Tony Ho
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Segway
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United States
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Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Vice President, Robotics & Micromobility Business Development
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Apr 2017 - Present
Beijing/Boston VP, Segway Robotics Spearhead Segway Commercial Robotics' international business development and marketing effort. Pioneered Segway Robotic Mobile Platform (RMP) and Last Delivery robot. P/L responsibility for go-to-market strategy and execution for hospitality robots and innovative robotics products. VP of Global Business Development Led effort in Segway International Business Development effort in Brand Partnership, Technological Collaboration, and Investment Opportunities. Work… Show more VP, Segway Robotics Spearhead Segway Commercial Robotics' international business development and marketing effort. Pioneered Segway Robotic Mobile Platform (RMP) and Last Delivery robot. P/L responsibility for go-to-market strategy and execution for hospitality robots and innovative robotics products. VP of Global Business Development Led effort in Segway International Business Development effort in Brand Partnership, Technological Collaboration, and Investment Opportunities. Work with major players in the Automotive, Robotics, and Mobility industries. Company ambassador for mocromobility industry. Show less
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Founder and President
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May 2018 - Oct 2020
Greater Boston Built the Segway Discovery company from the ground up. The company's scooters, e-bikes, together with its cloud and App solutions become a market leader in providing one-stop-shop solutions for medium and small micro-mobility operators. In 2020, SD merged with Segway Commercial Group to better serve global customers.
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Founder and CEO
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Dec 2013 - May 2018
Advise startup companies on go-to-market strategies and fund raising, with focus on Mobile Internet, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Wearable, Robotics, Drones and other Smart Devices.
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Founder and CEO
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Jan 2014 - Aug 2016
Shanghai City, China Web portal that makes intelligent recommendations for Chinese buyers to select properties in oversea properties, based on big data technology.
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COO, Board Member
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Feb 2009 - Mar 2014
Shanghai City, China Chinese Real Estate Search Portal backed by BlueRun Venture, former Google and Alibaba executives. Built company inbound and outbound marketing team and BD team from ground up. Led marketing campaign to drive website traffic. Executed wide varieties of campaigns. Established company’s Social Marketing strategy led marketing team to establish Social Marketing presences. Restructured company’s business model. Established the CPC business model. Won major customers. Good sales momentum… Show more Chinese Real Estate Search Portal backed by BlueRun Venture, former Google and Alibaba executives. Built company inbound and outbound marketing team and BD team from ground up. Led marketing campaign to drive website traffic. Executed wide varieties of campaigns. Established company’s Social Marketing strategy led marketing team to establish Social Marketing presences. Restructured company’s business model. Established the CPC business model. Won major customers. Good sales momentum based on such business model led to successful raise of the Series B funding. Led Business Development effort with major online partners. Established collaborations with banks and real estate developers. Responsible for company’s mobile strategy, developed and launched mobile App for home search and house valuation tool. Principally Responsible for successfully raising series B financing. Show less
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Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
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Apr 2008 - Jan 2009
Shanghai City, China Streamlined company’s product positioning and go-to-marketing strategy. Transitioned the main product from a pure play video streaming technology provider to a comprehensive software that includes video playing, chatting, karaoke, and casual gaming aggregation software. Led Business Development effort. Established strategic partnership with major internet companies. Drove traffic and software downloads from video sharing websites. Peak daily active user base increased to 100,000 users.
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Myvu Corporation
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Consumer Electronics
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President of Product
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Jul 2007 - Mar 2008
Boston Responsible for Myvu Personal Video Viewer product roadmap, go-to-market strategy and execution, and ensure all programs meet milestones. Led multifunctional Product Marketing and Development team including product managers, industrial designers, mechanical and electrical engineers, application software engineer. Run product marketing and engineering daily operations. Provide overall leadership and coordination with sales, mar-comm, and overseas manufacturing team. Facilitate company fund… Show more Responsible for Myvu Personal Video Viewer product roadmap, go-to-market strategy and execution, and ensure all programs meet milestones. Led multifunctional Product Marketing and Development team including product managers, industrial designers, mechanical and electrical engineers, application software engineer. Run product marketing and engineering daily operations. Provide overall leadership and coordination with sales, mar-comm, and overseas manufacturing team. Facilitate company fund raising and financing activities.
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Director of Business Development
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Sep 2002 - Jun 2007
Established and maintained the overall strategies and goals for business development. Identified, negotiated and managed strategic relationships with leading business partners. Build use cases and demonstrations to evangelize the new usage and product value propositions. Represented Myvu in major consumer electronics, mobile telecom trade shows and conferences such as CTIA, 3GSM, CeBit and World Handset Forum.
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Business Development Manager
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Jul 2000 - Jan 2001
Worked with CEO to develop business strategy and develop long-term relationship with investors, partners and clients. Conducted extensive research in e-business solutions and its application in a variety of industries. Presented to clients’ senior management team with e-business strategy and led solution selling sessions.
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Procter & Gamble
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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New Market Initiative & Engineering manager
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Jan 1998 - Jun 2000
Coordinated product initiative activities with Brand, R&D, Productions, Logistics and Quality Assurance divisions. Worked closely with marketing and sales team to determine product features and tradeoffs. Presented business plan to senior management. Established project charter, team and other deliverables. Secured internal funding appropriation. Negotiated business requirements between other business units with the engineering team.
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Production manager
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Jan 1996 - Jul 1998
Managed a team of operators, mechanics and electricians. Provided coaching to develop technicians’ technical and leadership skills. Conducted daily direction setting for the operations team. Implemented Total Quality Management Tools, Statistical Process Control Tools, Equipment Qualification process.
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Research Associate
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Jun 1994 - Dec 1995
Tonronto,Canada Research and development in video and robotic vision technology in industrial application. Published three first authored papers in IEEE Journal of System, Men and Cybernetics (SMC), IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference and IEEE SMC Conference.
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Education
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Harvard Business School
MBA -
University of Toronto
Master's degree Mechanical and Industrial Engineering -
University of Manitoba
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) -
Shanghai Jiao Tong University