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Singapore

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Responsible for accelerating the adoption of NVIDIA solutions in the regional startup ecosystem, enhancing scalability and efficiency through strategic member recruitment and engagement.• Provided targeted support to key startups, driving significant market adoption of NVIDIA hardware, software, and services.• Led a diverse team across Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, aligning regional strategies with global goals.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

NVIDIA supports startups aligned with our strategies, from seed funding to growth investments. We look for true partners utilising NVIDIA GPU platforms to pursue the latest breakthroughs in data analytics, self-driving cars, healthcare, smart Cities, high-performance computing, virtual reality, and more.Working with financial VCs whenever possible, we support our portfolio companies with various tools and resources to expand their access to new customers and partners. This includes direct introductions to NVIDIA’s vast, global network of technology decision-makers.Startups may also join NVIDIA Inception – a global free program that nurtures exceptional companies that are revolutionising industries with advances in AI and data science. This program offers go-to-market support, expertise, and technology support for program members through deep learning training, exclusive Inception events, preferred pricing on hardware, and more. Check out https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/ to know more.• Responsible for championing the NVIDIA Inception program in Asia Pacific South to develop the Startup & VC ecosystem.• Point person to head and manage relationships with all startups, Accelerators, Government agencies, and Venture Capital for Asia Pacific South.• Identify the GEMs in the startups' community; deep engagements with CxOs, and startup decision makers of top startups (Unicorns & Soonicorns), and develop a deep understanding of their goals, strategies, and technical and business needs to enable successful use of NVIDIA's solutions.• Work closely with the WWFO sales team to drive GTM opportunities for the Inception members to build a long-term business opportunity

ZeusX is a gaming marketplace platform allowing users to buy/sell gaming products – virtual items like in-game items, top-ups, services, etc.• Identify, Select, and Onboard payment partners to provide extensive payment options for our users.• Establish relationships with gaming merchants to distribute their products through ZeusX.

San Francisco, California, Us

Pilot44 is an innovation lab focused specifically on helping brands more effectively discover, pilot and employ digital technologies.• Advised clients’ senior leaders on innovation and digital transformation to achieve strategic goals; Delivered several comprehensive markets research to analyse competitors’ activities, VC activities, new emerging technologies innovation on Skincare innovation, Supply chain automation, Microcredit initiatives, contextual marketing technologies, and Gaming & Esports influence for their brands.• Combined aspects of product management, product marketing, business strategy, and innovation consultation to help corporates understand emerging technologies and associated trends to develop new business structures and models for further growth.• Clients managed: P&G, Nestle, Sanofi, Danone, Standard Chartered Bank

Singapore, Sg

Coda Payments is a B2B API payments aggregator & B2C eCommerce web portal service provider.• Solid understanding of the mobile gaming alternative payments landscape – Established a strong network of relationships with gaming developers like Riot Games, Tencent, Moonton, Netease, etc. and assisted with Business Development to develop a deep understanding of merchants’ business needs, explaining our USP with business cases and technical; resulted into more merchant integrations. • Managed and oversaw API integrations (presales to launch) to our platform for over 25 merchants in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and others• Gathered requirements based on real customer pain points, prioritised, planned, and rolled out new product features to improve user experience and conversion funnel for codashop.com• Monitored market trends and competitor performance and analysed gaps to update promotional strategies and maximise sales; assisted Marketing in overseeing 5 gaming influencers' marketing campaigns and tracked success metrics.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

New Consumer Business explores new ventures to acquire new consumers for Lenovo.• Responsible for the strategy of new consumer business• Launched the first IT concierge service serving older affluent clients across Beijing. Led a team of 4 product managers and 20+ support staff to establish merchant partnerships, sales acquisitions, marketing campaigns, and customer onboarding optimisation; increased average sales per client by 3x.• Explored Cloud Gaming-as-a-Service but decided not to proceed as the tech was not mature.

Cornell University Fintech Hackathon 2017 invited Cornell, Columbia, and NYU students to focus on Latin America's banking issues.• Won First place for Data• Led a team of four to utilise alternative data, such as social media, to increase the accuracy of Banco de Credito del Peru’s traditional risk model.

New York, Ny, Us

Advertising agency with digital innovation services• Identified business opportunities and managed risks – Helped the digital team to explore eSports & gaming partnership marketing to improve sales lift for our corporate clients.

Madrid, Madrid, Es

Student-run impact investing venture capital fund• Led four team members to conduct investment analysis and due diligence of over 10 pre-seed FinTech and tech social startups; recommended 1 to the investment committee.• Responsible for new deal flow, connecting with entrepreneurs at networking events.

Categorised restaurants directory platform for foreigners in South Korea• Launched a new product in a startup environment – Raised seed funding, recruited a team of 5 to build the platform (iOS, Android, Website), developed the PRD for the MVP build, analysed users’ feedback for user journey optimisation, oversaw QA, and conducted product demos at networking events.

Private equity investment and international corporate finance advisory• Negotiated the M&A contracts and commercials to launch and operate Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District: Improved operational efficiency, cost reduction, and increased productivity, resulting in 10% cost savings, and started the soft launch earlier.

• Participated in two cross-border M&A of real estate investment companies in China (Qiqihar and Wuxi); strategised with the senior management of our subsidiary to define the prospectus (corporate strategy) for pre-IPO on Singapore Catalist.

B2B supply chain ERP solution provider• Planned and successfully deployed the proprietary ERP system for over 30 merchants under a tight timeline.• Assisted with Java development, QA testing, and documented resolutions in the knowledge base, resulting in 20% increased time efficiency for deployment.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), General Management, Digital Transformation, Innovation & Technology

Graduate Program, Technology And Engineering Management

Long Exchange Mba Program, Tech And Management Concentrations

Executive Education, Digital Product Strategy

Executive Education, Digital Marketing, Social Media And Analytics: An Omnichannel Strategy

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Diploma, Engineering Informatics

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