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Filed · 2026 / Q2
SF Bay Area · 37.77°N
v.04 · current
Available — 2026 / Q2

Strategy
& partnerships,
for technical AI.

I work with technical AI companies on GTM, market expansion, and partnerships. My path started in engineering and moved into commercialization: understanding the product, reading the buyer, and helping it work in a new market.

01POSITIONING

Before the funnel is obvious, I find the route in.

(01)

Markets still forming

When buyer language is unstable, competitors are blurry, and the category is still changing names, I write down the real problem first, then choose the entry point.

(02)

Partnerships with a reason

A partnership is not “let’s meet.” I look for why the other side should meet now, what can move after the meeting, and how distribution, trust, or capital can connect.

(03)

AI workflow leverage

I use AI workflows to speed up research, writing, and review. The tool is not the outcome; the outcome is seeing the important signal faster and missing fewer follow-ups.

02EXPERIENCE

From engineering to GTM. I work on how technical products enter real markets.

DifyAI app dev platform · Series A
Chief of Staff — Strategy, Partnerships & AI Workflow. Reported directly to the CEO on strategy and partnerships. Produced biweekly market intelligence memos, board and investor update drafts, and partner materials grounded in live market signals.
CEO direct line
Aug 2025 —
Present
SF Bay
DifyFirst US-based GTM hire
North America Market Development & GTM Lead. Built early North America GTM for a technical AI platform: buyer discovery, field events, partnership routes, and management-facing materials. Helped turn initial US conversations into qualified pipeline and revenue signal.
$250K closed revenue
$3M ARR NA-sourced ARR
Jan 2025 —
Aug 2025
SF Bay
Industrial NextYC W22 · intelligent manufacturing
Robotics-adjacent intelligent manufacturing. Worked at a YC-backed startup founded by former Tesla directors, gaining early exposure to physical automation and factory deployment realities. The company operated across the U.S. and China, which gave me familiarity with cross-border startup and manufacturing coordination.
YC W22 robotics-adjacent startup
US ↔ China manufacturing coordination
Apr 2023 —
Aug 2023
Boston, US
03SELECTED CASES

Three case studies: commercialization paths, market judgment, and AI-enabled operating workflows.

04ABOUT

The problems I am built to handle.

My base is technical, but I do not position myself as a pure engineer. Electrical and computer engineering, plus early work at a YC robotics-adjacent intelligent manufacturing company, trained me to understand real operating environments, product constraints, and U.S.-China execution context.

The commercial work came later: GTM, market expansion, and partnerships. That work taught me to read the market and the customer more carefully: who has budget, who is only curious, and which situations are worth pursuing.

So I am not the person for “send a few more emails.” I am better suited to questions like: who should the company meet, how should it explain itself, why now, and how do we turn that judgment into meetings, materials, and shipped outcomes?

Education
Duke MEng — ECE, 3.8 / 4.0
NJUPT BS — EE, 3.8 / 4.0
Workflow
Claude Code, Codex, custom research pipelines
Field
NVIDIA GTC · AWS re:Invent · SF AI dev confs
Good fit
Technical AI, AI infra, devtools, ecosystem partnerships, cross-border GTM

Let's talk.

Best fit Technical AI, AI infrastructure, developer tools, cross-border GTM, ecosystem partnerships, and CEO-adjacent strategic projects.

Timing Useful opportunities usually come with a company stage, the problem you want me to handle, and why now. Credible intros get a reply within 48 hours.

Geography San Francisco Bay Area. Asia trips quarterly.