📝 Personal Background:
Name: Tatiana Isa
Origin: non-American
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
🌍 Entrepreneur, 5x founder, survivor, 20 years of experience
🌍 granted O-1A, EB-2 NIW
💼 Co-Founder & GP at kitSF (San Francisco, CA) – Investing in individual talent
💼 Co-Founder at Trinity Upgrade Academy (San Francisco, CA)– Admission test prep center & ESL courses
💼 Founder at Trinity Education Group (Ukraine)– Admission test prep center & ESL courses
💼 Co-Founder at SATSF (San Francisco, CA)– Math courses with experts
💼Founder at UATEG 501(c)3
🧠 Advisor at openaisf.com (San Francisco, CA)
🧠 Advisor at tacticSF.com (San Francisco)
🎓 Education:
Golden Gate University Extension program, San Francisco, CA
Stanford University Extension, Stanford, CA
Tallinn School of Management, Tallinn
Unit School of Business
National University of Economics and Trade
Medical college
🛠️ Skills and Competencies:
- Entrepreneurship
- Mentorship
- Startups
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Recruitment
- Sales
- Marketing
🌟 Recognition and Achievements:
🌟 Recognition: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement in the U.S., granted O-1A (US extraordinary ability status), EB-2 NIW (Employment-Based National Interest Waiver for people who are highly skilled or have advanced degrees)
🌟Conducted more than 10k job interviews with candidates as a founder
🌟 96% of my students got admissions to the TOP Universities the US and Europe
🌟 Professional Certification
Inbound sales (by HubSpot)
💬 Personal Philosophy & Mission:
Philosophy: Helps others, especially those facing challenges in a new country, using her own experience as an immigrant.
Mission: Create bridges between cultures and business communities, making it easier for non-Americans to adapt and succeed in the US.
🌟 Presence in the media:
- Judge at The Children’s Business Fair in Menlo Park, California: 21 teams of children participated and presented their projects, October 2024;
- Judge and organizer of The GPT Hackathon in San Francisco: 14 teams participated and presented their projects, February 2024;
- Speaker at SilkRoad Innovation Hub in Palo Alto: Topic: Fundraising for Early-Stage startups – My personal Story, February 2024;
- Guest speaker on the panel discussion at Hacker Dojo HQ in Mountain View, California: Topic: “The Great Job Market AI-vasion: Are You Ready?” Moderator: Eric Hess, Executive Director of Hacker Dojo, November 2023;
- Podcast speaker on “Всі свої” {translation: All my people} with Kateryna Stepurskaya, February 2024;
- Podcast speaker on “Foreign Founders” with Andy Nobutaka Chiang: Tatyana Isa, Co-Founder of kitSF, March 2024;
- Podcast speaker on “Imran’s Podcast” with Imran Sheikh, Topic: Ukraine to Silicon Valley: GP for kitSF, O1 Visas, & Hiring Insights with Tatyana Isa, Feb 2024;
- Podcast speaker on “The First Customer – KitSF’s Trailblazer: Tanya Isa on Building a Business from Scratch” with Jay Aigner, July 2023;
- Podcast speaker on “Knowledgeable Entrepreneur,” June 2023;
- Co-hosted The Pitch Session Event at HackerHouse in San Francisco, February 2024;
- Guest speaker at Rubic.us: Topic: “How a Ukrainian Woman helps Indian programmers work in Silicon Valley” with Kateryna Panova, Jul 2023;
- Guest speaker at Women Founders Networking Event, January 2024;
- About Tatyana Isa: Founder of UATEG, Article in Majordigest.com, Title: UATEG Ukraine’s Future is Calling: UATEG Helps Ukrainian Children, August 2023;
- Guest speaker at The Super Founder Speaker Series, March 15th, 2024, ect.