Global Talent Directory

5 years in venture capital

- First Talent Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (crypto) and Chapter One

-  Provided post-investment support to portfolio companies

- Diverse background in various company stages and roles

- First talent and HR lead at imo.im and Chronicled

- Early employee at Zynga

- Initial talent team member at Klarna in Stockholm (now 5000+ employees)

- One of the first 10 recruiters on the Google Cloud team

- Expertise in non-technical support for startupsPeople operations: Implementing recruiting infrastructure, managing the recruiting process (sourcing, screening, interviewing, hiring)

- Compensation and culture: Developing compensation strategies and fostering a culture of people excellence

- Fractional Growth Lead / Growth Marketing Consultant

- Director of Advertiser Growth at Matchmade

- Specialises in CRM-focused growth strategies for businesses

EngineeringExperiences:

- Over 30 years of experience converting ideas into market-impacting products.

- CertiPath's TrustVisitor: Developed a product for digital trust and security.

- Aristotle International: Created SaaS solutions for campaigns, PACs, and advocacy organizations.

- Poppy Bridal: Developed SaaS offerings for bridal stores.

- My second book is out in 2024 and will be published by Penguin Random House

- My work and thought leadership has been featured in AICD, The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Grazia and more

- Fractional VP for Partnerships
- General Partner @ 007 Venture Partners
- Founder @ Bond & Partners
- Early @ Airbnb, built and led Airbnb for Work in ANZ
- Product Marketing @ Microsoft & MAR Robotics
- Ex Founder @ Harvestly & Tom Ascott

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EngineeringExperiences:

- an executive MBA candidate and will soon complete the Company's Directors Course of the Australian Institute of Directors.

- A “full stack marketer” and marketing technologist.

- Mentor to entrepreneurs at several startup accelerator programs.

- Currently an in-house Growth Advisor to portfolio companies at Mucker Capital and MuckerLab.

- Strategy & Analytics Leader @ Zoomo, Uber & Turo
-  Big fan of Lime bikes, Uber Green and active transport
- Putting the world's 1.5 billion cars to better use"

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- Entrepreneur in Residence at Accelerating Asia

- Asia’s top VC Accelerator program

- Coached over 40 pre-series-A companies as they raise money, double their revenue.

- Landed my first exit (IPO) while running advertising technology at Renren.com (“The Facebook of China”) in 2011.

- Run syndicates for impact aligned startups at https://www.particlealliance.com.

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- Founder at Projectadoc.

- Software Engineer at Google.

- Co-Founder and CTO at Abbra.

- Extensive experience in typography and computer graphics coding.

- Represented Google as the HTML editor at the W3C.

- Built teams spanning chip design and diverse software applications.

- Skilled in handling contracts and legal aspects of business, including IP protection.

- Current startup focuses on next-generation web products.

- Won the 2022 Hyperledger Global Challenge

Speaker at:

- University Research Blockchain Institute

- Fields Institute for Research in Mathematics

- Authored a chapter on Blockchain Cybersecurity in a book on Blockchain for Life Sciences

- Professor for Blockchain Develop Program at George Brown College

- Technical Lead for Cybersecurity Research Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University

- Experienced Software Development Executive

- Focus on decentralized systems, full-stack, and mobile integration

- Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity Technology Leader

- Specializes in verifiable credentials, IoT, and healthcare

- Global Head of Product Design for insurtech bolttech (raised $500m in Series A/B)
- Led design & innovation teams for Fortune 500 clients in Accenture Song
- Mentor & Advisor for NewCampus

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- Fractional Leader for Tech Startups

- ISV and Startup Global Expansion

- Business Transformation towards building a repeatable and recurring business.

- Expertise in monetisation, pricing & retention
- Head of Product & Growth and have led 30+ people in product org
- tier.app ($20M -> $200M ARR)
- veed.io ($10M -> $25M ARR)

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- 17+ years of marketing management experience- Versatile and strategic consultant for diverse business needs and budgetsGlobal experience.

- Worked with consumer brands and digital platforms in North America and APAC-Industries: e-commerce, media, entertainment, sports, events, fintech, automotive, L&D, consumer products-Expertise in market understanding and customer needs.

- Develops tailored solutions for brand growth, market share expansion, and customer loyalty. - Non-Executive Director at ALLKND Youth Mental Health Education.

- Contributes to improving young people's mental health & well-being.

- CEO & Co-founder at Newdata.tech
- Fractional Chief Data & Analytics Officer
- Support companies to unlock value through data science

- Proven track record of scale-up $5-$50m turnarounds   - An exec with equal parts strength and humility who gets the desired outcome using a consultative leadership style that corrals people around a common vision.. And,   - Have tried translating the vision themselves but can’t seem to get the strategic and operational steps in the right order, cadence and priority

- Have trekked to Everest Base Camps-speak Mandarin and sailed a 62-foot boat across the South Pacific.- named 2010 China Internet Executive of the Year and was in the President’s Club each year at Akamai.

- Worked for OpenSSF and OpenJS foundations around Open Source security.

- Open source maintainer

- Over 400 npm packages accounting for 5-10% of all of npm's downloads

- Engineer @ Coinbase, Airbnb, Twitter/x

- Establish relationships with the OSS and standards communities

- Audit public Open Source presence, and advise on how to maximize desired metrics

- Establish polices around OSS consumption, contribution, and publication

- Gut-check announcements around OSS, standards, licensing, security, etc to minimize surprising community pushback

- Content and social media strategist specializing in mobile-first and video content.

- Passionate about the health tech and education industries.

- Most recently served as NSW Health Social Media and Video Content Manager, managing a Facebook page with 1 million followers and moderating 6,000+ comments weekly.

- Believes in the power of emotive content and audience engagement for campaign success.

- Expert in developing content solutions for niche audiences with a focus on split testing and multi-channel distribution.

- 10+ years in content marketing and production for clients including NSW Health, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, SBS Australia, Cradle Coast Authority (Tasmania), Org Organic, and the Public Education Foundation.

- Regular guest lecturer at AFTRS and JMC Academy teaching storytelling, social media, and content marketing.Experience across various media, including agency, client-side, TV networks, and government, providing a unique perspective for every project.

- Business operations | Go-to-market strategy | International expansion | Government relations I Passionate about B2C marketplaces.

- Expert in launching, scaling products and teams: Airbnb grew from <100 to >5,000 employees and from ~100K to >200M guests during my time.

- Course Hero evolved to Learneo with eight companies in the productivity and learning space.