Bryan Phillips
PM
Portfolio management @ BlackRock. Bryan's experience revolves around market research, breaking down financial markets, and communicating investment strategy.
Activ
F'23The social network for fitness.
Consumer
About
Activ is a social fitness platform built for gym-goers who want more than just a workout tracker. The core problem is that many people struggle to find a fitness community where they can learn, stay motivated, and remain accountable over time. Activ addresses that by creating a dedicated social network for gym life, where users can connect with others, discover routines, share progress, and build consistency through community. Activ is designed to make fitness feel less isolated and more motivating by turning workouts into a shared experience centered around community, motivation, and personal growth.
Product
Activ is a mobile platform that combines workout tracking, scheduling, social posting, and community discovery into one app designed specifically for fitness. Users can create and schedule workouts, track activity and progress over time, explore other people’s routines and exercises, save popular workouts, and engage with fitness communities built around shared goals and interests. Premium features allow Activ users to deepen engagement with features like leaderboards, instructional videos, and richer analytics to boost their fitness journeys.
Founders
Jiwon Lee
Designer
Jiwon is a product designer focused on UX. She currently works as a UX designer at 7-Eleven and previously designed at CNN, building consumer-facing digital experiences.
Reza Banankhah
Developer
Reza is a software engineer at Roblox. He studied CS and business at USC and previously worked on backend systems and AI products at startups and fintech companies.
Yifei Lu
Developer
Yifei studies CS at USC and builds across backend systems and product engineering. She has interned at Meta and Gemini and developed products through LavaLab.