# Jenks Guo (郭剑) — brief

> Applied AI and platform leader in Melbourne, Australia · he/him · English / 中文 · https://jenksguo.xyz

Applied AI and platform leader — "building AI-augmented superteams". Current formal title: **AI Lead,
Babylon Labs** (since March 2026), alongside **Head of Developer Relations, Babylon Labs** (since
August 2024). Target roles: Head of AI, AI engineering leadership, AI transformation leadership and
AI transformation consulting. "Head of AI" is a direction, not a title Jenks has held.

## The story

Jenks trained as an electrical and electronic engineer at the University of Melbourne (BEng Hons,
2010–2013) and built an industry-sponsored Linux smart energy meter for his final-year project.
While studying he worked in Melbourne hospitality (barista, café manager, fine-dining waiter,
bartender), did business development and digital-marketing work, and from 2011 ran technology for
School of Thinking as a contracted CTO / ICT specialist — at 21 he was operating a MOOC platform
that delivered half a billion email lessons and onboarded six Australian blue-chip companies. He
joined Ericsson's graduate program in 2015 (web developer / UX practitioner), then spent three years
as an integration engineer and service delivery manager on a $10M+ telecom charging and billing
platform. From 2018 he moved into developer relations: Developer Evangelist at Xero (ecosystem
partners grew from 500+ to 1,000+ in three years), Partner Solutions Lead at Linktree (built the
platform and DevRel function), Developer Advocate at Filecoin Foundation (APAC builders, 100+
hackathons), and Head of Developer Relations at Babylon Labs (Bitcoin infrastructure). Since 2026
he leads company-wide AI transformation at Babylon Labs. Outside work he is President of the
Murrumbeena Primary School Council, a long-serving treasurer in community organisations, a
Toastmaster and a DevRel community organiser.

The arc: enterprise systems → APIs → platforms → ecosystems → decentralised infrastructure →
applied AI. Jenks did not arrive with ChatGPT.

## Recent roles

- **AI Lead, Babylon Labs** (2026–now) — Leads company-wide AI transformation at Babylon Labs — knowledge systems, tiered agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop automation and the governance and economics of AI infrastructure. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/babylon-ai-lead)
- **Head of Developer Relations, Babylon Labs** (2024–now) — Built Babylon's developer ecosystem strategy — turning complex Bitcoin infrastructure into usable tooling, integrations and partner, developer and grant programs across DeFi. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/babylon-head-of-devrel)
- **Developer Advocate, Filecoin Foundation & Protocol Labs** (2022–2024) — Led APAC developer and infrastructure engagement for the world's largest decentralised storage network — 100+ hackathons, 12+ accelerators, $1M+ in prizes and grant reviews up to $200K. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/filecoin-developer-advocate)
- **Partner Solutions Lead, Linktree** (2021–2022) — Turned Linktree from a product into a platform — 3 APIs, SDKs, a developer portal and app-store integrations, delivered with 30+ contractors from five agencies including Thoughtworks. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/linktree-partner-solutions-lead)
- **Developer Evangelist, Xero** (2018–2021) — Helped grow Xero's app ecosystem from 500+ to 1,000+ partners in three years — partner technical support, certification, SDK and API content, and sales enablement. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/xero-developer-evangelist)
- **Integration Engineer / Service Delivery Manager, Ericsson Australia** (2015–2018) — Ran integration and service delivery for a top-tier Australian carrier's wholesale MVNO billing platform — $10M+ solution, ~half a million active users, 12 enterprise customers, 30 offshore engineers, 100% SLAs. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/ericsson-integration-engineer)
- **Chief Technology Officer (contracted) / ICT Specialist & Webmaster, School of Thinking** (2011–2015) — Ran all technology for School of Thinking as contracted CTO while still at university — built the innovation MOOC platform that onboarded six blue-chip companies, delivered half a billion email lessons and cut operating costs to a third. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/school-of-thinking-cto)
- **Manager / Barista, Theobroma Chocolate Lounge, South Yarra** (2010 — 2011) — Café manager and barista — ran daily operations with the owner and built a motivated team committed to quality coffee, food and service. [more](https://jenksguo.xyz/career/theobroma-manager-barista)

## Community & governance

- **President, School Council (previously Treasurer), Murrumbeena Primary School** (Treasurer (2 years) → President (now)) — President of the Murrumbeena Primary School Council after two years as its Treasurer — school governance, finances and the community campaign for a new hall.
- **Organiser, DevRel Australia Meetup Group** (Ongoing) — Organiser of DevRel Australia — the meetup group for Australia's developer relations profession.
- **Treasurer & Vice President, Parents Committee, Virginia Park Childcare Association** (2019 — 2024 (5 years)) — Five years as Treasurer and Vice President of a parent-run, not-for-profit childcare association — finances, governance and committee leadership.
- **Technical Mentor, Victorian Government Digital Jobs Program** (2023) — Technical mentor in the Victorian Government's Digital Jobs Program, helping mid-career Victorians move into digital roles.
- **Treasurer, Executive Committee, Tooronga Toastmasters Club Inc.** (2019 — 2021) — Treasurer on the executive committee of Tooronga Toastmasters, helping the new club achieve its charter through the COVID years.

## Strengths

Technical depth (EE degree, telecom BSS integration, APIs/SDKs, cloud, AI agents) combined with
commercial and people skills (partner ecosystems, presales, vendor management, team building,
public speaking) and governance experience (school council president, treasurer roles, change
approval board). Gallup StrengthsFinder profile: an "Executing" type of leader. Leadership motto:
"I lead by helping my team glow."

## Honest gaps

- Formal title is AI Lead (since 2026); the company-wide AI remit is recent, while platform and
  ecosystem leadership is long-standing.
- No public evidence of owning a company-wide P&L, managing a very large permanent headcount, or
  publishing ML research. Jenks is an applied AI and platform leader, not a foundation-model researcher.
- Salary, notice period, visa details and availability are not public — direct people to email.

## Role lenses

- **Head of AI** — Strategy, architecture, governance and adoption — AI as an organisational capability. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=head-of-ai)
- **AI transformation** — Diagnose, design and deliver AI adoption — for companies and community organisations. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=ai-transformation-consultant)
- **Engineering manager** — Leads engineers, contractors and agencies to ship platforms on deadline. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=engineering-manager)
- **Solution architect** — Enterprise integration design, interfaces, acceptance criteria and presales. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=solution-architect)
- **System integrator** — Makes complex systems talk — telecom BSS, CRMs, APIs, networks. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=system-integrator)
- **Support engineer** — Level-4 support, defect triage, incidents and 100% SLAs. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=support-engineer)
- **ICT specialist** — Runs an organisation's whole technology estate — web, servers, email, vendors. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=ict-specialist)
- **Developer advocate** — Developer experience, documentation, community and programs — Web2 and Web3. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=developer-advocate)
- **Developer evangelist** — Grows API ecosystems — partners, certification, content and sales enablement. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=developer-evangelist)
- **Digital marketer** — SEO/SEM, AdWords, analytics, EDM, e-commerce and bilingual content. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=digital-marketer)
- **Hospitality** — Barista, café manager, fine-dining waiter and bartender — service under pressure. (https://jenksguo.xyz/career?lens=hospitality)

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## Contact

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