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Valentin Wu

Operations & Strategy

Director of Strategy & Operations / Chief of Staff, Microsoft

About

I am a Chinese Latino artist whose creative instincts evolved into a fulfilling and successful journey through the American corporate world. With the benefit of time, retrospection, and mentorship, I’ve had the good fortune to realign my dreams with my personal legend (a nod to Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist).

Professionally, I thrive at the intersection of business operations, digital transformation, and strategic partnerships. I’ve led high-impact initiatives at Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group, and Accenture across industries like retail, telecom, and tech. Equipped with an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and fluent in English, Chinese, and Spanish, I bring a multidisciplinary and multicultural lens to leadership and collaboration. If there were a business equivalent of a Swiss Army knife, I suppose I’d be it. Beyond delivering strategy decks, technology platforms, and alliance partnerships, I genuinely enjoy connecting the dots—bringing clarity to complexity and momentum to ideas. Ultimately, I know success isn’t just about having the best plan; it’s about execution, collaboration, and sometimes, a bit of well-timed improvisation.

Outside of work, I’m a partner, father of two, son, friend, horrible golfer (for now), and aspiring MacGyver—curious, inventive, and pragmatic.

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