Founder, Tech & Product Leader, Fractional CTPO
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Welcome to my personal website! I'm Stuart Wan, I'm passionate about creating products that people LOVE. I’m a seasoned tech professional with over 20 years of experience in product development, tech management, and innovation.
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Expertise & Interests
My core strengths and passions lie in building products people love:
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Creating product from 0 to 1
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Product Strategy, Management, Growth
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Finding Product-Market Fit
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Product-led Growth
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Engineering Workflow Improvements
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Mentoring & Leading High-Performing Tech & Product Teams
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Helping Large Teams Work Like Startups
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Digital Transformation for traditional business systems/models
Professional Journey
My career has spanned various roles and industries, always at the forefront of technology:
2017–Present: Founder, entrepreneur, strategy consulting
- Led the digital transformation and internal software development team for ASX 200 company Kelsian Group (formerly SeaLink Travel Group) over a two-year period. My role focused on delivering a comprehensive customer experience initiative, which encompassed unifying all customer-facing websites, launching innovative mobile apps, and implementing a robust CRM system. I guided the team in adopting cutting-edge tools and methodologies, nurturing a data-driven mindset, and approaching large-scale projects with Lean Startup practices.
- Partnered with ClinicMastery, a Telstra business award winner, to build their SaaS product for the Allied Health industry – Allie. I spearheaded the product strategy, guiding Allie from concept to reality and achieving early product-market fit.
- Co-founded UWAI, an Adelaide-based startup that secured investment from the South Australian government, private investors and enterprises. Though the venture closed due to COVID-19, I'm now helping new directors to leverage the previous assets to develop a new product: TeamPerks.
- Founded growthbox, a successful product development agency based in Adelaide, by uniting trusted professionals from my decade-long network. After establishing the company's strong foundation and growth trajectory, I transitioned to an advisory role, focusing on strategic initiatives while empowering the team to manage daily operations.
2011–2017: Tech Leadership and Management roles
- Built product teams and managed development across APAC, including Mainland China, Australia, Hong Kong, Philippines and Vietnam.
- Built and managed the entire product and engineering team for Juwai.com, an international real estate platform that grew to 10 million monthly active users with millions of property listings across 100+ countries. I also spearheaded a collaboration with Tencent, China's largest website, to provide these property listings on their portal.
- As tech lead for GoldenBridges, a US NGO, I built and led the technology team in building the social network for President Obama's 100K Strong Initiative: Project Pengyou.
- Revamped and managed the public and member website for Committee of 100, a prestigious non-profit organisation founded by I.M. Pei, it boasts influential members like Yo-Yo Ma (cellist), Jerry Yang (founder and former CEO of Yahoo!), and Steven Chen (co-founder of YouTube).
2005–2011: Engineering roles
- I worked as the core engineer in various companies including Silicon Valley startups, Linux companies and one of China's top 10 websites.
Let's Connect
If you're interested in collaborating, discussing potential opportunities, or exploring how we can create something amazing, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwan/
Mentoring & Advisory
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Expert advice for everything you need to build and grow your product
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Unlimited messages (Slack, Email, SMS) or phone calls
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Video consulting or in-person catchups when we are in the same city
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Ultimate flexibility: activate or deactivate any time you need
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Mentoring & Advisory Service
Useful Resources
Product Analytics for Startups
If you're building a new product, take advantage of these excellent startup credits from the top three product analytics tools. They're fantastic and should suffice for your first year or so.
Products & Tools I Love
People often ask me about the tools I use for various tasks. Here's a list of my favourite apps, which may change over time: