# Jiayue (Jenny) He

> Jiayue (Jenny) He is the co-founder and CEO of Ergeon, a technology-enabled outdoor construction company founded in 2018 with Odysseas Tsatalos. A licensed contractor with an electrical engineering doctorate from Princeton, she previously worked at McKinsey and led ezhome.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Ergeon
- **Organizations:** Ergeon, ezhome, McKinsey & Company, Persistence
- **Education:** B.A.Sc., Engineering Science, Electrical Engineering major, University of Toronto, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering; computer networking research, Princeton University
- **Known for:** Completed a Princeton doctorate in 2008, advised by Jennifer Rexford and Mung Chiang., University of Toronto’s 2025 speaker biography reports she graduated ranked first among approximately 15,000 Canadian engineering graduates., Ergeon’s 2025 construction conference biography reports $83 million raised and contractor licenses held by He in 13 states.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Graduated from the University of Toronto; began doctoral study at Princeton.
- **2008** — Completed Princeton doctorate and joined McKinsey.
- **2015** — Joined ezhome as senior vice president; subsequently served as COO and CEO.
- **2018** — Co-founded Ergeon with Odysseas Tsatalos on her birthday, after ezhome closed.
- **2019** — Became a founding board member of Persistence, according to her public professional biography.
- **2023** — Published reflections on five years as an Ergeon founder.
- **2025** — Listed as a speaker at the University of Toronto Engineering Science Education Conference.

## Achievements

- Completed a Princeton doctorate in 2008, advised by Jennifer Rexford and Mung Chiang.
- University of Toronto’s 2025 speaker biography reports she graduated ranked first among approximately 15,000 Canadian engineering graduates.
- Ergeon’s 2025 construction conference biography reports $83 million raised and contractor licenses held by He in 13 states.
- Ergeon reports more than 41,000 outdoor projects completed on its company page, accessed October 9, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Listed for a January 24 University of Toronto talk on transforming construction services with technology; the speaker biography reported more than 30,000 projects and a team of 300+ across 40+ countries.
- **2024-06** — Appeared on Transforming Work with Sophie Wade to discuss productivity and distributed management.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ergeon.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiayue-jenny-he

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Last updated: 2026-10-09