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Wei Chen

Former Head of Data · Stratos Labs

Seattle, WA, US

Turns messy data into a real product asset, having built data platforms and ML teams that drove eight-figure revenue lift.

15+ years experienceEnglish, Mandarin

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15yrs

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What Wei is known for

Wei Chen has spent 15 years at the intersection of data engineering and machine learning. As Head of Data at Stratos Labs he built the data platform and 18-person data org from scratch, launching a recommendation system that lifted marketplace GMV by 23% in its first year. Before that, at Northwind Commerce, he migrated a fragile nightly batch pipeline to a streaming architecture that cut data freshness from 24 hours to under five minutes. He advises companies on data strategy, the build-vs-buy decisions in the modern data stack, and how to actually get value from ML investments.

Expertise & sectors

Core expertise

Data strategy Data platform Machine learning Streaming pipelines Modern data stack

Sectors

E-commerce Marketplaces

Experience

Head of Data · Stratos Labs

2019 — 2024

Lead Data Engineer · Northwind Commerce

2014 — 2019

Ways to work together

15-min intro

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A quick fit check on your situation. Wei replies directly.

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Data Strategy Roadmap

$6,500

A deep dive into your data stack, team, and use cases producing a 12-month build-vs-buy roadmap and hiring plan.

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ML Feasibility Call

$900 · 60 min

One-hour working call to pressure-test a proposed ML or recommendation initiative before you staff it.

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