About Me

I’m a product builder. I was trained as what you would call a “businessperson”, having started my career at a big bank. But I’ve always been a builder at heart, since writing my first line of code when I was 8. During the day, I build software that scales next-gen startups & investors at Carta. At night, I create things that are delightful and useful, and I share them with my personal thoughts here.

More about me:

• Products I built
• Talks, interviews and publications where I shared my learnings
• Quotes that inspire me

For talks and other formal occasions, here’s a standard bio you can use:

Ray Shan is a product leader solving impactful problems with 15+ years of engineering, design and operating experience. He is currently the VP Product at Carta, where his team builds fund and equity management platforms for a network of 65,000 companies and $200 billion private capital. Previously as the Head of Product at The Long-Term Stock Exchange, Ray built America’s newest stock exchange that traded $228 million on launch day and listed farsighted companies like Asana. Ray gives back to the ecosystem by contributing to open source software, and authoring industry standards as a founding member of the Open Cap Table Coalition.

Get In Touch

Your feedback makes my work better - I’d love to hear from you. You can email me at ray at this domain, or find me on Twitter and Instagram.

I coach entrepreneurs and product leaders. To see how I can help you grow, try a 15-minute speed coaching session.

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