About Mzana
Built from running businesses,not just building software.
Mzana grew from firsthand experience building and running businesses, where fragmented systems, repetitive work and the difficulty of getting people to adopt new software create real operational friction.
That’s why we approach software and AI from business, product and technical perspectives together. We want technology to create meaningful value without putting teams through disruption they don’t need.
Across the leadership team
30+ years of combined experience
- Entrepreneurship
- Product
- Engineering
- AI
- Operations
- Education
Experience fromdoing the work.
Across the leadership team, Mzana brings 30+ years of experience across entrepreneurship, product, engineering, AI, operations and education.
That experience includes
- Founding and scaling technology companies
- Taking products from idea through to operation
- Leading product and engineering teams
- Building AI-powered products and workflow automation
- Working directly with customers and translating complex needs into practical systems
- Operating businesses, not just advising them
Across the team, experience spans companies including Playdom (acquired by The Walt Disney Company), GGWP, Ruvixx and Ace1t.
Leadership
The people behind Mzana.
Business, product and engineering experience at the same table, working directly with the teams we build for.
Ling Xiao
Ling is a serial entrepreneur and technology leader with experience founding, building and scaling software companies, products and teams. His background spans companies including Playdom, GGWP and Ruvixx, combining product, engineering and operator experience with a focus on turning complex opportunities into working businesses.
Ling Xiao on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Corrie Stroup
Corrie works across product, engineering and client needs, turning complex requirements into products and systems that keep moving. His experience includes AI-powered products, workflow automation, product management and hands-on technical implementation, backed by an earlier career in education that shaped a practical, human-centered approach to building technology.
Corrie Stroup on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
How we think
Maximum value.Minimum disruption.
Three perspectives at the same table, from the first conversation to keeping it running.
- Business
We think like operators.
We’ve run businesses, not just advised them. We start with how the work actually gets done, where time disappears and what is worth changing.
- Product
We build for adoption.
Software only creates value when people use it. We shape it around the way your team already works, so it earns its place.
- Technical
We build it properly.
Custom software, automation and AI that fit the systems you already have, proved on real data and kept running.
Discover, build, prove, run, transform.See how we work
- 01Discover
- 02Build
- 03Prove
- 04Run
- 05Transform
Ready to transform?Let’s find where to start.
Tell us about your business and where the work gets stuck. We’ll help you work out the best place to begin.