About
Jacky Chiu is Co-Founder and Chief Technology & Product Officer at Brightside, an AI-powered financial care platform serving 1.2 million frontline workers across Fortune 50 employers, where he has led product strategy, platform architecture, and organizational design. Under his tenure, the company raised $86 million in venture funding and was recognized on the Inc. 5000 (2025), CB Insights Fintech 100 (2023), and Inc. Best Workplace lists. Previously, he led product and engineering at LifeLock through its IPO and $2.4 billion acquisition by Norton Symantec, working on a platform supporting more than 6 million members.
CTO & Co-founder at Brightside
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Co-founders at Brightside
SL
Shawn LeavittOriginator of the Brightside idea (deceased)
TS
Tom SpannCEO & Co-founder
CK
Callum KingCo-founder
Experience
- BrightsideChief Technology Officer & Co-Foundercurrent2017 — present
- DovlyBoard Advisorcurrent2020 — present
- LifeLockVP, Product and Technology2012 — 2017
- Apollo Education GroupAssociate IT Director2005 — 2012
- MCIMIS Manager II1999 — 2005
- Sun ApparelSoftware Developer1998
Skills & more
Java13.NET10Microsoft SQL Server20Oracle25SharePoint39SQL33Enterprise Software52Databases32Spring3Linux9Unix10XML3
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WeblogicAI / Generative AI / LLM / Agentic AIProduct StrategyProduct & Technology LeadershipMicroservices / Distributed SystemsSOC2 / HIPAA / ISO 27001 / PCISOAEnterprise Content ManagementTest Driven DevelopmentJ2EE Application DevelopmentJ2EE Web ServicesSQL TuningFrom Jacky's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jacky Chiu?
- Jacky Chiu is Co-Founder and Chief Technology & Product Officer at Brightside, an AI-powered financial care platform serving 1.2 million frontline workers across Fortune 50 employers, where he has led product strategy, platform architecture, and organizational design. Under his tenure, the company raised $86 million in venture funding and was recognized on the Inc. 5000 (2025), CB Insights Fintech 100 (2023), and Inc. Best Workplace lists. Previously, he led product and engineering at LifeLock through its IPO and $2.4 billion acquisition by Norton Symantec, working on a platform supporting more than 6 million members.
- Where does Jacky Chiu work?
- Jacky Chiu is CTO & Co-founder of Brightside.
- What companies did Jacky Chiu found?
- Jacky Chiu founded Brightside.
- Where did Jacky Chiu go to school?
- Jacky Chiu studied at University of Phoenix (Master of Science, Computer Information Systems); The University of Texas at El Paso (Bachelor of Business Administration, Computer Information Systems (CIS)).
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Also attended The University of Texas at El Paso8
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