Alven Mei

About Alven Mei

I’m a product leader and founder focused on building experiences that help people thrive. After working on customer-facing apps at Alaska Airlines, Expedia, and Instagram, I’m now building NowRise, a technology platform supporting athlete mental performance and well-being.My work is grounded in strong product sense, thoughtful design, and a deep respect for mental well-being as a core part of human performance. At NowRise, I apply lessons from large-scale consumer products to create tools that support intentional habits and long-term growth for athletes and those who support them.Open to connecting with product builders, founders, coaches, and others passionate about the intersection of technology and human performance.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Nowrise

   Jan 2026 — Present

   On a mission to support athlete mental performance and well-being.

Education

• University of Washington

  Certificate in Android Application Development

  2011 — 2012

• The University of British Columbia

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

  1998 — 2002

• University of Washington

  Certificate in iPhone and Cocoa Development

  2009 — 2010

Skills

• Mobile Applications
• Software Development
• Android
• Agile Methodologies
• Java
• Software Engineering
• Scrum
• Web Services
• Objective-C
• Rest
• Software Design
• Object Oriented Design
• Git
• Ios Development
• Testing
• Test Automation
• Xml
• C#
• Web Applications
• Quality Assurance
• Json
• Mysql
• .net
• Software Project Management
• Distributed Systems
• Tomcat
• Mobile Devices
• Ios
• Mvc
• Programming