Experience

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  Skyview Group

  • Managing Director

    • Feb 2024 - Present

    Skyview Group, Inc. ("Skyview") is a professional services firm that supports clients in the investment management, banking and capital markets, real estate, and insurance industries. Skyview offers a suite of integrated services across finance and accounting, operations, tax advisory, legal support, regulatory compliance, information technology, human resources and recruiting, investor services, communications, and other back- and middle-office functions.

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  Aurora Asiaticus

  • Pathum Wan, Bangkok City, Thailand

  • Managing Partner

    • Nov 2020 - Jan 2024
    • Pathum Wan, Bangkok City, Thailand

    Providing transaction-level M&A advisory expertise and support to Sell-side clients in the private equity industry. Advising on Pre-sale consulting, corporate mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and due diligence. Expert advisory services with extensive networks in the Asia Pacific and Americas Regions. Perform detailed financial, market, and valuation analysis ahead of developing niche go-to-market strategies for privately-held companies. Presenting companies to markets on behalf of clients (asset managers) to realize liquidity objectives. Cap Intro services and support within Asia and the Middle East for select hedge fund and private equity structures.

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  Highland Capital Management

  • Singapore

  • Managing Director

    • Feb 2007 - Oct 2020
    • Singapore

    Managing Director of Business Development and Investor Relations at Highland Capital Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Responsible for Highland's business operations in the Asia Pacific Region, including investment product development, regulatory compliance and reporting, hiring, marketing, communications, and Institutional Sales. FINRA Series 63, FINRA Series 7

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  MOLL INDUSTRIES Inc.

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Chief Executive Officer

    • Aug 2005 - Jan 2007
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Moll Industries, Inc. was one of the largest companies specializing in the advanced design and manufacture of custom injection-molded and assembled plastic components. The Company's products were used for consumer products, telecommunications and business equipment, household appliances, automobiles, and medical devices. Moll's seven manufacturing operations were located in Ireland, Mexico and the United States (five locations) and supplied key components on a JIT-basis to some of the world's leading brands, including: Whirlpool, Coleman, Samsung, Abbott Laboratories, and Kidde.

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  H&Q Japan Ltd

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Lead Partner, Japan Technology Fund (Private Equity: Technology Media & Telecommunications)

    • Jul 2001 - Jul 2005
    • Tokyo, Japan

    H&Q Asia Pacific is an Asian private equity firm founded in 1986 as a branch of the investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. It is one of the oldest private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region.Senior VC executive and private equity investor specializing in early stage application software products and wireless internet technologies. Lead Partner of the H&QAP Japan Fund (Japanese TMT investments). Served as an advisor to a wide range of the firm's portfolio companies (publicly listed and private) in the Asia Pacific Region. Served as one of four members of an Investment Committee responsible for three pan-Asian private equity funds with $1.4 billion AUM.

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  Openwave Systems

  • Hong Kong

  • General Manager (Asia Pacific Reqion)

    • Feb 2000 - Jun 2001
    • Hong Kong

    Responsible for Software Sales, Consulting Services Sales, Channel Partner development, and all aspects of running the Asia Pacific Region business platform (China, AsiaPac ex Japan.) Served as one of four GMs worldwide with primary responsibility for achieving revenue and profitability goals. Overachieved against all financial metrics and goals for the duration of the assignment. Led key sales transactions and won major contracts with leading telcos in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Openwave (formerly Software.com, Phone.com, and Libris, Inc) changed its name to Unwired Planet and two of its former products launched as private companies: Openwave Mobility and Openwave Messaging. Openwave is historically significant for its introduction of the Mobile Internet - Openwave pioneered HDML, a precursor to WML and was a founding member of the WAP Forum.

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  Millicom (Tigo)

  • Singapore

  • Vice President (Global Operations)

    • Dec 1998 - Jan 2000
    • Singapore

    • Managed worldwide enterprise IT platforms at 24 cellular and ISP business operations covering countries in Africa, Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America. • Surveyed, defined and implemented ‘global best practices’ within MIC’s procurement, IT, marketing, customer care services, and product distribution areas. • Managed the standardization of all CDR processing and customer billing systems and streamlined procurement to optimize global purchasing power. • Reduced the number of billing system (hardware/software/middleware) vendors from 19 to 7 and reduced the number of financial accounting platforms from 13 to 3. • Recruited and hired a team to evaluate and deploy new value-add systems that included Internet Portals, e-commerce applications, prepaid billing services, and new methods for delivering cellular services over hybrid networks.

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  Oracle

  • Redwood Shores, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Singapore, Miami

  • Managing Director (Consulting Services)

    • Jun 1993 - Dec 1998
    • Redwood Shores, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Singapore, Miami

    Emerging Technologies Consulting Group, Americas Division 1993-1995 (Senior Manager)Financial Services Industry Consulting Group, Asia Pacific Division 1995-1997 (Practice Director)Consulting Services, Chile 1997-1998 (Country Manager)Financial Services Industry Consulting Group, Latin America Division 1998 (Regional Director)

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  Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

  • Los Angeles; Dallas

  • Senior Manager (Financial Services Industry, Consulting)

    • Jul 1991 - May 1993
    • Los Angeles; Dallas

    Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse in the Financial Services Industry consulting practice. Led numerous engagements associated with merger-related restructuring. Consistently increased scope and size of consulting projects via up-selling and cross-selling professional services to clients in California, Texas, and Venezuela.