Her Story
About Gloria
Gloria Tang, EMBA, is an accomplished business and product leader serving as Head of Business at Climb Studio, a boutique architecture design services company based in Fremont, California. She entered the architecture and design industry in 2020 during the pandemic, bringing with her extensive experience in product management across the software and internet industries, including leadership roles with globally recognized companies such as Apple, Yahoo, and eBay. At Climb Studio, Gloria focuses on business operations and strategic growth, working closely with a lean team to manage incoming client projects, monitor progress against organizational goals, and provide insights that strengthen the company’s long-term direction.
Gloria’s product management background strongly influences her approach to business, particularly her commitment to understanding customer needs and solving real-world problems. At Climb Studio, she focuses on serving residential homeowners with limited budgets, an underserved market that can often be overlooked by larger architecture firms. By combining customer empathy, data-driven analysis, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration, she helps the company deliver accessible design services while building lasting trust with clients. Her broader expertise includes product strategy, digital marketplaces, eCommerce, search optimization, analytics, project management, Agile methodologies, stakeholder engagement, and business development. She holds an Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology, an M.S. in Information Systems from Drexel University, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Beyond her professional career, Gloria is deeply committed to mentorship, leadership development, and community building. Through her volunteer involvement with MJAA (Mondo Jade Asian Americans), she helped establish a community program in 2021 that has grown to support approximately 1,500 members through mentoring, workshops, networking, and leadership development opportunities for young professionals. She is passionate about continuous learning and brings a spirit of curiosity to both her professional and community work, exploring how businesses across different industries operate and identifying opportunities to create sustainable growth. A multilingual professional fluent in Mandarin, Malay, Indonesian, and English, Gloria brings a global perspective, collaborative leadership style, and customer-focused mindset to every organization and community she serves.
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