Sales/GTM · Applied AI Operations
Christina Huang
“Applied AI Operations @ Cognition | World Economic Forum Global Shaper | Learning Analytics | Computational Design”
- Joined
- May 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- New York UniversityAdjunct Faculty, Learning Analytics
- Status
- Current
Details
LocationSan Francisco Bay Area
Company sitecognition.ai
LanguagesChinese, English, Japanese, Portuguese, Taiwanese
UniversityColumbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University in the City of New York, University of California, Los Angeles, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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- Publicly described building 'Devin Co:Lab' at Cognition: Wells Fargo Technology engineers spent four days in SF with the Cognition team solving real problems with Devin.Oct 30, 2026
- In the Co:Lab post she frames engineers as now operating 'more like architects: structuring problems, deciding what to delegate to fleets of Devins, and owning what ships', a learning-design view of agentic coding adoption.Oct 30, 2026
- Joined Cognition (maker of Devin and, since its July 2025 acquisition, Windsurf) as Applied AI Operations in May 2026, based in San Francisco.May 2026
- Before Cognition she spent Aug 2022-Apr 2026 at Mastercard in Learning & Development: Manager, L&D Product (2022-2024), then Director, L&D, AI & Data (Oct 2024-Apr 2026).Oct 2024
- Cognition's company page and teammates (e.g. deployed engineer posts, Canyon Manske) promoted the same Wells Fargo Devin Co:Lab program.Oct 2026
- Cognition signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf (the agentic IDE) in July 2025, including its IP, product, trademark and brand; she joined about ten months later.Jul 2025Cognition signs definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE (company context).
- Columbia Business School 2018-2022: Program Manager, then Assistant Director Participant & Program Experience, then Assistant Director Online & Digital Programs (Apr 2020-Aug 2022), running digital executive-education programs through the pandemic shift online.Apr 2020
- Public headline says "Applied AI Operations @ Cognition | World Economic Forum Global Shaper | Learning Analytics | Computational Design".
- Listed in the 2026 Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship roster as 'Global Learning & Development, AI & Data @ Mastercard'.2026
- The folk.computer March 2025 newsletter notes she visited to arrange for Andres to run a guest workshop in her NYU Learning Analytics class.Mar 2025
- Adjunct Faculty in Learning Analytics at New York University, Jan-May 2025.Jan 2025
- Board Member, Responsible Tech at All Tech Is Human (Apr 2024-Mar 2025); she is also listed among contributors associated with the organization.Apr 2024
Experience
Applied AI Operations at Cognition
May 2026 - Present
San Francisco, CA
Director, Learning & Development, AI & Data at Mastercard
Oct 2024 - Apr 2026
New York, NY
Manager, Learning & Development, Product at Mastercard
Aug 2022 - Oct 2024
Adjunct Faculty, Learning Analytics at New York University
Jan 2025 - May 2025
Global Shaper at World Economic Forum
Jun 2018 - May 2025
New York, United States
Vice Curator, Global Shapers Community New York Hub (2019-2020) at World Economic Forum
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
New York, United States
Board Member, Responsible Tech at All Tech Is Human
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Fellow, Tech for Impact at THINC Fellowship
Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
Education
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Master of Science - MS, Computational Design
Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Science - MS, Learning Analytics
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Business Economics, Education Studies
UCLA Extension
Happiness: Theory, Research, and Application in Positive Psychology
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Stanford MBA Future Leaders Program
Harvard Business School
Harvard Peek Weekend
Projects
VolunteeringBoard Member, Responsible Tech, All Tech Is Human (2024-2025) · Vice Curator, Global Shapers New York Hub (2019-2020)
Recent posts
July 2025
Cognition signs definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE (company context).
TechCrunch: Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf days after Google DeepMind hired its CEO and research leaders.
AwardsAspen Institute UpSkill America & Guild Fellow (2023) · THINC Fellowship Cohort 23/24 · WEF Global Shaper
Profiles