Jacques Fu is a founder and seasoned technology leader with 11+ years building and scaling fintech and healthcare platforms from prototype to market-leading businesses. As co-founder and CTO of Stax (Fattmerchant), he architected the payments platform that scaled to $23–24B in annual volume, grew the team from 1 to 400+, and helped the company reach unicorn valuation while maintaining PCI and SOC2 compliance. He combines hands-on engineering (Node/Express, Laravel, React, AWS microservices, CI/CD) with product strategy, M&A execution, and building Centers of Excellence to democratize PMO and analytics. Jacques now builds AI-enabled learning tools at Senseily and Worth AI and continues to found e-learning and edtech ventures through PETE Learning. A community builder and angel investor, he co-founded Orlando Devs (8k+ members) and The Assistance Fund, demonstrating a pattern of scaling both tech products and civic organizations. He’s equally at home sketching architecture diagrams, speaking at local universities and chambers, and translating complex regulatory requirements into pragmatic engineering roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, Computer Science, International Baccalaureate, Computer Science at Suncoast
Accounting and Computer Science, Accounting and Computer Science at University of Central Florida
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