Herbert Yang

Herbert Yang Email and Phone Number

Web3 Ecosystem Builder & Blockchain Tech Executive @ DFINITY
Herbert Yang's Location
Changning District, Shanghai, China, China
About Herbert Yang

An Web3 ecosystem builder for startup, a BD leader in tech, and a serial entrepreneur in TMT, Herbert brings unique blend of extensive global experience, entrepreneurial background, and domain expertise in technology, media and investment industry. He has built a career in leading innovation, accelerating growth and executing transformation.He was previously Head of VC/Startup for AWS Greater China, built one of the largest startup ecosystem teams in China and recruited thousands of high-potential startups into AWS’ startup program every year. He was CEO of Century Innovative Technology, a Hong Kong edTech startup incubated by Great Eagle Holdings (0041.HK) that develops top-rated mobile apps and premium English education content. He was CFO for Beijing Umessage Technology, then China’s largest life style mobile service provider that operated China Mobile’s “12580” service and grew to 100+ million users in 334 cities with RMB 500 million revenue. He was a director from YunFeng Capital, China's leading PE firm, and was CFO of Impression Wonders Arts founded by director Zhang Yimou that produced “Impression” shows (“印象”系列) that drew 4.5+ million annual visitors with RMB 1.4 billion ticket sales.Before turning to startups, Herbert was VP of Finance for HPSC in GE Capital Boston, a fast-growing healthcare financing provider with US$1.5 billion assets. He graduated from GE's top leadership training programs Financial Management Program and Corporate Audit Staff, with 10 global rotations in Europe, Asia, and US. Herbert started his career building one of the earliest online insurance marketplaces for GE Capital Singapore.As an entrepreneur, Herbert was founder CEO of Linkqlo Inc, a Silicon Valley fashion retail big data startup. He was a cofounder of Beijing Galaxy Idea Technology, one of the first app development studios in China in 2010 that launched several chart-topping life-style apps.

Herbert Yang's Current Company Details
DFINITY

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Web3 Ecosystem Builder & Blockchain Tech Executive
Herbert Yang Work Experience Details
  • Dfinity
    Gm Of Asia
    Dfinity Aug 2022 - Present
    Zurich, Ch
  • Dfinity
    Asia Gm
    Dfinity Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
    Zurich, Ch
    Build ecosystem for the Internet Computer in Asia and incubate disruptive blockchain startups
  • Amazon Web Services (Aws)
    Head Of Business Development For Vc/Startup, Greater China Region
    Amazon Web Services (Aws) Jun 2018 - Jun 2021
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Building startup ecosystem for AWS in China/Hong Kong/Taiwan and accelerate growth for future unicorns, partnering with VCs, accelerators, incubators, startup organizations, and working with startup founders and entrepreneurs to find, acquire, and enable early-stage startups through programs and connecting to pan-AWS/Amazon network and resources.
  • Wu Zuoren International Foundation Of Fine Arts (吴作人国际美术基金会)
    Deputy Secretary General
    Wu Zuoren International Foundation Of Fine Arts (吴作人国际美术基金会) Jan 2010 - May 2018
    China’s largest and most influential private art foundation that advances contemporary art development, art education, and art exchange between China and the world吴作人国际美术基金会是中国最有影响力的私人艺术基金会,致力于推动当代艺术的发展,艺术教育和中西方艺术交流- Negotiated a lucrative licensing partnership with China Minsheng Bank and Shanghai Government to convert French Pavilion of 2010 Shanghai Expo into an art museum- Organized “2010 Beijing Global Forum of Art Foundations” which received 50+representatives from leading international art foundations and 300+ art practitioners
  • Century Innovative Technology Limited (香港世纪创意)
    Ceo
    Century Innovative Technology Limited (香港世纪创意) Jul 2017 - Jan 2018
    A preschool edutainment startup that develops top-rated Hello Bodhi English learning app, premium English learning content and popular Bodhi & Friends TV series on CCTV深圳世纪创意是一家以“智慧成就梦想”为宗旨的动漫制作和发行公司。公司成立于2012年,团队拥有广阔的国际化视野和丰富的渠道推广和品牌运营经验,创立了制作精良,广受好评的“宝狄与好友”3D动漫品牌, 在央视和五大卡通卫视已播出四季156集1700多分钟,是跨国品牌美泰(Mattel)和学乐(Scholastic)在亚太区的独家动漫合作伙伴。- Reset strategic focus from entertainment to online education by eliminating 3 non- core divisions, cutting products from 14 to 3 and slashing base cost by 75%- Launched Hello Bodhi (会英语的宝狄), a preschool English education app of more than 24 modules, 100 lessons and 160 mini-games that was featured on 360 Store- Oversaw the successful marketing campaign of KFC x Bodhi in Dec 2017 where 2 million Bodhi picture books were sold through +4,000 KFC stores across China
  • Linkqlo Inc
    Founder Ceo
    Linkqlo Inc Jan 2014 - Jun 2017
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Linkqlo is a fashion retail big data startup that develops innovative Body Match Score (“BMS”) algorithm to collect consumer body size data to find better fitting clothes- Raised US$1 million from angel investors, built and managed a global engineering team of 10 developers from 3 countries and a local marketing team in California of 3- Developed an innovative Body Match Score algorithm (“BMS”) with the most complete body dataset of 14 measurements to match users of different body sizes- Launched Linkqlo app (social network) and Mirror Mirror app (game) with image- based AI neural network to collect consumer body size data and style preferences- Coded 12,000 lines for Mirror Mirror’s iOS client using JavaScript-based React Native framework and managed end-to-end app shipping process in Xcode
  • Yunfeng Capital
    Director
    Yunfeng Capital Nov 2010 - Jun 2012
    Cn
    YunFeng Capital (云锋基金) is one of the largest PE firms in China that was founded by Jack Ma and David Yu in 2010. It led the Series B investment of Impression Wonders Arts Development Company that produced 张艺谋“印象”系列 - China’s most successful art performance company, founded by Zhang Yimou with RMB 1.4 billion ticket sales from 6 top-rated shows that was later sold to Sanxiang (SZ: 000863)中国最成功的实景演出艺术制作公司,由著名导演张艺谋,王潮歌,樊跃创立,由马云和虞锋创立的云锋基金和熊晓鸽的IDG基金投资的“印象系列”,制作了印象刘三姐,印象雪山,印象西湖,印象海南岛,印象大红袍,印象普陀。- CFO of Yunfeng Capital's first lead investment portfolio company Impression Wonders- Formulated A-share IPO strategy with a two-year time table and roadmap, and removed barrier to domestic listing by dismantling the legacy offshore VIE structure- Installed disciplined and robust cash flow management processes that supportedrapid growth to 4.5 million annual visitors and RMB 1.4 billion ticket sales- Optimized capital structure by devising and executing a successful US$10 millionshare repurchase program that led to 3-fold increase of return on assets- Formed JV partnership with Zhoushan government to secure total investment of RMB200 million for “Impression · Putuo” that became a top attraction on Putuo Island
  • Beijing Galaxy Idea Technology Limited (北京群熠创想)
    Cofounder And Angel Investor
    Beijing Galaxy Idea Technology Limited (北京群熠创想) 2010 - 2012
    One of China’s earliest app development studios developing location-based life style apps that was backed by Xu Xiaoping and later sold to Renren Inc (NYSE: RENN)由徐小平个人投资的北京群熠创想,是中国最早开发移动app的团队之一,基于LBS等技术,发布了“这里”、app汇、左小祖咒等多个app,曾打入过苹果应用商店中国区生活服务前15名,后被人人网(NYSE: RENN)收购。
  • Beijing Umessage Information Technologies (北京讯奇/中移动
    Cfo
    Beijing Umessage Information Technologies (北京讯奇/中移动"12580") Jan 2008 - Nov 2009
    China’s then largest life style mobile service provider that operated China Mobile’s nation- wide “12580” service with RMB 500 million revenue and later sold to Goldtech Investment北京无限讯奇曾经是中国最大的本地生活信息移动服务商,负责承运中国移动覆盖全国的“12580”业务,涵盖334个地级市,拥有过亿用户和多项本地生活信息服务- Managed the successful Series B funding that brought in three top VC firms: CDH, Northern Light and CBC Fund with RMB 250 million investment- Built a sustainable and agile financial infrastructure that supported explosive business growth from zero to 100+ million users in 334 cities and RMB 500 million revenue- Designed and launched a comprehensive performance-appraisal system with sales incentive scheme and KPI allocation for 1,500 employees in 12 departments- Devised Employee Share Ownership Program (ESOP) and executed it with 50+ key employees to kick start the effort of building a highly motivated team with shared goal
  • Ge Capital
    Vice President Of Finance Of Hpsc, Ge Commercial Finance
    Ge Capital Mar 2004 - Aug 2007
    Norwalk, Ct, Us
    GE CAPITAL, HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL SERVICES, HPSCHPSC was a newly acquired high-growth healthcare equipment financing provider with US$1.5 billion in assets and 15% return on equityVP of Finance (2005 – 2007), Finance Manager for Planning and Analysis (2004 – 2005)- Instilled GE’s result-oriented culture by establishing world-class financial processes inplanning and analysis to promote unyielding integrity, accountability and inclusiveness- Collaborated with sales team to launch a new refinance product that Increased newbusiness margin by 12% and led to additional US$2 million net income- Adopted segmentation-based pricing strategy to achieve additional US$2 millionincome and lower user acquisition cost by 20%- Spearheaded a cost-cutting initiative and convinced 15 department heads to reducetheir operating costs by 5~15%, resulting in US$1 million savings
  • Ge
    Senior Associate, Corporate Audit Staff (Cas)
    Ge Jan 2002 - Feb 2004
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Corporate Audit Staff ("CAS") is GE’s global leadership program with 350 corporate auditors from 50+ countries- Identified and corrected operational issues totaling US$16 million net income by performing financial reviews on 14 GE divisions in 11 industries and 8 countries
  • Ge
    Financial Analyst, Financial Management Program (Fmp)
    Ge Jul 1999 - Dec 2001
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Financial Management Program ("FMP") is GE’s two-year finance management trainee program with 100+ years of history- Led the development of an online system to issue letter of credit for GE Asia, whichlater became GE’s global portal processing applications of US $10 billion per year- Developed financial model and pricing plan in a taskforce team that created one of the first online marketplaces to sell insurance and received US$2 million funding from HQ

Herbert Yang Skills

Strategy Corporate Finance Entrepreneurship Leadership Start Ups Venture Capital Finance Financial Analysis Management Business Strategy Business Development Singing Create Entertainment Creative Writing Mentoring Movie Encyclopedia Photography Instagram Sarcasm Looong Talk Build Rapport Shape Or Influence Others' View Engaging In Cross Disciplinary Conversation React Native

Herbert Yang Education Details

  • Stanford University Graduate School Of Business
    Stanford University Graduate School Of Business
    Business Management
  • National University Of Singapore
    National University Of Singapore
    Finance
  • National University Of Singapore
    National University Of Singapore

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Herbert Yang works for Dfinity

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Herbert Yang attended Stanford University Graduate School Of Business, National University Of Singapore, National University Of Singapore.

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