Ching-Yen Chen: Finance Experience Overview.

Across his finance career, Ching-Yen has evaluated companies, assets, financing structures, management teams, and transaction risk. That work requires the same habits SchoolPitch wants students to learn early: clear thinking, evidence, discipline, and conviction.

His experience spans private equity origination, transaction execution, debt and equity financings, infrastructure investments, public-company advisory work, and quantitative finance risk management.

SchoolPitch asks students to explain a real problem, a credible solution, and a practical path forward. Ching-Yen brings a professional investor lens to that process without expecting students to sound like polished executives.

The goal is not to reward the flashiest presentation. It is to identify young founders who show strong judgment, customer insight, coachability, and the courage to build something real.

By volunteering as head judge, Ching-Yen helps turn SchoolPitch into more than a contest. His review process gives student founders exposure to the kind of disciplined evaluation used in real capital markets and investment decisions.

That standard helps make the grant meaningful: students are not just competing for money, they are learning how serious builders communicate.