Growth Strategy
Operator perspective on customer acquisition, retention, marketplace dynamics, pricing, and durable growth.
Operator Perspective on AI, Scale, and Public-Company Readiness
Chia Advisory is the personal advisory platform of Stan Chia, Chief Executive Officer of Housecall Pro. The platform reflects Stan’s operating perspective across AI transformation, platform scale, public markets, M&A, and durable growth. Advisory work is selective and focused on non-competitive board, investor, and operator conversations.
$1.95B
Public Market Transaction
10+
Strategic M&A Transactions
Public Company
CEO & Board Director
AI, Scale
& Transformation Operator
Current Chapter: Chief Executive Officer, Housecall Pro
Stan Chia is Chief Executive Officer of Housecall Pro, an AI-powered field service platform helping home service professionals strengthen customer relationships, grow revenue, and run more efficiently. At Housecall Pro, Stan is focused on championing the Pro — the tradespeople and entrepreneurs who keep homes, businesses, and communities running — and accelerating practical AI innovation across the platform.
Read the Housecall Pro announcement →Perspective for Critical Inflection Points
Chia Advisory captures Stan’s operating perspective and supports selective conversations with operators, investors, boards, and leadership teams navigating moments where growth, technology, capital, and operating performance intersect.
AI & Technology Strategy
Practical AI adoption focused on workflow change, customer value, operating leverage, and measurable outcomes.
Scale & Operating Cadence
Management rhythms, leadership alignment, accountability, and execution discipline for companies entering more complex stages of scale.
Investor & Board Perspective
Pattern recognition for investors, boards, CEOs, and leadership teams making consequential strategic decisions.
M&A and Strategic Readiness
Perspective on acquisitions, partnerships, capital events, integration, and investor narratives.
Operational Optimization
Unit economics, cost structure, process efficiency, and performance improvement during periods of complexity or renewed growth.
Operator. Builder. Board Director. Proven at Scale.
Stan Chia is Chief Executive Officer of Housecall Pro and a technology executive, board director, and operator with more than two decades of experience building and scaling digital marketplaces, consumer platforms, and AI-enabled businesses.
Previously, Stan served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Vivid Seats, where he led the company through significant growth, strategic expansion, and its public market debut. Prior to Vivid Seats, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Grubhub and held leadership roles at Amazon, Cisco, and General Electric.
Stan also co-founded sterra AI, an operator-led exploration of practical AI and modern operating systems for service businesses. That work helped sharpen his conviction that AI can create real leverage for service operators and independent business owners.
$1.95BPublic Market Transaction
$10B+Peak Shareholder Value Supported
10+Strategic M&A Transactions
40 Under 40Crain's Chicago Business Honoree
Experience Across Leading Technology Companies
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Housecall Pro
Chief Executive Officer, 2026–Present
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Vivid Seats
Chief Executive Officer & Board Director, 2018–2025
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Grubhub
Chief Operating Officer, 2015–2018
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Amazon
General Manager, 2013–2015
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Cisco
Senior Leadership, 2010–2013
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GE
Master Black Belt, 2005–2010
Selective Advisory & Board Conversations
Given Stan’s role as CEO of Housecall Pro, Chia Advisory engagement is selective. The platform remains available for appropriate, non-competitive board, investor, and operator conversations where Stan’s experience in AI, platform scale, public markets, M&A, and operating transformation can be helpful.
Please include the nature of the inquiry, organization, timing, and any potential conflicts for review.
Board ConversationsIndependent operator perspective for consequential governance and strategic questions.
Investor PerspectivePattern recognition across AI, platform scale, public markets, M&A, and durable growth.
Operator DialogueSelective conversations around operating cadence, transformation, and execution discipline.
Conflict ReviewNon-competitive fit is reviewed before any advisory engagement proceeds.
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