---
type: person
aliases:
  - Alex
role: Co-Founder & CEO
focus: Product, Engineering
email: alex@metricflow.com
joined: 2025-09-01
tags:
  - team
  - founder
---
# [[Alex Chen]]

## Role

Co-Founder & CEO of [[MetricFlow]]
[[Focus]]: Product [[Strategy]], [[Engineering]] [[Leadership]]

## Background

- Previously: [[Senior Engineer]] at [[DataCorp]] (7 years)
- [[Built]] analytics [[Infrastructure]] for 100K+ users
- [[Strong]] [[Technical]] background in [[Data]] pipelines and visualization

## Responsibilities

- Product [[Vision]] and roadmap
- [[Engineering Team]] (future hires)
- Technical [[Architecture]] [[Decisions]]
- Customer success (technical onboarding)

## [[Current Focus]] (Q1 2026)

- [[Q1 2026 Roadmap]] [[Execution]]
- [[DataDriven Co]] onboarding and technical setup
- [[Hiring Plan]] - [[First]] engineering hire

## [[Working Style]]

- [[Deep]] work sessions: 9am-12pm daily
- Customer calls: Afternoons
- Weekly planning: Monday mornings with [[Jamie Patel]]

## [[Related]]

- Partner: [[Jamie Patel]]
- Customers: [[DataDriven Co]], [[GrowthStack]]
- Projects: [[Q1 2026 Roadmap]], [[Feature Priorities]]
