Marcus Chan

AI Professor & Startup CTO | Digital & AI Transformation Leader | Responsible AI, XAI & Human-Centered Solutions

Hong Kong SAR

About

Hello, my name is Marcus Chan—an AI Professor, startup CTO, and tech entrepreneur dedicated to driving digital and AI transformation through the powerful intersection of industry and education. With a global perspective shaped by leading technical teams across North America and Asia, I am passionate about nurturing cross-border collaboration and building scalable, human-centered AI solutions. My work focuses on translating advanced technology into practical, high-impact realities. I specialize in moving organizations past the hype to implement sustainable AI strategies, anchored in three core pillars: * Responsible & Explainable AI (XAI): Ensuring complex systems are transparent, reliable, and ethically sound by integrating robust evaluation and explainability frameworks. * AI for Social Good & Healthcare: Pioneering human-centered applications that deliver measurable societal impact, with a particular focus on Healthcare AI and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) initiatives. * Industry-Aligned Education: Bridging the talent gap by mentoring the next generation of Full-Stack Data Engineers (FDE) through practical, project-based university capstones. Whether guiding an enterprise through transformative change, scaling a startup's technical architecture, or fostering academic innovation, I thrive on building an intelligent future that is capable, trusted, and aligned with human values. 🌐 Core Expertise: Digital & AI Transformation | Tech Entrepreneurship | Responsible AI & Ethics | Explainable AI (XAI) | Healthcare AI & TCM | Full-Stack Data Engineering (FDE) Pipeline

Experience

  • Professor of Practice, School of Artificial Intelligence at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 香港中文大学(深圳)
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    https://sai.cuhk.edu.cn/en/teacher/249

  • CTO & Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
    2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Directing the technology roadmap, system architecture, and strategic growth of an applied AI venture across Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and others. We build human-centered AI systems that transform clinical workflows and medical education. * Intelligent Clinical Assistants: Architecting end-to-end intelligent assistants that streamline the pre-, in-, and post-consultation pipeline for medical practitioners. * Healthcare AI & TCM Modernization: Spearheading frontier productization focused initially on digitalizing and standardizing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with scalable architecture designed to expand across broader healthcare domains. * Clinical Education Infrastructure: Leading the development of an advanced AI platform dedicated to healthcare and clinical education, bridging the gap between state-of-the-art AI capabilities and medical training. * Responsible AI Architecture: Ensuring all regional, multi-platform deployments are engineered with strict Explainable AI (XAI) standards and model faithfulness.

  • Executive and Career Coach at Freelance
    2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Georgia Tech Shenzhen - Teaching Faculty & Industry Mentor, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
    2022 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs

    Instructor of graduate-level computer science classes in software engineering, AI & Ethics - 2023 to present Advisor and Founder of Tech for Good club - 2024 to present Industry mentor - 2022 to present

  • Senior Vice President and Head of Product at DFI Retail Group
    2022 - 2023 · 1 yr

    GM / Leader of Shenzhen site, featuring Hong Kong's favorite brands and enables 4 million yuu members to shop online easily, have their order delivered, and earn yuu points all in one app. https://marketech-apac.com/dfi-retail-group-launches-new-e-commerce-platform-yuu-to-me/