Kenneth Chang
Chief Of Staff at J Studio
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolKenneth Chang is a results-driven technology leader with 14 years of experience scaling product, partnerships, and go-to-market strategies across EDA, HPC, and cloud platforms, now serving as Chief of Staff at Sequoia- and YC-backed JITX in San Francisco. He combines deep hands-on engineering roots—from ASIC and mixed-signal design through enterprise EDA product management—with strategic GTM and alliance expertise developed at AWS, Cadence, Synopsys and multiple startups. Kenneth has launched and grown mission-critical product lines, led JV operations with C-level stakeholders, and driven acquisitions and IPO-related transitions, demonstrating strength in cross-functional execution and customer obsession. He’s also an active contributor to Liferay plugins, focusing on backend fixes and workflow-related issues, reflecting a practical engineering mindset alongside executive leadership. A trained musician and longtime ensemble performer, he brings creativity and discipline to product problem-solving and stakeholder orchestration. Based in San Francisco with an eclectic technical and business education background, he excels at translating complex technical challenges into customer-focused, high-velocity outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Honours with Distinction, Honours with Distinction at St. Pius X High SchoolHonours Communication and Effective Public Speaking, Honours Communication and Effective Public Speaking at Dale Carnegie TrainingEDAMBA, MBA at University of OttawaProduct Management, Product Management at Sequent Learning NetworksMini-MBA Business Administration and Management General, Mini-MBA Business Administration and Management General at Santa Clara University Leavey School of BusinessB. Eng. E.E., B. Eng. E.E. at Carleton UniversityHonours with Distinction, Honours with Distinction at St. Paul's High SchoolTechnology, Technology at Shad Valley, University of ManitobaPatents, Patents at Stanford University
English, French, chinese (mandarin, cantonese)
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Github Skills (7)
javas10
liferay10
java10
jsp9
jspx9
workflow-engine7
solr6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
liferay/liferay-plugins
Jul 2011 - Sep 2014
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:54 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Kenneth primarily contributed to fixing bugs and addressing issues within the Liferay plugins repository. Their work involved modifications in various portlets, including mail, WSRP, and my-subscriptions portlets. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on resolving null pointer exceptions, javascript loading issues, and implementing features like enabling translations for page layouts, indicating a strong understanding of the Liferay platform. Further, the user has also demonstrated working knowledge of workflow in kaleo-web and calendar portlets.
jonathanmccann/liferay-portal
Jul 2013 - Sep 2014
Contributions:156 commits in 1 year 2 months
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