Summary
Sean Flannagan is a seasoned product-led founder and software executive focused on the future of commerce, with 13 years building scalable marketplace and creator-centric platforms in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Principal & Founder of Hearth since 2023, he leads AI-powered product development, platform redesigns, pricing strategy, Chrome extension work, and go-to-market efforts to help ecommerce sellers ship high-impact features and maximize revenue. Previously, as Principal Product Manager at Kajabi, he built live video and scheduling tools and led strategic 0-1 bets for creators building businesses. His track record includes co-founding UPC, an AI-powered B2B wholesale marketplace, and leading Wanelo's evolution from a product-sharing site to a mobile marketplace with tens of millions of buyers and sellers, with pivotal Shopify and Stripe integrations. Earlier at Etsy, he steered search, discovery, payments and growth, launching features like Google Shopping integration and personalized recommendations; at 92nd Street Y, he framed ecommerce as a core channel for marketing and content. Across roles from founder to senior product leadership, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic vision to turn ambitious ideas into revenue-driving platforms.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer