Summary
Executive tech and data leader with 18 years experience in data, engineering, and product strategy. Builder of high-performance teams and product infrastructure platforms across fintech, food delivery, gaming, and travel. Specialist in data-driven product strategy and engineering, ML/AI, analytics, and operations.
- Global VP Data at world’s 3rd largest food delivery company
- VP Data of $5B Southeast Asian travel unicorn
- Managing Director for $10M venture builder acquired by Dell
- Global IT Director at world’s largest human rights NGO
Experience
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and VP Product
Blackpanda · Singapore/Remote · Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
Cybersecurity, incident response, and cyberinsurance for APAC SMEs. Rebuilt product and platform. Scaled product revenues from near-zero to $3.2M by FYE 2024, securing $6.7M Series A2 funding.
- Rebuilt MVP into scalable SaaS platform with security scanning, client management, enhanced UX, and attack surface tooling
- Designed data-driven threat profiling and predictive cyberattack models
- Hired and scaled cross-functional product, engineering, design, and ops teams in under 6 months
Global VP Data
Delivery Hero · Berlin/Singapore · Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Led global data strategy and operations for €30B+ food delivery group operating in 74 countries (Foodpanda, Glovo, Talabat, Woowa, etc.).
- Owned global data strategy across ML, Analytics, and Platforms for entire group
- Led development of global Data Mesh, real-time Feature Store, event streaming Bus, and Customer Science delivering new capabilities in pricing, recommendations, and fraud
- Deployed APAC fraud detection system, preventing €40M+ in losses the first 9 months
- Rebuilt global experimentation platform, doubling test volume and impact
VP Data
Traveloka · Singapore/Jakarta · Oct 2017 - Jun 2020
SouthEast Asia’s $5B travel unicorn. Led all data platform, data science, ML, and Analytics teams across 17 business units and 8 countries.
- Hired leadership bench and doubled team to 125+ in very constrained talent market
- Deployed 23 ML models in 1st 10 months, driving $44M in value across pricing, operations, and marketing
- Slashed fraud in credit product from double digits to 1% in 3 months, saving an additional $16M USD
- Rebuilt experimentation platform and data governance models to support 12 business lines
- Launched real-time ML/AI infrastructure for dynamic pricing, personalization, recommendations, and behavioural segmnentation
Managing Director, APAC
Pivotal Labs APAC (Neo Innovation) · Singapore · Sep 2013 - Jun 2017
Celebrated APAC venture builder acquired by Dell in 2016. Led company to $10M+ ARR turnaround in under 2 years.
- Built Singtel’s data analytics business DataSpark and launched Samsung SE Asia’s data science capabilities
- Delivered high-scale engineering platforms for clients including Bank of America, Google (PIE), LVMH (Luxola), and Rakuten (Viki)
- Delivered National ID system for Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower
- Architected data infrastructure and data science backends for high-volume prediction and settlement systems
Director of Information Technology (CIO)
Amnesty International - International Secretariat · London · Oct 2006 - Oct 2009
Amnesty is the world’s largest human rights NGO. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize. Led global technology strategy, DevOps, software development, infrastructure, support, and digital campaigning across 74 country and regional offices.
- Relaunched Amnesty.org, receiving awards for digital innovation, impact, and accessibility
- Led Agile and DevOps transformation, raising delivery success rates to 90%+
- Pioneered rapid-response digital advocacy systems, increasing campaign win rates globally
Directeur Technique (CIO)
Michel Dyens & Co · Paris/New York · Apr 1999 - Dec 2002
Led IT for France’s 5th largest private M&A bank and its startup incubator.
- Interim CTO for 5 portfolio startups including F1Live (ESPN) and DirectPanel (Ipsos-Reid)
- Increased M&A throughput 58% with ML matching platform
Technologies
| Skill | Competencies |
|---|---|
| Data | BigQuery, Databricks, Airflow, Snowflake, dbt, Athena/Redshift, ETL/ELT |
| Analytics | Product Analytics, Metrics/OKRs/KPIs, Experimentation, Fraud/AML, BI |
| ML/AI | TensorFlow, PyTorch, Vertex, SageMaker, real-time inference, feature stores |
| Architectures | Data Mesh, Event-Driven, Stream Processing, MLOps, Data Lake, Serverless |
| Engineering | Go, Python, Ruby, GCP & AWS ecosystems, Kubernetes, Docker |
Volunteer Experience
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii · USA · 2023-present
Architected and built NASA-commissioned global system for scientific comet data
Amphibian Ark International · Australia/USA · 2013-2023
Built global management system for amphibian species’ survival and reintroduction programs.
Education
MSc Information Technology, University of Liverpool · 2003
BA Honours Economics and Political Science, Western University · 1992
Languages
English native, French advanced, Spanish proficient, Italian beginner