Ruthia Heis a technology entrepreneur and product designer based out of the San Francisco Bay Area.

She is currently the Founder of Renaissance , a platform for funding artists.

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Ruthia He grew up in Beijing, China and attended The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China . She holds a bachelor's degree in Communications and Economics from Peking University. In 2014, He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Master of Product Development. ^{[0] [2]}

In 2018, Ruthia He and Rory Felton founded Renaissance, a platform for funding artists. ^{[5] [4]}She was previously a Product Designer at Facebook from 2014-2018. She was the first product designer on Portal on Facebook's Building 8 hardware team. She led the design for a range of creative products on the Facebook core app including Slideshow and Quick Camera. She designed Facebook Moments, a private media sharing app that topped the App Store free app chart with massive active users globally. She also led the design of various core features on the Facebook Messenger platform. ^{[0] [2]}

She previously worked as a Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University from 2013-2014.

She worked as Product Designer for Zhihu in 2013.

In 2012, she interned and volunteered with the United Nations Development Programme.

He also interned at Tencent as a Product Manager in the summer of 2012.

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In 2011, He and four other college students founded Yuanxing, one of the first mobile apps in China for college students.

In the summer of 2011, He worked in Communications for China Central Television .

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