# Jamie Chen

> Jamie Chen is Lovable's founding revenue operations hire, a New York-based go-to-market operator and professional magician whose career runs from materials science and consulting through early-stage sales operations, Miro's hypergrowth years, and the design of Lovable's B2B operating engine. Chen's public work connects a recurring idea across stagecraft and operations: understand what people need, remove the visible friction, and leave them with more attention for the part that matters.

- **Role:** Founding Revenue Operations at Lovable
- **Organizations:** Lovable, Miro, Abstract, ForUsAll, ZS Associates, GE Aviation, Smoke & Mirrors, Minds Matter, YWCA Taipei
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, cum laude, Northwestern University
- **Known for:** Built Lovable's first formal revenue operations function and B2B operations foundation., Helped implement a workflow in which 70-80% of required CRM fields are populated automatically by contract stage., Spent nearly five years in sales strategy and operations at Miro during a period of hypergrowth.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2016** — Studied Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, graduating cum laude.
- **2014-2016** — Founded and led Smoke & Mirrors, Northwestern's first magic club; taught weekly lessons and helped stage an annual show attended by more than 150 people.
- **Early career** — Worked in a manufacturing and supply-chain engineering co-op at GE Aviation, then in strategy insights and planning at ZS Associates.
- **Startup years** — Took a 50% pay cut to become an SDR, shifted into sales operations at ForUsAll after volunteering for data analysis, and later worked in sales and business operations at Abstract.
- **2020-2025** — Held sales strategy and operations roles at Miro, supporting teams through hypergrowth and increasingly global scale.
- **2025-present** — Joined Lovable as its first revenue operations hire to build the B2B go-to-market operating engine.
- **2026** — Publicly described Lovable's move toward a touchless CRM, with 70-80% of required fields populated automatically by contract stage.

## Achievements

- Built Lovable's first formal revenue operations function and B2B operations foundation.
- Helped implement a workflow in which 70-80% of required CRM fields are populated automatically by contract stage.
- Spent nearly five years in sales strategy and operations at Miro during a period of hypergrowth.
- At Abstract, contributed to a 13% increase in SDR-generated pipeline revenue, according to a public professional profile aggregation.
- Founded Northwestern University's first magic club with input from 30 Chicago professional magicians.
- Developed weekly magic lessons for ten members and helped lead a campus show attended by more than 150 people.
- Graduated cum laude from Northwestern University with a degree in Materials Science and Engineering.
- Has served as a Minds Matter mentor and volunteer interviewer since 2017, according to LinkedIn.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Continues as Lovable's founding revenue operations leader in New York, building the company's B2B go-to-market systems.
- **2026** — Described Lovable's touchless-CRM project publicly: 70-80% of required fields are populated by the contract stage, with unified call data available to sales, product, marketing and customer success teams.
- **2025-08** — Joined Lovable after nearly five years at Miro.
- **2025-01** — Published a personal essay reflecting on turning 30, early career setbacks, professional magic and a broader definition of success.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jamiethemagichen.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themagichen
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/themagichen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themagichen/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themagichen

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Last updated: 2026-09-28