Experience

Solana Foundation

• Switzerland
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Business Development - Decentralized Finance

  • 2022 - Present

  Grew developer community, built strong partnerships and created go-to-market strategies for this global 100+ employee firm funded by top VCs, including A16Z, with $314M Series C funding. Drove sustainable business growth for 100+ built-on startups on Solana’s largest ecosystem. Crafted new narratives and partnered with startup founders, VCs and accelerators. Grew developer community, built strong partnerships and created go-to-market strategies for this global 100+ employee firm funded by top VCs, including A16Z, with $314M Series C funding. Drove sustainable business growth for 100+ built-on startups on Solana’s largest ecosystem. Crafted new narratives and partnered with startup founders, VCs and accelerators.



MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Strategic Advisor - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Drive partnership programs and advise MIT executives on enabling AI education for school classrooms for MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), the world’s leading research and education institution for AI and machine learning with $95M budget and 900+researchers. Drive partnership programs and advise MIT executives on enabling AI education for school classrooms for MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), the world’s leading research and education institution for AI and machine learning with $95M budget and 900+researchers.



Project Serum

• Software Development

• Head of Business Development | Partnerships & Ecosystem Growth

  • 2021 - 2022

  Grew startup, VC and accelerator partnerships, led 6-person team and was noted as a global top performer for this largest decentralized exchange on Solana with a $1B daily trading volume, incubated by FTX. Spearheaded hackathons and accelerator programs, driving $30M+ funding with top VC partnerships. Grew startup, VC and accelerator partnerships, led 6-person team and was noted as a global top performer for this largest decentralized exchange on Solana with a $1B daily trading volume, incubated by FTX. Spearheaded hackathons and accelerator programs, driving $30M+ funding with top VC partnerships.



Perpetual Protocol

• Taiwan
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Growth and Partnerships (contract)

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

  I defined the brand and narrative, evangelized the platform to startups, launched go-to-market strategies and grew partnerships for this DeFi derivatives exchange with $200M+ daily trading volume. I defined the brand and narrative, evangelized the platform to startups, launched go-to-market strategies and grew partnerships for this DeFi derivatives exchange with $200M+ daily trading volume.



First Code Academy

• Hong Kong
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO | Head of Partnerships & Product

  • Jul 2013 - May 2020

  Founded and grew the largest global K12 coding education developer platform startup where I led growth from zero to $5M revenue, 10+ products and 30 full time staff and was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, BBC 100 Influential Women and featured in the Wall Street Journal, CEO Magazine, Bloomberg and the New York Times. Founded and grew the largest global K12 coding education developer platform startup where I led growth from zero to $5M revenue, 10+ products and 30 full time staff and was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, BBC 100 Influential Women and featured in the Wall Street Journal, CEO Magazine, Bloomberg and the New York Times.



Buffer

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Growth

  • 2013 - 2014

  Established the initial growth practice for leading SaaS social media management platform. Created the go-to-market strategy, evangelized the product to startup builders and on-boarded customers. Built the first growth dashboard to track daily and weekly funnel metrics. Established the initial growth practice for leading SaaS social media management platform. Created the go-to-market strategy, evangelized the product to startup builders and on-boarded customers. Built the first growth dashboard to track daily and weekly funnel metrics.



Bump Technologies (acquired by Google)

• Software Development

• Product Analyst (contract)

  • 2012 - 2013

  Leveraged Python, Redis and Riak to analyze large user data sets and identify trends improving user flow for Sequoia and VC AI6Z $26M Series A funded firm acquired by Google. Tracked photo sharing app metrics for continuous iteration of core features. Leveraged Python, Redis and Riak to analyze large user data sets and identify trends improving user flow for Sequoia and VC AI6Z $26M Series A funded firm acquired by Google. Tracked photo sharing app metrics for continuous iteration of core features.



Goldman Sachs

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investment Analyst, Technology, Media and Telecom Team (TMT), Global Investment Research

  • 2007 - 2010

  Analyzed investment opportunities in technology, media and telecommunications, wrote investment research reports and built financial models for 100+ clients at the world’s largest investment bank. Facilitated the largest IPO in China tech history and supported the global technology team as the sole team member for the Asia-Pacific Region following the Great Financial Crisis. Analyzed investment opportunities in technology, media and telecommunications, wrote investment research reports and built financial models for 100+ clients at the world’s largest investment bank. Facilitated the largest IPO in China tech history and supported the global technology team as the sole team member for the Asia-Pacific Region following the Great Financial Crisis.