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kathywang

Kathy Wang is a designer, engineer and AI technologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in developing AI web applications that enhance interactive user experiences. Her technical expertise allows her to create sophisticated solutions at the intersection of reality and virtual worlds, blending AI with practical applications. Kathy has consistently excelled in her field, winning the prestigious MIT Reality Hackathon from 2017 to 2020, and her projects have been recognized at major technology conferences such as ACM CHI, SIGGRAPH, and SXSW.

In addition to her engineering pursuits, Kathy is committed to advancing the broader technology community. She shares her extensive knowledge through guest lectures at institutions like USC and UC Berkeley and leads workshops at the art organization Gray Area, focusing on the practical applications of emerging technologies. Kathy also contributes to the field through her jury work on panels like the UC Berkeley AR Challenge and Cal Hacks 10.0, and her role as a UC Berkeley MDes Application Reviewer highlights her dedication to fostering emerging talent.

Kathy Wang's career is marked by her ability to integrate AI with user-centric design, pushing the boundaries of technology and inspiring future generations with her visionary leadership and commitment to innovation.

## Work Experience
### Founder & CEO @ Broadar
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
- Developed AI SaaS tools

### Judge and Guest Lecturer @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Judging for Calhacks: Hack for Impact (2024).
- Judging for the AR Challenge at UCB SCET (2023).
- Judging for Calhacks 10.0 (2023).
- Lectured in NWMEDIA 201 - Questioning New Media (2023).
- Lectured on the AR Challenge for the Student Innovation Fellow Program at UC Berkeley's SCET, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (2023).

### AR Technical Lead @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
- Served as the AR Technical Lead for the Dog Pack AR Exhibit, funded by Meta (Open Arts), at the UC Berkeley Art Practice Department under the guidance of Professor Jill Miller from Feb 2022 to June 2022. The AR exhibit "Dog Pack" was showcased at the Institute of Contemporary Art in San Francisco in April 2022.

### C/Change Lab 2023 Cohort, Design Director of MOL @ Gray Area
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Designed Missing Objects Library (MOL) at Gray Area C/Change Lab
- Collaborated with UC Berkeley Professors, Jill Miller and Asma Kazmi

Grants Received: 
- C/Change R&D Lab Award from Goethe Institute SF and Gray Area 
- Berkeley Center for New Media Seed Award

### Guest Lecturer @ University of Southern California
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States
- Lectured on 'Augmented and Virtual Realities' in the USC CTIN583 Game Development course.

### AI + XR Researcher @ Stanford University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Collaborated with Dr. Cecil Brown, a prominent African-American writer and educator at Stanford University, on the GMH Project, funded by Stanford University Center for Spatial and Texture Analysis and UC Berkeley's Research, Teaching and Learning (RTL) Department.

- Developed an immersive XR experience "Black Bard George Moses Horton: Remediating Oral Poetry for the Digital Age" an immersive XR experience using ChatGPT 4.0, Unreal Engine's Metahuman, AI Voice Cloning, and Niantic's 8th wall.

### Creative Designer @ Young & Rubicam
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Shanghai
- Participated in UI/UX, Brainstorming, User Research, Storyboard Design for TV advertising, Campaign Design and Visual Design for Y&R Clients such as Danone’s Mizone, Gap and Burger King.

### Product and UIUX Designer @ China Industrial Design Institute
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Shanghai
- Designed the award trophy, logo, marketing materials and the UI/UX of the official website for the Shanghai Open Data Apps Challenge. 
- Organized the national competition "Shanghai Open Data Apps Challenge".


## Education
### Master of Design in STEM (School of Engineering)
University of California, Berkeley

### BID in Industrial Design
Pratt Institute


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kathytw
- Website: https://www.kathy-wang.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-05