As we near another edition of Tech in Asia’s flagship conference, Tech in Asia Singapore 2017 bolsters its insight-building capacity with a strong line-up of seasoned experts in the tech industry. Here’s a quick roundup of a few more speakers you can expect to learn from this coming May 17 & 18.
1. Grace Yun Xia, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy and Development, Tencent
Grace Yun Xia, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy and Development, Tencent
From its establishment in 1998, Tencent has been pivotal in revolutionising China’s digital landscape through its high-quality mobile games, social platforms, and content services. Just last year, it was named as one of the world’s largest public companies, joining the likes of tech giants Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft.
With over 10 years of experience managing the growth of tech startups and corporate ventures, Grace is a seasoned investment practitioner in the industry. She currently takes the lead in diversifying Tencent’s product portfolio by implementing effective marketing strategies as well as forging strategic partnerships and investments with high potential startups in the region.
Catch Grace at the Main Stage on Day 2 of the conference! She’ll be discussing how the M&A landscape is heating up.
2. Dietrich Ayala, Technical Evangelist, Mozilla Corporation
Dietrich Ayala, Technical Evangelist at Mozilla
Mozilla’s mandate of keeping the internet accessible to all is communicated by Technical Evangelists like Dietrich. He takes an active role in ensuring that people are fully informed of the company, state of the web, and their flagship browser.
Before stepping into his current role, Dietrich was a front-end developer and engineering manager for Firefox, focusing on projects in optimising key browser features such as session restore, jetpack, and Places. He was also Project Manager of Firefox OS, Mozilla’s operating system for mobile phones and tablets that target smartphone users in developing countries.
Dietrich will be speaking on Day 1 of the Developer and Product stage! His keynote is titled: Preparing for the App-ocalypse: The web in the age of physical computing.
3. Tiang Lim Foo, Operating Partner, SeedPlus
Tiang Lim Foo, Operating Partner of Seedplus
Launched just last year, Jungle Venture’s SeedPlus takes an active role in funding startups in Southeast Asia that have global potential. It is currently led by three operating partners with extensive experience in managing tech companies such as HOOQ and Spotify.
Before joining SeedPlus, Tiang headed Evernote’s APAC market expansion back in 2012 when its local office opened in Singapore. Through his leadership, Evernote users in SEA grew from 1 million to more than 10 million in a span of three years.
Tiang will join Vanessa Larco at Startup 101 stage on Day 1. They’ll be sharing practical tips on how you can negotiate your first seed round.
4. Josephine Chow, Head of Market Expansion, ShopBack
Josephine Chow, Head of Market Expansion, ShopBack
Upon joining ShopBack in 2015, Josephine’s leadership was crucial in expanding the Singapore office’s growth in sales and monthly active users. Just last year, the e-commerce startup managed to skyrocket sales during Alibaba’s Singles Day sale, achieving an unprecedented feat of roughly one sale per second.
Prior to ShopBack, she started off at Zalora as a Social Media Executive and eventually acting as its Regional Head for Offline Marketing and Partnerships.
Join Josephine at Marketing Stage (Day 1) as she sheds light on the similarities and differences between the markets in SEA, and the steps you should take if you want to expand into these markets.
5. Ruchi Shah, Head of Global Expansion, OLX Group
Ruchi Shah, Head of Global Expansion, OLX Group
Ruchi leads the global expansion of OLX Group’s new and emerging vertical businesses. Before holding leadership positions in one of the world’s largest online marketplace, she was a Subject Matter Expert in Barclays Capital and served as a Managing Director for Lazada.
Her expertise lies in scaling e-commerce and classifieds businesses. She was the driving force that helped OLX Indonesia successfully establish its real estate vertical business which successfully acquired 500 agents during its first two months of operation.
Don’t miss Ruchi’s panel discussion at Startup 101 stage (Day 2). She’ll be sharing key insights on how you can adapt your business strategies to build a regionally scalable business.
Tech in Asia has updated their conference agenda. Expect insightful sessions and hear from world-class speakers this May 17 & 18.
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