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
This is the core of what I do. Support clients with introductions to investors and partners across my global network, to further some strategic goal surrounding growth or market entry.
I’ve done this for:
Fintech companies across the US–Asia corridor that deal with things like digital payments, stablecoin infrastructure, digital asset exchanges, SME lending, and tokenized RWAs
Companies operating at the intersection of gaming, entertainment, and sports, including but not limited to streaming leagues, fantasy contests, fan engagement initiatives, brand activations, and sports tech offerings in smart wearables
Education and healthcare companies looking to grow beyond their home turfs or bring new tech and AI-enabled offerings to market, tapping on my industry and government ties
Case study: Web3 and Wearables Partners / Sponsors for the A7FL
From working on 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 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 connected with a fellow presenter - the co-founder of a wearable biometrics company, NoLimit.
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
I bring an informed approach to recruiting with both business and technical experience, having helped to run small businesses for HNW mentors, and been both a software engineer and business unit lead in on-demand ridehailing at now publicly listed companies.
I also maintain close ties with SF Bay Area alumni networks I’m part of, which helps me stay in touch with industry developments, and have deeper, more meaningful conversations with in-demand candidates.
Past role coverage and placements include:
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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I'm happy to share more context, connect you with references, or talk through how similar work might apply to what you're building, including representing your brand at industry events.