Paul Chong leads product at Xero, specializing in fraud prevention and financial infrastructure after product leadership roles at Instacart, Stripe, Salesforce, and Zynga. He also teaches at the University of Otago, co-authored research on social-enterprise funding, and holds patents for adaptive game systems.
Paul Chong leads product at Xero, specializing in fraud prevention and financial infrastructure after product leadership roles at Instacart, Stripe, Salesforce, and Zynga. He also teaches at the University of Otago, co-authored research on social-enterprise funding, and holds patents for adaptive game systems.
Career
Head of Product at Xero from 2025-07 to PresentUOAdjunct Professor at University of Otago from 2022-01 to Present
Director of Product Management at Instacart from 2024-01 to 2025-01
Staff Product Manager at Stripe from 2022-01 to 2024-01
Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce from 2020-01 to 2022-01
Instructor at General Assembly from 2013-03 to 2019-02
Director of Product Management at Quid from 2016-01 to 2017-01C(CEO / Founder at CardHub (Australia) from 2015-01 to 2017-01
HBDirector of Angel Relations and Partnerships at Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Northern California from 2013-01 to 2017-01
Head of Product, Analytics and Machine Learning at Zynga from 2014-01 to 2015-01