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Angel Investor (FinTech, CNN, New Media, AI, Data Analytics); Strategy & Technology advisor/consultant – Regulatory advisory & solutions development using NLP, AI, RPA, iML for MiFID II, GDPR/PII, FATF/GAFI (AML, KYC, CTF), BSA, Sapin II, PEP, UBO, SOE, MSOE; advisor for financial custody & trust, DLT integration and trade analytics

Angel investor and consult/advisory to technology start ups across Asia - semiconductor design, robotic automation in industrial workflow (software and hardware). data analytics and machine learning for industrial production

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Analyze regulatory, technology and industry trends across the global financial ecosystem in order to assess impact, risk and responses for Bloomberg. Collaborate with senior management across Bloomberg Global Data on cross border, cross jurisdictional, cross sector disruptive regulatory changes (ESMA's MiFID, MAR and how they impact FCA/FINRA rules or vis-à-vis regulations such as GDPR) to strategize and prioritize Bloomberg’s responses. Collaborate with external consultants and partners for innovation and IPR (patents & prior art and best practices) development for core technologies within Bloomberg.

Managing DirectorSustainability Strategist (Environmental-Social-Governance)Head of Telecoms, Media and Technology Equity ResearchTMT Equity StrategistAs head of TMT, managed, developed and mentored a regional team of Tech, Internet and Telecoms analysts while publishing thematic reports looking at TMT mega-trends and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues and their impact across the global value chain. Integrated TMT team cross-border, cross-sector and across multiple disciplines on multiple mega-trends such as “pervasive computing”, the “impact of unstructured (big) data,” the “convergence of heterogeneous networking and computing,” the “Year of Cheap evolving into the Age of Cheap and the Internet of Everything.” Raised the visibility of BNP Paribas’ tech and ESG franchise by being a regular speaker at industry events globally on Internet, WWW, telecoms, innovation, sustainability as well as climate change; won multiple awards for the team.

Head of Equity Research, Global Tech Strategist:Lead and develop a team of equity research analysts as director of equity research and publishing as global tech strategist. As Global Tech Strategist, monitored technology companies [public and private] globally to identify new trends, anomalies in the global tech ecosystem and disruptions in the competitive landscape. As director of research, developed strategic plan for Terra Nova Trading to enter institutional equities business as an independent research firm. Built a team of technology sector analysts, quantitative analysts and technical analysts; mentored team to develop differentiated periodical sector coverage products and services.

Equity Research Strategist Global Technology Team. Nov 1999-June 2000 based in UBS Warburg Asia. Focused on raising visibility of UBS as a tech savvy bank; mentor local Asian analysts for calling higher up; gaining corporate access for institutional investors. Participated and spoke at UBS Warburg’s Tech & Telecoms conferences in Hong Kong, Singapore and the UBS Warburg KOSDAQ conference in Korea; organized the UBS Warburg Wireless Internet Seminar [April 17th 2000] in Tokyo. Frequent speaker & panel Chair in Industry Conferences—Bluetooth Congress, WLAN, Wireless Java, Semiconductors, etc.

Led the MSI Consulting team researching the Web Developer/Integrator market, and the Server market activity and business strategies developing and conducting--qualitative questionnaires highlighting markets, technology trends, purchasing habits and attitudes in Japan and Asia. Change Management expertise includes executive level sales and marketing force alignment, web strategy integration and alignment with business goals. Marketing Research background includes conducting in-depth qualitative interviews with major end users in Asia Pacific for IT and Internet Adoption. Strategic Planning experience included developing channel and niche marketing strategies for broadband video technologies over the Internet; Designing and planning an innovative Webcentric Multimedia Call Center; Developing a strategic plan for webcentric enterprise relationship management. Developing and conducting a qualitative survey on Interactive Voice Response systems over the Internet.

Responsible for Strategic Planning, Sales, Marketing and Client Support for BYTE Magazine in Asia-Pacific; Turned around sales for region increasing awareness and visibility for BYTE Magazine & the McGraw-Hill in Asia-Pacific; Customer relationship development and support for clients included creating innovative integrated marketing plans, integrating the Web into high-tech marketing plans; Lecturing on high tech marketing strategy, Web Marketing, market research, policy analysis and quantitative models to IT companies in various countries and across multiple cultures; Organizing the CeBIT'97 Global Logistics Featured as a speaker in the 1997 Asian IT Adoption and Global Marketing Conference, the 1998 Asian CEO Roundtable on High Tech Marketing, and the televised COMPUTEX'98 High Tech Marketing Conference