Building teams, process, and the next generation of marketers.

Growth leader with 15+ years across SaaS, fintech, and healthcare. Founding operator turned Head of Growth. I build systems people can run and talent that compounds.

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Open-source adoption

~5M

downloads through community-led growth

Commercial conversion

60+

paying customers in six months

Brand audience

20k+

LinkedIn followers built from zero

Institutional marketing

$1M+

healthcare marketing across 23+ sites

Selected work

Outcomes first. Systems behind them.

Case studies from founding growth at Mage and earlier institutional marketing and finance roles.

Mage AI · Founding Marketing Hire → Head of Growth

Built the growth engine behind nearly 5M downloads

As the founding marketing hire, I owned brand, community, and education for a data and AI workflow product with no playbook and limited spend. The job was to make adoption compound.

Nearly 5M downloads · 8.7k+ GitHub stars · LinkedIn from 0 to 20k+ followers

Designed community-led acquisition and developer education that compounded over years.
Owned the full funnel: acquisition, activation, retention, and expansion.
Shaped positioning and narrative that supported product adoption and fundraising.

Mage AI · Commercial launch

Converted open-source reach into a commercial motion

Reach is not revenue. I helped launch a commercial tier while covering marketing, sales touchpoints, customer success, and partnerships so the business could grow beyond community goodwill.

0 to 60+ paying customers in the first six months

Partnered with leadership on pricing, packaging, and the customer journey.
Built onboarding and lifecycle systems for a durable go-to-market motion.
Connected product and engineering to revenue work through rapid change.

Family HealthCare Network · Mirastar Federal Credit Union

Operated marketing and finance inside established institutions

Before startups, I worked in healthcare and credit-union environments with executive reporting, multi-site brand standards, and institutional accountability.

$1M+ healthcare marketing across 23+ clinics · Board-level budgeting and forecasting

Family HealthCare Network (FQHC): campaigns tied to patient access and community care.
Mirastar: marketing analytics through Senior Financial Analyst with Board reporting.
Proof of leading with process, partners, and measurable outcomes, not only zero-to-one work.

How I lead

Titles do not build people. Teachers and operators do.

I have worked since I was 14 across retail, food service, banking operations, finance, healthcare, and founding SaaS growth. That path made me a better teacher. I still remember learning every rung without a shortcut.

After years of wearing every hat, I am clearest on what creates durable growth: a team, shared process, and marketers who can run the system without heroics.

Teach. Mentor. Train. Build it together.

About

Operator first. Mentor always.

I am a 1.5-generation Korean American in the South Bay: husband, soon-to-be father, and operator who has done the hard miles from retail floors to open-source GTM. I care about work that lasts and people who grow because of it.

Open to Head of Growth and Director of Growth Marketing roles at growth-stage or established organizations. Remote or Bay Area hybrid. Culture, parental leave, and a sustainable pace matter.

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Building something ambitious? Let's talk.

Open to Head of Growth and Director of Growth Marketing roles where developing people matters as much as the number.

thomaschung408@gmail.com