Mar 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · On-site

• Credit Saison is a Tokyo-listed $30B AUM consumer finance company, and one of the largest credit card issuers in Japan. I support the corporate venture arm where we do direct and fund of fund investments.
• Our direct investments include Grab (Largest startup in SEA), where we helped to build its Finance business unit, Shopback (Softbank/Temasek-backed), and other startups such as Ula (B2B E-commerce), Bukukas (Digital Bookkeeping), or Koinworks (SME Lending) .
• Find out more at www.saisoncapital.com

Apr 2022 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos · On-site

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud computing company. Our business development function focused on growing cloud markets with thousands of technology startups regionally in Southeast Asia and Pakistan.
• My Market Focus:-
• 2022: Indonesia and Vietnam
• 2023: Vietnam
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Managed partnerships with ecosystem partners such as incubators, accelerators and Venture Capitals
• 2) Advise and support technology startups with innovation, technology adoption, go-to-market and fundraising strategies
• 3) Create and lead strategic programs such as mentorships, masterclasses and investor days for startups

Sep 2018 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos · On-site

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud computing company. Our business development function focused on growing cloud markets with thousands of technology startups regionally in Southeast Asia and Pakistan.
• My Market Focus:-
• 2018 - 2020: Southeast Asia & Pakistan (excluding Singapore and Indonesia)
• 2020 - 2021: Malaysia, Pakistan and emerging markets such as Brunei, Cambodia and Myanmar
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Managed partnerships with ecosystem partners such as incubators, accelerators and Venture Capitals
• 2) Advise and support technology startups with innovation, technology adoption, go-to-market and fundraising strategies
• 3) Create and lead strategic programs such as mentorships, masterclasses and investor days for startups

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Southeast Asia

• We’re a Southeast Asian centric Web3 community with the mission of onboarding the next 1 million Web3 talent.

Oct 2021 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

• Venture Fellow at the first ASEAN Venture Capital (VC) Bootcamp by Insignia Venture. Looking for Foodtech startups across Southeast Asia.

Aug 2021 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• On Deck is a private, world-class professional social network which provides a new approach to continuous online education.
• I joined one of the On Deck's fellowship program to deepen my understanding of tech startups and community building.

Sep 2017 – Jan 2018 · 4 mos · Melbourne, Australia

• Startmate is the leading startup accelerator program in Australia, which has invested in 150+ startups.
• Responsibilities:
• I was mainly in charge of the Perks Program, striking partnerships with companies like Alibaba, Segment, Github, Kissmetrics, Pipedrive, Sendgrid and Inmagine Group to provide benefits to the startups in the program.

Aug 2017 – May 2018 · 9 mos · Melbourne, Australia

• Edcellent is a private tutoring hub with the mission of nurturing the next generation of leaders with critical thinking skills.
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Streamlined operations and devised hiring playbook
• 2) Managed marketing campaigns and customer outreach

May 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Millennials is a social impact driven we-media that focus on educating youth on startups via video content. Some of our works and thoughts have been featured on e27, Tech in Asia and Vulcan Post.
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Plan, curate and produce video content on startups and technopreneurship
• 2) Led content partnerships with tech media such as e27, Tech in Asia

Nov 2016 – Jun 2017 · 7 mos · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Through NEXT Academy, we want to be the ones laying the foundation to achieving the NEXT frontier by empowering passionate individuals with the skills, knowledge and network to pursue their dreams and ambitions.
• I am tasked to develop IT products to improve the company’s branding and marketing strategy. I have built an Application Programme Interface (API) that enhances communication between the company and students. I have also built a bot that automates the process of improving the company’s brand. Being in the marketing team, I have also set up marketing strategies such as email funnels, landing page and social media advertising to increase awareness of teaching programmes in different target markets.
• I am part of the execution team in product development. I have mentored over 50 students on programming knowledge about web development using Ruby on Rails.
• Some of the tech-related articles I have written:
• 1. What is Object Oriented Programming: https://www.nextacademy.com/blog/object-oriented-programming-oop/
• 2. Why is Swift worth learning in 2017?: https://www.nextacademy.com/blog/swift-worth-learning-2017/
• 3. Essential tools for IOS App Development: https://www.nextacademy.com/blog/tools-required-start-building-ios-apps/

Aug 2016 – Oct 2016 · 2 mos · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• I was enrolled in a highly practical and intensive bootcamp at NEXT Academy, one of the best coding schools in Southeast Asia for 9 weeks. This programme has widened my horizon in IT and I enjoy the challenge of cracking complicated codes.
• Course outline: Ruby on Rails, SQL, Javascript, Jquery, HTML, CSS and other best practices in web development
• Link to final project: https://kampy.herokuapp.com/

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Manchester, United Kingdom

• AIESEC is a global organisation with presence in 126 countries that transforms students and recent graduates into leaders by running an international exchange programme. More details about our programmes can be found: http://aiesecmanchester.blogspot.co.uk/
• Responsibilities:
• 1. Promoted the Global Internship Programme to companies which are sourcing for talents
• 2. Developed relationships with companies

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 · 1 mo · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Hiredly (previously known as WOBB) is the Job App for Gen Y. We help young professionals find employers with the right culture fit using our website and mobile app. Our app officially launched in April 2015, and has grown phenomenally since then, proudly housing some of the best employers in Malaysia. WOBB is also the organiser of "The Awesome Tour"​, which is open to all Malaysians, bringing them to meet employers such as Google, Paypal and KFIT.
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Developed relationships with clients through cold calls and meetings with different employers
• 2) Set up marketing strategy to gauge interest from more companies
• 3) Devised business strategy with the marketing and sales team

May 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr · Manchester, United Kingdom

• Manchester Entrepreneurs is one of the largest student-run organisations with over 5000 members. Founded in 2008, Manchester Entrepreneurs was set up to create and educate a community of future business and society leaders. We organise speaker series and workshops focused on developing valuable business skills and giving our members opportunity to gain practical experience.
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Coordinated and Organised Events, Workshops and Competitions
• 2) Liaised with Speakers and Companies for Collaboration
• Website: http://manchesterentrepreneurs.co.uk/

May 2015 – Apr 2016 · 11 mos · Manchester, United Kingdom

• Enactus is a community of student, academic and business leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better more sustainable world. We run a variety of Social, Economic and Environmental projects aiming to create a social impact in the society. More details about our projects can be found: http://www.enactusmanchester.wix.com/home
• Responsibilities:
• 1) Managed a team of mentors to develop teaching materials
• 2) Conducted workshops in high school to teach students about basic financial knowledge
• Website of Our Project: http://spotfinance.org/