Daniel I-Fan Wu
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Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Taiwanese Native or bilingual proficiency
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German Full professional proficiency
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Experience
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Forward31 | by Porsche Digital
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Germany
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Company Building
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Sep 2022 - Present
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Deloitte Digital
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Venture Architect @ Innovation & Ventures
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Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
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Venture Architect
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Dec 2018 - May 2021
- Ideated key strategic digital initiative and participated in delivery for a top global insurance company- Validated a new entertainment platform and drafted its business plan for a top global auto manufacturer which contributed to double digit million funding of the venture- Conducted due diligence on a knowledge sharing platform for a global pharmaceutical company- Conducted various venture ideation and validation projects
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Dealflow.eu
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Portugal
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Investment Manager / Advisor
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Apr 2021 - Nov 2021
- Startup selection and due diligence - Operational support for portfolio companies - Startup selection and due diligence - Operational support for portfolio companies
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SquareOne Venture Capital
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Germany
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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1 - 100 Employee
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Visiting Venture Capital Analyst
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Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
- Screened 1000+ early stage start-ups to identify potential investment targets and to initiate deals - Conducted due diligence on potential investment targets to finalise deal closures - Initiated internal process review to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations - Researched technology trends such as artificial intelligence and computer vision to shape house-view on the sector - Screened 1000+ early stage start-ups to identify potential investment targets and to initiate deals - Conducted due diligence on potential investment targets to finalise deal closures - Initiated internal process review to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations - Researched technology trends such as artificial intelligence and computer vision to shape house-view on the sector
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E.ON Inhouse Consulting GmbH
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Germany
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Business Consulting and Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Visiting Consultant
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Mar 2017 - May 2017
- Applied SCRUM method in a 10-person new digital venture team to improve product and to ramp up business - Assessed Italian home heating market to develop marketing strategy for a new solution business - Evaluated project IT strategy and 5 potential IT solutions for project development need - Applied SCRUM method in a 10-person new digital venture team to improve product and to ramp up business - Assessed Italian home heating market to develop marketing strategy for a new solution business - Evaluated project IT strategy and 5 potential IT solutions for project development need
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Visiting Research Analyst
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
- Mapped world plastic packaging and after-use market for publication at 2017 World Economic Forum at Davos - Interned in the New Plastic Economy initiative partnered with Unilever, Amcor, Coca Cola, Mars, and Veolia - Advocated in team strategic workshops to determine the direction of the New Plastic Economy initiative - Lectured in internal team debating training with 90% of team participating - Mapped world plastic packaging and after-use market for publication at 2017 World Economic Forum at Davos - Interned in the New Plastic Economy initiative partnered with Unilever, Amcor, Coca Cola, Mars, and Veolia - Advocated in team strategic workshops to determine the direction of the New Plastic Economy initiative - Lectured in internal team debating training with 90% of team participating
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University of St.Gallen
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Switzerland
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Student Assistant (SIM-HSG)
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Nov 2015 - Jul 2016
- Reviewed admission process of the SIM Master program by benchmarking peer programs - Interviewed 7 suppliers from 3 different countries for recruiting software procurement - Reviewed admission process of the SIM Master program by benchmarking peer programs - Interviewed 7 suppliers from 3 different countries for recruiting software procurement
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BNP Paribas
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France
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate, Equity Research
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Oct 2014 - Aug 2015
- Produced and published research reports for 13 companies in TMT sector to provide clients investment insight. Coverage market cap is over USD134b and include major PC and handset brands/component suppliers in Asia. - Evaluated a Chinese-Korean smartphone component supplier with an in-depth Pre-IPO research. - Built financial models from scratch and maintained more than 10 financial models with MS Excel. - Coordinated inter-team product cooperation among Taipei, Hong Kong and Seoul offices.
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EY
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Advisory Intern
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Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
- Audited compliance process of a global financial service firm with client representatives from India, Singapore and Taiwan to ensure compliance - Initiated a research to develop new business service lines for EY Taiwan - Audited compliance process of a global financial service firm with client representatives from India, Singapore and Taiwan to ensure compliance - Initiated a research to develop new business service lines for EY Taiwan
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National Development Council
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Taiwan
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Civil Service
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Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
- Worked as a Civil Serviceman in the think tank-like organization in Taiwan Government. - Bench-marked the performance management system of Taiwan government against that of 5 OECD countries to help improve the government performance management system in Taiwan. - Selected by NDC as an Administrator to coordinate and counsel all the servicemen and the relevant staff of the Council. - Worked as a Civil Serviceman in the think tank-like organization in Taiwan Government. - Bench-marked the performance management system of Taiwan government against that of 5 OECD countries to help improve the government performance management system in Taiwan. - Selected by NDC as an Administrator to coordinate and counsel all the servicemen and the relevant staff of the Council.
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Mastercard Data & Services
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Business Consultant
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Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
- Worked as a Business Consultant intern in the world's largest cloud-based predictive software & consulting firm. - Refined and proposed a data-driven (with SQL, Excel, and APT’s own software) online marketing strategy for a top US grocery retailer, saving the client more than USD 13 million per year - Assessed a new product strategy for a leading global restaurant chain, preventing the client from incurring future revenue loss of about USD 340k per year by ceasing a new product launch - Developed marketing strategies to prevent budget waste in future campaign for a leading global restaurant chain
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National Taiwan University
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Taiwan
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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President
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Jul 2011 - Feb 2012
- Elected president by 40+ club members. - Initiated the international expansion of the Elite Debate Competition for high school students: - Attracted 88 debate teams to participate: it is the largest international high school debate competition in Taiwan - Led and coached a team of 35 students to hold two nationwide debate competitions and to win four major national and international debate prizes, including a debate championship - Coached the NTU debate club and Kaohsiung Senior High School debate club for 4+ years.
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Education
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University of St.Gallen
Master of Arts (M.A.), Strategy and International management -
The University of Edinburgh
1 Year Exchange program, College of Humanity and Social Science -
National Taiwan University
Double Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), International Business and Finance