Thomas Jeng

CEO

Singapore, Singapore14 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Strong track record in client services and business development.
  • Experience working with senior executives across North America and APAC.
  • Expertise in venture capital and early-stage investment.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital and Business Development expert with a focus on startups.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalEarly Stage Investment

Other Skills

Quantitative AnalysisBusiness StrategyInternational Business StrategyInternational RelationsMandarinChineseGovernmentPowerPointMicrosoft OfficeInternational TradeResearchWritingStrategic PlanningMarketing StrategyPolicy Analysis

About

Former strategy consulting professional with strong track record in client services and business development, especially under challenging circumstances. Substantial experience working with senior executives across North America and APAC. Now looking to apply skill set to rapidly growing, entrepreneurial companies.

Experience

14 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Openai

Startups

Jul 2025Present · 9 mos · Singapore

Aspire

3 roles

Global Head of Startups

Promoted

Jan 2025Jul 2025 · 6 mos · Singapore

General Manager, Singapore

Promoted

Jan 2023Jan 2025 · 2 yrs · Singapore

Head Of Sales

Feb 2022Jan 2023 · 11 mos · Singapore

Headline - asia

Venture Partner

Jul 2024Jul 2025 · 1 yr · Singapore

Venture CapitalEarly Stage Investment

Iterative

2 roles

Venture Scout

Promoted

Jun 2024Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Singapore

Mentor

Sep 2022Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Singapore

Gnowbe

2 roles

VP, Head of Commercial

Oct 2021Mar 2022 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Responsible for P&L, leading across all commercial functions including Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success

Head of Growth

May 2021Oct 2021 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Building the world's leading science-based professional learning platform at Gnowbe. We enable teams to level up quickly and perform better, preparing your business for greater productivity.
  • Learn more at https://www.gnowbe.com/.

500 startups

4 roles

Mentor

May 2021Jul 2025 · 4 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Provide support and guidance to entrepreneurs on growth, sales, and international market expansion

Head of Global Business Development and Strategy

Dec 2020May 2021 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Leading a global team to expand 500's services, programs, and investment activities throughout the world. Looking to partner with any organization working to drive innovation and entrepreneurship, especially in emerging ecosystems.

Head of Asia-Pacific, Innovation and Partnerships

May 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led expansion of 500 Startups programs and client services in the Asia-Pacific region. Successfully built out team and business in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, China, Cambodia, and Azerbaijan.

Consultant

May 2018May 2019 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Build an emergent client services business focused on supporting governments and corporations in driving innovation initiatives. Responsible for driving strategic initiatives related to product and organizational design. Spearheaded business development in the Asia-Pacific, launching a major partnership in the region as part of a land-and-expand approach.

Junction

Founder and CEO

Sep 2017May 2018 · 8 mos · Greater New York City Area

  • Lead globally-distributed 9-person team in designing and developing Expertise-as-a-Product (EaaP) on digital transformation for the Asia market.
  • Manage all business and product functions, including product development, business development, human resources, legal, and fundraising

Appworks

Summer Associate

Jun 2017Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Pre-MBA venture capital internship:
  • Analyzed market size, growth trajectory, and user behavior as part of due diligence on two emerging social networks
  • Led competitive analysis to help a growth-stage e-commerce SaaS firm enter the Southeast Asia market
  • Mentored junior colleagues on career pathing, business analysis, and international markets

Ceb, now gartner

2 roles

Executive Advisor

Jul 2015Jun 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Led advisory services for CEB's Financial Services practice in 11 highly diverse emerging and developed markets across the Asia-Pacific.
  • Supported senior banking executives (e.g. Head of Commerial Banking) and their teams on a variety of topics, including innovation, growth, and customer experience
  • Played an active role in business development, helping to lead a revenue turnaround my first year in role

Senior Research Analyst

Apr 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Led strategic research and analysis projects for leading financial services institutions as part of the CEB Financial Services Operations Leadership Council, focusing on how to prepare Operations and Customer Servicing teams to support strategic objectives, such as improving customer experience and supporting the development of new products and services.

Garten rothkopf

Director - Business Development

Nov 2012Apr 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Washington, DC

  • Led business development at a startup advisory boutique focused on providing customized business intelligence on Big Data, energy markets, and other issues at the intersection of economics and technology.
  • Spearheaded the firm's entry into the China market, connecting with some of the country's largest privately-held firms

The boston consulting group

Associate

Sep 2011Nov 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Developed strategic and operational solutions for clients across various industries. Performed analyses, developed hypotheses, coached clients, and presented results to senior management. Experiences include:
  • Policy analysis: Analyzed the impact of state and national-level policies and regulations on liberalized retail natural gas markets
  • IT strategy: Performed cost / benefit analysis of migration to shared IT platforms across business units of a large energy retailer, providing final recommendations to CIO
  • Product development: Performed research on Big Data and social media for development of new analytics consulting offerings for an internal BCG project; findings were presented at senior levels throughout firm
  • Budget projection: Built complex budget projection model for a major pharmaceutical company, driving recommendations for outsourcing contract renegotiation and cost reduction initiatives
  • Sentiment analysis: Performed survey research for financial services organizations to assess stakeholder sentiment regarding policy reforms, guiding advocacy approach and media coverage with findings

Education

Yale School of Management

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Georgetown University

BSFS

National Experimental High School (now International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park)

High School

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