Jan 2004 – Present · 22 yrs 2 mos · India, Singapore

• Co-Founded innovative social enterprise & its mission, vision, strategy, form of business, programs, marketing, etc. Co-created new model of conservation that impacted public policy via The Parliament of India and the national press.
• Developing a high-end resort partnership to fund & grow philanthropy & community programs, including distribution of clothes, blankets, solar lights, & water filters in one the poorest yet fastest-growing regions in the world – important impact on 10,000 lives. Medical camps have provided care to over 4,100 people. Also vocational education, manufacturing, eco-industry, & promotion of indigenous people through the arts.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2014 · 13 yrs · Singapore, Shanghai, Cyprus, Guernsey, Mexico

• Partners with strategy clients to define where they are, where they want to go, and how to get there. Guides clients through business development planning, including business model & business case creation, executive communication & stakeholder management, and resourcing business needs. Created an innovation audit & toolkit to help clients create novel solutions to particular problems, develop innovation skills, rejuvenate their enterprises, create new products and services, and embed innovativeness into their organisations.
• Client – Work:
• Citibank-INSEAD, Albatross-GAIA-create2donate - Strategy & Business Development
• Visa, Reuters, Singapore Technologies - Enterprise Risk Management
• Matsushita-Panasonic , Johnson & Johnson - Management Development, Executive Education
• Crimson Logic (Singapore), HP - Strategy, Balanced Scorecard
• At the same time, CJ founded a virtual family office to consolidate, manage, and build family wealth, which required integrating skills in accounting, law, investment management, entrepreneurship, strategy, IT, finance, people management, and more. She draws on experts worldwide in the areas of tax, law, and investments to structure, implement, manage, and regularly communicate the family’s portfolio of activities. These activities have included new venture development, investing, and real estate (buying, selling, renovating, and renting residential & commercial).
• CJ established a variety of structures on three continents -- trusts, corporations, partnerships, & a sole proprietorship for wealth maximization and generational transfer. She sourced new opportunities and grew the family’s portfolio to a multiple of its original value. After the 2008 global economic crisis, she focused on cash-flows and preserving wealth, assets, and activities/investments the family wanted to keep. She manages family dynamics and endeavoured to maintain family unity in the midst of the crisis and beyond.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr · Singapore

• Worked with Singapore’s leading financial services and government institutions (clients & potential clients) to define & analyze business & IT opportunities, create strategies & initiatives, & conduct executive workshops to create competitive and internal initiatives, prioritize & focus, create action plans, and generate cohesive support. At its peak, Scient built ground-breaking eBusiness for clients such as Chase, Morgan Stanley, AT&T, J&J, Boots, & Marubeni, and had 130 clients, 1,500 employees, and 14 offices around the world.
• Client – Work:
• Standard Chartered Bank, Societe Generale, MetLife, Dun & Bradstreet, DBS, Dao Heng - Financial Services Industry & eBanking Visioning
• Prime Minister’s Office, GIC, MoM, Tourism Board, Attorney General’s Chambers, Law Academy - Singapore eGovernment Visioning & Planning
• Scient Innovation Lab - Innovation Workshops & Business Development

Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 · 1 yr · Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, S. Korea, China

• As a member of the world's largest strategy consulting group, CJ structured & led projects, developed & managed client relationships, managed dozens of staff, and served as an expert resource for a broad range of clients in various industries (mostly Financial Services). Led initiatives to envision the future of an industry & the client’s position in it; define core competence & competitive advantage; define value creation, business models, partnerships, & implementation approach; develop cost and price models; establish the viability of new entities; gain initial buy-in from future clients; define organizational, process, and technology architectures; and other issues surrounding both technology and technology-enabled business strategy.
• Led a Euro-Asian market assessment, partner identification, & strategy/plan development. Worked with a large Asian bank to clarify existing initiatives, identify gaps, outline next steps, communicate, obtain buy-in, & prioritize. Led a team for credit risk management transformation in Thailand. Led a team to define outsourcing partnership opportunities for a $100 million annual Korean IT budget.
• Client – Work:
• European Banking Group - Euro-Asian Strategic Alliance Development
• Standard Chartered Bank - Channel Management & eBanking Strategy
• Major Asian Bank - Credit Risk Management Transformation
• Major Asian Bank - IT Strategy & IT Outsourcing Strategy
• Financial Services Consortium - Payments Infrastructure & Business Development
• Major Chinese Conglomerate, Keppel Corp. - Industry Visioning & eCommerce Strategy

Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 · 3 yrs · Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, India, London, Zurich

• Co-founded & built a research and consulting (“R&C”) firm designed to use leading-edge management research from Harvard, Stanford, etc. for major corporations, premier consulting firms, and government-linked organizations such as the United Nations.
• Developed a new Enterprise Risk & Business Portfolio Management framework & methodology with EY. At Singapore Technologies (S$4.5 billion turnover, S$13.7 billion assets, 21,000 employees), worked with group CEO, member-company CEO's, and over 300 executives to roll out to all their business units.
• In the private equity area, co-created (with EY) tool & baseline methodology for mapping & mining intangible assets. Led executive education project to professionalize the management of an Asian entrepreneur-led enterprise. Performed a Strategic Business Review & Growth Plan for the most profitable and fastest-growing business segment of a US$180 billion company.
• Client – Work:
• Singapore Technologies - Strategic Risk Management & Business Portfolios
• Ernst & Young, Financial Services Practice - Intangible Asset & Enterprise Risk Management
• Oberoi Hotels & Resorts - Management Development & Executive Education
• United Nations (UNIDO) - Asian Industrial Development Strategy
• Government of Denmark - Asian Trade Development Strategy
• Ameron - Asia - Balanced Scorecard, Strategy & Growth Plan

Jan 1996 – Jan 1997 · 1 yr · Singapore

• Conducted research on the Future of Work and how to manage global virtual teams. Designed and taught courses on “Managing in the New Wired World,” Accounting, and “New-Age Marketing” (Data/Internet-Enabled).

Jan 1987 – Jan 1991 · 4 yrs · Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Built high-security finance & accounting systems for the NSA (National Security Agency), US Department of Defence, doing both the hands-on technical work, as well as project management, team management, business process reengineering, and training. Besides performing systems analysis, design, and coding, she planned and supervised projects, tracked and reported progress, acted as client liaison, and truly enjoyed working the help-line, which seamlessly combined client need for technical prowess and problem-solving/interpersonal skills. She also developed market research systems at AGB and revenue systems at United Airlines.
• Client – Work:
• NSA (National Security Agency), US DoD - Finance & Accounting Systems Development (3 years)
• AGB Research - Market Research Systems Development
• United Airlines - Revenue Systems Development