About

Visionary profit growth strategist with over twenty-eight years of experience rapidly growing businesses through innovation, product development, sales & marketing, mergers & acquisitions, and strategic partnerships across consumer packaged goods, consumer electronics, IoT, digital media and Artificial Intelligence industries. Leverages global network of high-profile technology and media companies to identify and capture growth opportunities, improve B2B & B2C sales, and executes marketing initiatives that penetrate targeted audiences for revenue growth in the tens and hundreds of millions. Areas of expertise include consumer technology, innovation, product development, user experience, competitive analysis, strategic planning, business development, restructuring, P&L management, financial planning, budgeting, public relations, advertising, digital media, management consulting, business transformation, diversity and leadership.

Career Highlights

Top 20 EdTech CEOs of 2022. Developed strategic plans for B2B and B2C products at DMAI, Inc. a multinational next-generation cognitive A.I. technology company. Raised over US$90 Million Series A funding from predominant venture capitalists, i.e. IDG, Sailing, Lenovo and more. Successfully launched the company’s first groundbreaking consumer EdTech product line in the United States and then globally.

Launched three collaborative communication technology products in three years at Touchjet via crowd funding and venture capital financing. Built cutting edge hardware, software & cloud-based platform for device-agnostic digital collaboration with proprietary computer vision machine learning algorithms and SaaS business model across B2B and B2C markets.

As the Founding President of BlueFocus Communication Group of America, built a global platform from scratch to over $200M within two years through strategic business development and successful acquisitions, including Vision 7, WeAreSocial and FuseProject. Developed the full global strategy for exponential growth by working directly with the CEO & Chairman and coordinating execution across all operating units in the multibillion-dollar public company BlueFocus Intelligent Communications Group (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 300058).

Recruited into the founding executive team at Livescribe, one of the first mobile IOT companies. Within one-and-a-half years, grew the business from $0 to $50M by developing a go-to-market strategy and global distribution network encompassing Europe, Asia Pacific, and the United States, including the establishment of major partnerships with physical and online retailers.

Spearheaded strategic development at LeapFrog (NYSE: LF) Asia-Pacific business operation. Grew the organization from a small technology based education toy company into a global player valued at $750M through strategic partnerships with companies in Japan, Korea, and China over the course of tenure.

Education

MBA, Marketing (2000)
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

BA, International Finance (1991)
Renmin University of China