Ben Shyong is the founder of Anzen Finance and a co-founder of Evernew Capital. Shyong has held roles at various companies, including Walmart and Ad Hoc, and has been involved in several technology projects. ^{[1] [2]}

Education

Ben Shyong attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with concentrations in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Chemistry. He also studied at New York Medical College and The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. ^{[2] [1] [4]}

Career

Ben Shyong began his career co-founding Meddik in 2011, a platform designed to help individuals with chronic conditions share experiences and learn from others. He served as the Founder, CTO, and COO of Meddik until 2014. In 2012, he was also an entrepreneur at Blueprint Health LLC. Following Meddik, he was involved with Assembly (YC W14) starting in 2014, an online platform and community for developing apps and APIs, where he managed a portfolio of open-source projects, which served as a basis for later work with blockchain technology. In 2015, he became the VP Engineering at Lynchpin Technologies, working on a CRM, marketing, and data analytics platform for health insurers. From 2016 to 2020, Shyong worked as a Staff Software Engineer and Team Lead at Ad Hoc LLC, a software company that emerged from the HealthCare.gov rescue effort. In this role, he collaborated with the US Digital Service and US Veteran Affairs on digital modernization initiatives, building products aimed at improving access to Veteran benefits and services.

From 2020 to 2022, Shyong held Senior Manager roles in Finance and Strategy at Walmart, focusing on areas such as Pharmacy Innovation, Digital Transformation, Health and Wellness Strategy, and Real Estate. His work involved capital allocation, investment analysis, and strategic decision support for Walmart's US store portfolio. In 2022, he became a Principal at Opcode. Also starting in 2022, he became a Contributor at Anzen, a digital dollar project backed by private credit assets, and is recognized as the founder of Anzen. He is also a co-founder of Evernew Capital and an investor at Perseverance Capital.

Shyong has been involved in several technology and entrepreneurial projects. These include Boba Bros, a bubble tea shop near the University of Pennsylvania, ^[6]and various hackathon projects such as µWave, a microwave with texting, tweeting, and YouTube capabilities that won first place at PennApps Data Hackathon. He also co-founded the inaugural Penn iGEM synthetic biology team, developing a light-based cell signaling system. Other projects include WiiConductor, which used a Nintendo Wiimote to control music tempo and volume, and SeptaNOW, a real-time tracking tool for SEPTA regional trains that won the Audience's Choice award at PennApps Hackathon. He also developed Xiggit, a student textbook exchange and price comparison tool. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}