Summary
Executive tech and data leader with 21 years experience in engineering, platforms, and product strategy. Builder of high-performance teams and product infrastructure platforms across travel, fintech, gaming, and food delivery. Specialist in data-driven product engineering and strategy, 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 ARR venture builder acquired by Dell
- Global IT Director at world’s largest human rights NGO
Experience
Chief Technology Officer
Blackpanda · Remote/Singapore · Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
Cybersecurity, incident response and digital forensics, and cyberinsurance for APAC SMEs. Rebuilt initial MVP 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 engineering, design, ops and product team in under 6 months
- Promoted to CTO from VP Product after first year.
Global VP Data
Delivery Hero · Singapore/Berlin · Oct 2020 - Mar 2023
Led global data strategy and operations for €30B+ food delivery group, and 250+ team operating in 74 countries (Foodpanda, Glovo, Talabat, Woowa, etc.).
- Owned global data Platforms, ML/AI, and Analytics strategy, design, and implementation across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and MENA
- Led platform development of global Data Mesh, real-time Feature Store, event streaming Bus, and Customer Science delivering new capabilities in pricing, recommendations, and fraud detection
- Deployed APAC fraud detection system, preventing €40M+ in losses in 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 tight 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 segmentation
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 DataSpark platform 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 organizational Agile and DevOps transformation, raising IT delivery success rates above 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.
- Startup CTO for 5 portfolio companies including F1Live (acquired by ESPN) and DirectPanel (acquired by Ipsos-Reid)
Technologies
| Skill | Competencies |
|---|---|
| Languages | Go, Python, Ruby, some Rust |
| Data Eng | Watermill/NATS, Kafka, Flink, Datastream, Databricks, Glue, Airflow, real-time feature stores |
| ML/AI | TensorFlow, Go/PyTorch, SciKit (real-time inference, personalization, optimization, fraud/AML) |
| DevOps | AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD (Argo, GH etc) |
| Analytics | dbt, Big Query, Athena/Redshift, Snowflake, Looker, Tableau |
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.
DataKind · Singapore · 2014-2016
Co-founded DataKind datascience-for-good global hub and was Director of Operations.
Education
MSc Information Technology, University of Liverpool · 2003
BA Honours Economics and Political Science, Western University · 1992
Languages
English native, French advanced, Spanish proficient, Indonesian basic, Italian basic