Christopher Smolak
Director Of Global Expansion & Operations
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
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Top SchoolChristopher Smolak is a results-driven international executive with eight years of experience scaling tech-enabled ventures and leading go-to-market and operations from China. As Director of Global Expansion & Operations at Labring and former Director of Operations (Growth) at AFFiNE, he combines hands-on growth consulting and technical fluency with a strong foundation in financial economics and business strategy. He has built teams and launched international programs across education, fintech, and enterprise SaaS, often stepping into early-stage roles to take organizations from zero to scale. Currently completing doctoral studies in Business Administration while advising clients as a growth and technology consultant, he blends academic rigor with practical execution. Based in Hangzhou, he’s equally comfortable negotiating cross-border partnerships and optimizing operational systems, and he brings a rare mix of educational leadership and fintech entrepreneurship to global expansion challenges.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Business & Finance, Business/Commerce, General, MSc Business & Finance, Business/Commerce, General at University of EssexHeriot-Watt University Edinburgh CampusPGCE, EDUCATION, PGCE, EDUCATION at Leeds Beckett UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Financial Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Financial Economics at Coventry UniversityDoctor's Degree, PgCert Research Methods (Pre-Doctoral Programme), Doctor's Degree, PgCert Research Methods (Pre-Doctoral Programme) at Teesside University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (62)
rust-lang10
markdown10
contenteditable10
operating-system10
sorting10
kubernetes10
container10
docker10
electron10
workspace10
kubeadm10
nextjs10
yjs10
editor10
crdt10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
toeverything/AFFiNE-docs-archive
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
AFFiNE Docs - This GItHub is synced with the AFFiNE GitBook.
Contributions:2 reviews, 98 commits, 19 PRs in 4 months
gitbookgitlabaffine
toeverything/AFFiNE-Community
Apr 2023 - Jun 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 24 comments, 108 issues in 1 year 1 month
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