Yating Chen
Director, Data Products | Data & AI Product Strategy | 0→1 Product Lines | Platform Modernization | Analytics
- Role
- Director of Data Products at Lightbox
- Location
- Irvine, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Yating Chen
Passionate, experienced people leader and product leader with strong leadership skills, great technical background and business sensitivity. Skilled in all stages of product development, AI transformation, product management, thought leadership, Business strategic planning, Enterprise-level customer relationship success, team leadership, Presentation, Spatial Data Analysis.Specialties: Product Management, AI transformation, Cross-functional team project management, strategic business planning, customer relationship management, pre-sale/after-sale technical support, Professional services(bulk data, API, SaaS), Geographic Information Science ( GIS ), spatial analysis.
Experience
Director of Data Products
Nov 2021 — Present · Irvine, CA, US
Lead product strategy and delivery for the LightBox Data Platform, focused on data connectivity, integrity, and platform accessibility—while modernizing the platform to be AI-ready (relationship-aware data, temporal history, and ML-assisted ingestion/curation).Highlights:* Owned strategy and roadmap for core data assets (Property, parcel, assessment, building, address, zoning, sales transaction, people).* Launched SmartFabric, a connectivity framework linking datasets for seamless integration and analysis.* Built 0→1 zoning and property data products, enabling $55M ARR.* Scaled acquisition operations and automation to cut refresh time 75% without additional budget.* Expanded distribution via Snowflake, APIs, and feature services, improving self-service access and adoption.
Education
UC Santa Barbara
Visiting PhD scholar, Geographic Information Science, Geography
2011 — 2012
China Agricultural University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geographic Information Science
2008 — 2013
China Agricultural University
Bachelor’s Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography
2004 — 2008
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