About

Jay Chang is a seasoned product marketer and developer with over 10 years of experience in leadership roles. He is a cross-functional team motivator, aligning teams towards common goals and fostering product growth by empathizing with users and making data-driven decisions to innovate towards success. Jay is a core communicator between multi-functional teams, seamlessly translating between engineering, marketing, operations, and business teams to architect go-to-market strategies and product roadmaps. Jay is well-versed in technical and business frameworks, having interfaced with executives in growth startups and enterprise companies leading product innovation and strategy engagements. He led Product Marketing at Block.one, driving go-to-market launch and product strategy for EOSIO, one of the largest blockchain platforms in the world. He was the voice of customers in the product roadmap, spearheaded market research efforts, and championed internal alignment working with cross-functional stakeholders. Prior to Block.one, Jay worked in Enterprise Innovation Agencies for five years. He was a Partner & Head of Product at Sidebench, an award-winning LA-based Corporate Innovation Lab, and Director of Product at Fate Lab, a venture studio acquired by Boston Consulting Group's Digital Ventures team. There, they focused on internal innovation projects building 0-1 products within Fortune 500 brands. Jay is currently a Product Marketing Manager at Google, working on Developer Product Marketing for Flutter on the Platform and Ecosystems team. Flutter is Google's fast, flexible open-source UI software development kit for building beautiful natively performant applications in a single codebase. Jay is also an Influencer @BehindTheKnife on Instagram, with over 60k followers. He has interviewed hundreds of Restaurant Industry professionals as a Food Industry Consultant and Influencer. He is intimately familiar with restaurant operations, growth opportunities, and challenges in the food industry. Jay identifies operational challenges and connects industry individuals with service providers to streamline operations. He has consulted for numerous events and openings for food startups & large restaurants, including a global gallery opening. Jay is passionate, versatile, and a storyteller. He believes in a vision, backs it up with data, and is comfortable presenting to influence stakeholder decisions. He thrives in both technical and business conversations, thinking holistically about customer experience.