Thomas Chung

Head of Growth | Growth Marketing Leader

South Bay / SF Bay Area · thomaschung408@gmail.com · 408-310-9087 · linkedin.com/in/tchungry

Professional Summary

Growth and marketing leader with 15+ years across SaaS, fintech, and healthcare. Founding marketing hire who scaled open-source adoption to nearly 5M downloads and 8.7k+ GitHub stars, grew brand presence from zero to 20k+ LinkedIn followers, and launched a commercial offering to 60+ paying customers in six months. Earlier stewarded a $1M+ healthcare marketing budget across 23+ clinical sites and led Board-level budgeting and forecasting in credit-union finance. Known for building full-funnel growth systems and developing marketers and cross-functional partners so the work compounds beyond one person.

Experience

Mage AI

Head of Growth (Marketing, Sales, Partnerships & Customer Success)

Founding Marketing Hire → Growth Marketing Manager → Head of Growth

Aug 2021 – Present · Hybrid, Santa Clara, CA

  • Scaled organic adoption to nearly 5M downloads and 8.7k+ GitHub stars through community-led education, content, and developer-aware brand building.
  • Built full-funnel growth across acquisition, activation, retention, and expansion as the founding marketing hire for an open-source data + AI workflow platform.
  • Grew company LinkedIn from 0 to 20k+ followers with an education-first narrative that supported recruiting, partnerships, and pipeline.
  • Launched managed / commercial offering from 0 to 60+ paying customers in six months; partnered on pricing, packaging, and customer strategy.
  • Owned marketing, sales, customer success, and partnerships through earlier-stage growth; after Series A earlier this year, refocused day-to-day on growth marketing while continuing to partner across GTM.
  • Coached cross-functional partners and built onboarding, lifecycle, and operating processes others could run; partnered with founders on growth narrative and metrics for fundraising.

Mirastar Federal Credit Union

Formerly Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union

Marketing Analyst → Senior Financial Analyst · 2017 – 2021 · San Jose, CA

  • As Senior Financial Analyst, led budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting for leadership and the Board.
  • Strengthened reporting workflows connecting marketing performance to financial stewardship and institutional budget accountability.
  • As Marketing Analyst, owned analytics, segmentation, and campaign support that improved member messaging relevance.
  • Supported rebrand and multi-channel member communications with agency and internal partners.

Family HealthCare Network (FQHC)

Marketing & Communications Coordinator · 2016 – 2017 · Hybrid, Visalia, CA

  • Stewarded a $1M+ marketing budget across 23+ clinical locations, aligning spend to patient access and community health goals.
  • Led patient engagement and community outreach campaigns focused on access to care for underserved populations.
  • Owned website, newsletters, PR, and multimedia brand consistency across a multi-site network; developed bilingual (English/Spanish) materials.

Earlier Experience

Mirastar Federal Credit Union: Marketing Coordinator (2012–2016); ATM Processor (2007–2012); Member Service Representative (2005–2006) · San Jose, CA. Kollaboration SF: Media Manager (2009–2010) · San Francisco, CA. Built member marketing and MCIF segmentation programs; led ATM/ops process and training; delivered community media campaigns including a sold-out event for 1,000+ attendees and $20k+ in ticket sales and sponsorships.

Education

B.S., Business Administration (Marketing) · San José State University

Skills

Growth & GTM: PLG, community-led acquisition, lifecycle marketing, positioning, content, commercial conversion, partnerships. Leadership: Board/executive reporting, cross-functional enablement, mentorship, process design. Tools: HubSpot, Google Analytics, SQL, Grafana, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Notion, Airtable, GitHub.