Second time as founding engineer.Helping creators hire the best talent and build their teams, while using AI to create more jobs for the creative professionals, not replacing them.I'm fortunate to work with some of the most unique YouTube and TikTok creators around the world.

Responsive for Nas.io creator monetisation product and launching it in India market, which is responsible for 60% of our GMV (We hit 1M ARR within over a year)Key achievements:1. Led the UPI integration for one-time and subscription payments, enabling our launch in India market. UPI has an adoption rate of 80% across all our transactions in India.2. Launched local payment method integration like UPI, GCash and Pix. This increased our transaction volume in local markets by an average of 50%.3. Increased our payment checkout rate by more than 25% in 3 months by iterating checkout experience, improving error handling experience for users and adding new revenue recovery options.4. Launched Magic Reach, a messaging feature for community managers to engage with members via emails and WhatsApp direct messages.5. Worked with the Engineering team to fix critical bugs, clearing 95% of the backlog within a month.6. Worked with Lead Data engineer to set up data dashboards for product and business metrics, used by entire organisation. This helped us make more data-driven decisions.7. Pioneered the product marketing: achieving the following:a. Defined go-to-market strategies for all new features.b. Defined the process for Customer Service team to write new support articles, increasing user self-support by >10%.c. Experimented with new growth channels like content marketing, webinars, and lead sourcing from competitor apps.d. Started influencer marketing campaign that gained 2M video views in 60 days. Our organic search reached 900K in the same month (300% increase).e. Set up analytics to track all marketing channels"Mark's commitment to product stability was exemplary. He worked closely with our engineers to identify and address bugs, consistently ensuring a high level of product quality. Everyone in the engineering team speaks highly of his unwavering dedication to user experience. " - Xiao Qi, VP Engineering at Nas, Ex-Engineering lead at Shopee

I designed and built the second tech product of the company, Lesan.io, an auto-translation/editing tool that for short-form videos that enables the Content team to publish videos in 17 languages, cutting translation time from 48 hours to 12.I also started a web3 experimentation arm for the company. This led to to our key product expansion to helping creators build communities.Stack: Figma, React JS, Node JS"Mark is also one of the most customer focused people in the product and tech team. He would even go as far as entering WhatsApp groups to help engage with our high potential customers, adapt and gather feedback for their recent launches." - Jacq Lim - Head of Communities at Nas, Ex-Operations at Uber and Grab

First Engineer and Product hire. Employee #1As the first engineer/product hire, I was responsible for building the early architecture (payment/learning management system) and tech team of Nas Academy platform. We reached 1M ARR in over 1 year.Stack: Figma, React JS, Node JS, Python"Mark never said no to any challenge or any opportunity to fill in the company gaps to ensure product success. Amidst all of the different hats he played, he still jumped on every issue to support our users. He is always available, midnights or weekends. I wholeheartedly believe that Mark would be a great pillar for any founder or any early-staged startup." - Nuseir Yassin, Founder of Nas Daily

Backend engineer - Java/SpringSEA e-commerce payment platform teamI was responsible for building enhanced e-wallet features, such as wallet balance check, on online shopping platforms like Lazada/Tmall

Backend Engineer - PythonDesigned and implemented End-To-End Web service to deliver urine test kit straight to patients' homes

First startup I joined right out of high school and since then I have been bitten by the startup bug 😄Early member of the teaching teamHelped develop the 1-on-1 High school/IB Math, Chemistry and SAT curriculum

Conducted anti-corrosion testing for different coating formulations through a comparative study of Salt Spray Test and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic methods.