Chaofan Wu

Builder. Storyteller.

Montreal, QC — remote-ready

"My life is a long conversation with evolving forms of language."

Whether it's neurons firing, code executing, or tokens predicting — language becomes the interface through which life interacts with the world. It is not just a tool we use to describe reality. It is reality for us to interpret, respond, and evolve. We are linguistic beings: born into language, shaped by it, and constantly shaping it in return.

1990sLearning English and Arabic to bridge cultures

2000sBecoming an advertising professional to build brands

2010sEarning a master's in Communication to deepen brand storytelling

2020sUsing code and AI to build web apps and train language-based systems for OpenAI and Google Gemini

Developer

Full-Stack Web

React · Next.js · Node.js · MongoDB · TypeScript. Builds live products: timespancalc.com, this site, and more.

Dev projects →

Strategist

Marketing & Brand

15+ years at Ogilvy China, CCMM, CEI. Campaigns with 150M+ social exposures. Pitches that close contracts.

Marketing work →

Selected Highlights

Co-produced a documentary with an Oscar-winning director in Tibet

Led a K-Pop mobile game campaign for KFC China — 1.5B social impressions, 1.6M+ downloads in one month

Drove 300+ Chinese-speaking Montrealers into a French language program at CCMM (75% of total participants)

Initiated a diplomatic meeting with the Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada to explore business collaboration

Volunteered in Hainan to help promote a sustainable lychee farm now selling in Montreal

Trained language-based AI systems for OpenAI and Google Gemini

Things I've Built

TimeSpanCalc

Precision date & duration calculator. React 19 + Vite + PWA. Used internationally.

SparkSlides

Creative brand for presentation templates and visual storytelling. Etsy shop, YouTube, and a US–Canada Tariff Simulator.

chaofanwu.com

This site. Built with Next.js 16, Tailwind v4, Framer Motion, and shadcn Base UI.

Career Timeline

2022–NowDev

Full-Stack Web Developer

Independent / Freelance — Montreal, QC

Built timespancalc.com (live PWA), SparkSlides brand, and this portfolio. React, Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, TypeScript.

2022Education

Certificate — Full-Stack Web Development

Wiley Edge (Mthree) + Concordia University

Transitioned into tech after 15 years in marketing strategy.

2021–2022Marketing

Marketing Contractor

Canadian Ecosystem Institute — Montreal, QC

Go-to-Asia pitch strategy. Secured MCG Blockchain partnership. Led full pitch lifecycle.

2019–2021Marketing

Brand Consultant / Project Coordinator

CCMM — Montreal, QC

Recruited 300+ registrations (75% of program total). Managed media planning and budget.

2011–2018Marketing

Group Account Director

Ogilvy China — Shanghai, China

KFC 30th Anniversary Phone: 150M+ social exposures. K-Pop Dancing Game: 1.6M+ downloads in one month.

2010Education

Master of Science — Communication

NC State University — Raleigh, NC

2003Education

Bachelor of Arts — English Language & Literature

Shanghai International Studies University

Let's build something

Montreal-based, remote-ready.

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