Mark Stephan
Advisor, Product Strategy, Growth And Investor Relations
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Stephan is a product leader and serial founder with 15+ years building SaaS, AI/ML, fintech, and marketplace products from idea to revenue. He combines hands-on product strategy and UX leadership with investor relations and growth playbooks, having doubled revenue at ProductHired, scaled user growth at Kredya, and driven multimillion-dollar gains at Toptal. As CEO of a Fractional AI Agency he built rapid, ROI-focused AI implementations that routinely cut costs and multiplied conversions, and today advises startups on ethical, compliant AI and capital strategy at Debtfindr. Mark’s background spans founding agencies, exiting a software firm, and leading cross-functional teams of up to 45 people—bringing operator grit and executive coaching to early-stage teams. He’s equally comfortable redesigning complex enterprise workflows as he is prototyping social-good experiments, reflecting a rare mix of analytical rigor and creative storytelling. Based in Austin, he often bridges product, data, and fundraising in ways that accelerate both user impact and investor confidence.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA History English Creative Writing Latin Ancient Greek German Anthropology Classical Studies, BA History English Creative Writing Latin Ancient Greek German Anthropology Classical Studies at Purdue University
Turkish, English
Github Skills (4)
product-management10
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Github contributions (3)
mstephan/open-product-management
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
adviceproduct-management
ProductHired/open-product-management
Apr 2016 - May 2016
A curated list of product management advice for technical people.
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 comment in 20 days
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