Summary
James Gong is a founder and CEO with eight years in tech leadership and a broader 20+ year career spanning consulting, media measurement, and product P&L roles. He built and led Nielsen China and Datastory product portfolios, driving commercial growth across media tracking, social listening and generative AI solutions before founding kua.ai, a Generative AI SaaS for eCommerce sellers. Trained in economics at McGill and Renmin University, he combines quantitative rigor with hands-on product and go-to-market experience. James is comfortable bridging R&D, operations and sales, having repeatedly moved offerings from strategy through client success at scale. A China-based operator fluent in both enterprise partnerships and startup execution, he uniquely mixes legacy media insights with modern AI productization.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Economics, Bachelor, Economics at Renmin University of China
Master, Economics, Master, Economics at McGill University