# Wendy Chen

> Wendy Chen is the founder and CEO of Omnistream, a retail software company that helps retailers plan store-specific product assortments and shelf layouts. A Canadian systems design engineering graduate of the University of Waterloo and former Jane Street quantitative trader, she moved through angel investing into entrepreneurship. Her public accounts connect intellectual honesty, practical customer pilots and respect for retail operators with a goal of improving product availability and reducing waste.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Omnistream
- **Organizations:** Omnistream, Jane Street Capital, Research In Motion, Barclays Capital, Qualcomm, University of Waterloo
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
- **Known for:** Built Omnistream’s early code and retained responsibility for its fundamental mathematics, as described in a 2019 profile., Led Omnistream through its $7 million Series A announced in June 2022., At the June 2022 financing announcement, Omnistream reported deployment in more than 8,500 retail locations across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Worked as a Usability Associate at Research In Motion, according to The Org’s career profile.
- **2005** — Worked in trading at Barclays Capital, according to The Org’s career profile.
- **2006** — Worked in corporate business development at Qualcomm, according to The Org’s career profile.
- **2007–2012** — Trader at Jane Street Capital; dates corroborated by Crunchbase and her account of leaving trading in 2012.
- **2012 onward** — Moved into angel investing; later described an early investment in Instacart as part of her exposure to grocery.
- **2013** — Named co-founder and CEO of StampUp/Omnistream at a July Hong Kong retail-technology seminar in a contemporary association newsletter.
- **2014** — Spoke about entrepreneurship and SAP Start-up Focus at the National University of Singapore in September.
- **2018** — Omnistream moved its headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore.
- **2022** — Omnistream announced a $7 million Series A led by SIG Venture Capital in June; Chen discussed her career on Give It A Nudge and published customer-adoption advice.
- **2024** — Appeared on Beyond Innovation and participated in Coresight Research’s June commerce conference in New York.
- **2026** — Omnistream collaborated with Nimble, YDISTRI and Microsoft colleagues on a multi-agent retail demonstration at NRF.

## Achievements

- Built Omnistream’s early code and retained responsibility for its fundamental mathematics, as described in a 2019 profile.
- Led Omnistream through its $7 million Series A announced in June 2022.
- At the June 2022 financing announcement, Omnistream reported deployment in more than 8,500 retail locations across Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.
- Contributed to the NRF 2026 multi-agent retail collaboration involving Omnistream, Nimble, YDISTRI and Microsoft.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Microsoft highlighted Chen and Omnistream ahead of NRF 2026; a January 15 account described the completed multi-agent demo collaboration with Nimble, YDISTRI and Microsoft.
- **2024-06** — Featured in Beyond Innovation and joined Coresight Research’s New York conference discussion on AI category management and store-level assortments.

## Links

- Website: https://www.omnistream.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyjchen/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dreamingofwind

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Last updated: 2026-10-14