Alex Smith
Founder at Greater Philly AI
Shanghai, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Smith is a founder and product leader who builds and deploys AI systems that streamline operations and replace slow processes end-to-end, from strategy to production. With eight years of experience scaling product and education businesses across China and globally, he previously led AI-driven shopping experiences as a Senior PM at Klarna and grew Le Wagon China through rapid product pivots during COVID restrictions. Fluent in Mandarin and experienced in cross-border execution, he has hands-on engineering roots (WeChat Mini Programs, frontend launches) and a track record of bootstrapping campuses and teams quickly. Based in Shanghai/Philadelphia, he combines operator-level empathy—embedding with teams to map real workflows—with technical delivery, making him as comfortable shipping prototypes as moving them into production. An avid problem-solver, he often surfaces non-obvious process bottlenecks and replaces them with pragmatic AI solutions that drive measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
9-Week Full Time Web Development Bootcamp, 9-Week Full Time Web Development Bootcamp at Le WagonBachelor of Applied Science - BASc Economics, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Economics at Virginia TechChinese Language Study, Chinese Language Study at The Chinese Language Institute (CLI)Semester at Sea / Institute of Shipboard Education, Semester at Sea / Institute of Shipboard Education at University of Virginia
English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
wechat-mini-program5
jekyll4
music4
vue3
excel2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
smithavt14/moverz
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
A WeChat Mini Program for environmentally sustainable package delivery
Contributions:60 commits, 4 PRs, 50 pushes in 2 years 4 months
wechat-mini-program
smithavt14/women_who_china
Feb 2020 - May 2022
A Jekyll-based, static website to promote women who excel in China Digital Marketing.
Contributions:6 PRs, 59 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 3 months
exceljekyll
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