About me

I’m Timothy Wong, Global VP of Data & AI at Airwallex. My work brings together product management, engineering, and business strategy, with data and AI as the foundation.

I started at Zong, a startup later acquired by PayPal, working across analytics and product strategy. At Airbnb, I joined as the first data scientist for China, built the analytics team, and later moved into leading strategy and operations. At Kuaishou, I led analytics and data science, helping inform product and investment decisions.

At Airwallex, that experience comes together across data platforms, AI products, company transformation, and growth technology. I work on what to build, how the systems fit together, and how to organise teams to carry the work through.

My experience spans startup building, international expansion, and operating at scale, with work across AMER, EMEA, and APAC. Moving between these settings has shaped how I approach problems: understand the business, get close to the technical details, and stay involved as the product meets reality.

I believe AI will make more capabilities widely available. The advantage comes from what a company builds around them: customer understanding, proprietary context, learning from outcomes, and teams that can turn that learning into better products and decisions.

I write to work through those questions and share what I learn. I also make games and videos, exploring what the technology makes possible through building. You’ll find a selection in Lab.