Track Record
Here’s a selection of past and current work. Client names are omitted where confidentiality applies, but the scope and outcomes are real. If you'd like references or more detail on any engagement, get in touch.
Partnerships and Business Development
Biz dev and fundraising support for 3 fintech companies — investor introductions, pitch preparation, and market entry scoping across the US–Asia corridor
Sports technology presentation at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), San Francisco — representing the A7FL to an audience of sports-tech and gaming investors
Wearables sponsorship deal sourced and closed for the A7FL — connecting a biometric technology company with a US sports league, resulting in athlete kit placement and on-screen brand activation
Web3 partnership structured for the A7FL — bridging US sports culture and the Web3 ecosystem
Case study: Web3 and Wearables Partners / Sponsors for the A7FL
Having recently worked in Web3 recruiting and partnerships, I learned that many ecosystems were looking to partner with sports leagues for things like fantasy, digital collectibles, and fractional team ownership. The network eventually introduced me to the American 7s Football League (A7FL).
After discussions with several ecosystems, we eventually launched our fantasy app in partnership with Hedera (check out some of our team at Hedera’s event at ETH Denver 2025).
What followed was even more serendipity. At GDC in San Francisco, I gave a sports-tech presentation on behalf of the A7FL. Along with a couple helpful sports-focused VCs who made valuable introductions, I also connected with a fellow presenter - the co-founder of a wearable biometrics company.
Over the following months our teams discussed a sponsorship arrangement that placed their product on game-day athletes in the league, alongside QR code displays and branded callouts during matches. The partnership gives them authentic athlete exposure in a growing US sports property, and further establishes the A7FL as a tech-forward league and avenue for discovering new sports technology.
It's a good illustration of how conference presence turns into pipeline, which turns into closed deals.
Strategic Recruiting
Embedded recruiting partner for a leading Chicago-based quant trading firm — full lifecycle hiring across software engineering and quantitative research
Staff-level backend engineers and SREs for a leading AI research lab in the US
Talent ramp-up across SE Asia for a leading Solana decentralised exchange — web and mobile SWEs, DevOps, data engineers
VC Associates for crypto funds
Quant developers for proprietary trading firms in Asia
Business development and financial analyst roles for crypto protocols and developer studios
Engineering leaders for VC portfolio companies
On-campus and industry conference pipeline cultivation (MIT, Stanford, University of Waterloo, ETH Denver, Token2049, and others)
Corporate Training and Capability Building
Early on with Sparked, coming from an education and human capital background, we delivered corporate training programmes for analytics and technology teams in Singapore and the region. Training was bespoke - designed around the client's actual skill gaps, not pre-packaged courseware - and delivered by subject-matter experts from leading technology companies.
Statistics for machine learning — Sephora Asia Analytics team, Singapore (2020). A hands-on session connecting the mathematics behind ML models to real business analytics challenges.
Advanced SQL for business intelligence — arranged for a Singapore-based BI team, delivered by a practitioner with deep technical and teaching experience.
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