Jackie Wong | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Stanford University (
BA) University of Pennsylvania ( MArch, MBA) |
Occupation | McKinsey & Company consultant |
Years active | 2009-present |
Jackie Wong (born April 11, 1982) is a figure skating analyst. [1] [2] He blogs, tweets and sells merchandise as Rocker Skating as well as hosting the Ice Talk podcast at Ice Network. [3] He is based in New York. [4]
Wong has worked for architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and is currently an associate consultant at McKinsey & Company. [5] A former novice skater who has passed the U.S. Figure Skating juvenile tests and worked as a coach and a judge, he began covering figure skating for Examiner.com in 2009. [6]
He created Rocker Skating as a graduate business school project at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 and began attracting sponsorships. [7] His commentary ranges from offering technical play-by-plays [8] to sharing his opinions on a skater's choice of costumes and music. [9]
Wong has a bachelor's degree in economics and urban studies from Stanford University, a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and an MBA from Penn's Wharton School. [6] He contributed to the University of Pennsylvania's biomedical research department by analyzing the movement and positions of the arms, legs and head of ice skaters and presenting them as 3D models. [10] He was selected to compete in Season 36 of " Jeopardy!" [11] and came in second place on the episode that aired May 19, 2020. [12]