2003-1996: With brother Wilson Tai, co-founded award-winning auto group of thirty (30) members that influenced the $7-billion dollar American franchise “The Fast and the Furious” [theguardian.com]. Established the first import car club on the Internet as verified by Wayback Machine, Internet Archive [geocities.com].2003-1999: Obtained BA in Digital Graphics, Honors [California State University, East Bay].2006-03: Obtained BS in Advertising Management, Magna Cum Laude & MA in Architectural Design [San José State University].2007: Partnered with McCall Design Group on an award-winning, green-building design for sustainable second-unit housing [Humboldt Association-Realtors].2008: Documented history of Bay Area rap creating an online campaign with 32-million video views [Pushin' the Bay TV / San Francisco Bay Guardian].2009: July 31 founded Oakland Digital Arts and Literacy Center Inc, a public benefit corporation bridging the digital literacy & opportunity divide [irs.gov].2010: Oct. 2nd, filmed and produced video “Tweedia Day: Warriors Media Day” – the second most tweeted video in sports of October 2010 [YouTube Studio].2011: Recognized as ‘Hometown Hero’ featured on CNN Headline News / Comcast Newsmakers [csueastbay.edu]. Organized first ever “Social Media for Small Business” at Oakland City Hall educating 240+ entrepreneurs of color [examiner.com].2012: Led expansion of a workforce development program spanning 25 cities, 50 colleges, 6,500 students with 84M bulletin impressions [oaklanddigital.org].2013: Selected to keynote SJSU’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Graduation Ceremony & Orientation addressing 1,700 students in May [sjsu.edu].2014: Led AT&T’s 28 Days Campaign for Black History Month, produced 11,570 pieces of social currency yielding 90-million impressions [Twitter Analytics].2015: Selected as Cal State East Bay’s highest honor, Distinguished Young Alumnus of the academic year [csueastbay.edu].2018-2016: With lead support from Google & Golden State Warriors, launched BRIDGEGOOD app, a platform connecting job seekers to professional opportunities [Google.org & Golden State Warriors Community Foundation].2021-19: TechCrunch named BRIDGEGOOD “Social Impact” Finalist at Crunchies Awards. SF Business Times & CSUEB named Shaun Tai 40 under 40 honoree (5x honoree) [TechCrunch].2022: Providing 15,000 BIPOC designers with tech opportunities and collaboration studio in Jack London Square for Career Development [BRIDGEGOOD.org].2023/24: Recognized with KPIX 5’s prestigious Jefferson Awards Silver Medal [CBS News].
Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Digital Media, Public Speaking, and 46 others.