Jason Collins

Co-Founder

Singapore, Singapore26 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of multiple successful SaaS startups.
Expert in product growth and strategic partnerships.
Experienced in angel investing and technology sales.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with extensive experience in product growth and technology partnerships.

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Agile MethodologiesApplication DevelopmentApplication Performance ManagementBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceCRMChannel PartnersCloud ComputingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data CenterDemand GenerationDirect SalesESBEarly-Stage Startups

About

A veteran of startups, growth companies, and corporations across Silicon Valley and Asia Pacific. My career began as an engineer during the dot-com era in San Francisco, while my recent work has focused on growth for Silicon Valley startups. I strive for multipotentiality and to acquire a diversity of experiences. I have been fortunate to apply my energies to these endeavors: ⭐️ Founding member of an AI-native SaaS ⭐️ Specialist in Observability and APM ⭐️ Founded a B2B workplace chat SaaS ⭐️ Founded a co-live/ co-work network for founders and digital nomads ⭐️ Angel investing ⭐️ Bitcoin HODLR and enthusiast Feel free to schedule an intro. I'd love to expand my network with interesting people like you!

Experience

Nextnet

2 roles

Co-Founder and Head of Product & Growth

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Building Nextnet's product and user growth. Nextnet is the life sciences AI platform where researchers love researching.

Angel Investor

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

Sendbird

Strategic Growth Executive, Asia Pacific & Japan

Nov 2019 – Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Singapore · On-site

Sendbird, a YC company backed by Tiger and Iconiq, is the enterprise-grade AI agent you can rely on. Industry leaders, including Paytm, Maya, Reddit, Carousell, and Traveloka, utilize Sendbird to drive increased transactions and loyalty for hundreds of millions of monthly active users (MAUs).

Cxa group

Director of Product for Banking Partners

Jan 2019 – Nov 2019 · 10 mos · Singapore · On-site

Focused on technology partnerships for white-label products, distribution, and growth with BancAssurers. CXA was a Series-B startup based in Singapore, backed by investors such as B Capital, Openspace, EDBI, and SingTel.

Rocket camps

Founder and Operations

Oct 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco · On-site

A co-living / co-working network for founders launching in Silicon Valley. Rocket Camps was the first step along a founder's journey, where they gained support, mentorship, and sponsored events. Come dream with us!

Switchedon, inc.

Founder and Head of Product

Oct 2014 – Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Singapore and San Francisco · On-site

After over a decade of using corporate email yet struggling to align stakeholders within sales, services, support, and cross-functional teams, I founded switchedOn, a workplace team chat app. Following a $1M fundraise in Singapore, the team relocated to Silicon Valley. Regrettably, we were unable to capture PMF due to fierce competition from Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Xmatters, inc

Director Business Development, Asian Markets & Japan

Jan 2014 – Oct 2014 · 9 mos · Singapore · Remote

As the first employee in Asia, I focused on growth in new regions and developed partnerships with telcos, managed service providers, and cloud/infrastructure providers.

Ca technologies

Senior Director, Technology Sales and Solutions, Asia Pacific & Japan

May 2006 – Jan 2014 · 7 yrs 8 mos · Singapore · On-site

Starting with Wily Technology and following our $400M acquisition by CA, I was fortunate to take on numerous responsibilities over my tenure across roles within growing lines of business and new corporate acquisitions.

Wily technology

Head of Technology Sales, Asia Pacific & Japan

Jun 2002 – May 2006 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Singapore and Tokyo · On-site

Began as a sales engineer working out of San Francisco. I was fortunate to develop into regional and international pre-sales and then lead the APAC technology sales team from Tokyo.

Metamarkets

Full Stack Engineer

Jun 1999 – Dec 2001 · 2 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

MetaMarkets was a dot-com fintech startup that hosted a financial community to reveal the inner workings of mutual funds. I developed web apps using technologies such as Java.