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David Chen

Former CPO · Stratafield

Boston, MA, US

Enterprise CPO who built design systems and product ops that let 200-engineer orgs ship like 20.

26+ years experienceEnglish, Mandarin

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26yrs

Operating leadership

Senior roles

Areas of expertise

5.0★

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What David is known for

David Chen has spent 26 years in product and engineering leadership, the last decade focused on scaling enterprise software organizations. As CPO at Stratafield he unified four fragmented product lines under a single design system and product-ops function, cutting time-to-ship by 40% across a 200-person org. Before that, at Halcyon Systems, he led the platform team that grew net revenue retention from 104% to 128%. David is methodical, systems-minded, and a strong coach for product leaders navigating their first big scaling phase. He advises growth-stage and PE-backed software companies on product operations and organizational design.

Expertise & sectors

Core expertise

Product ops Design systems Platform strategy Org design Roadmapping

Sectors

Enterprise software Data infrastructure

Experience

Chief Product Officer · Stratafield

2016 — 2024

VP Product · Halcyon Systems

2009 — 2016

Ways to work together

15-min intro

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Product Ops Audit

$9,500

A structured review of your planning cadence, tooling, and design-system maturity, delivered as a scorecard plus a sequenced roadmap to scale without chaos.

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What people say about David

“David rebuilt how our product org operates. Releases that used to take a quarter now take weeks, and nobody is burning out to do it.”

RORina Okafor · COO, Stratafield

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