Summary
Executive tech and data leader with deep expertise in data, engineering, and product strategy. Builder of high-performance teams and platforms across fintech, food delivery, gaming, and travel. Specialist in data-driven product strategy, ML/AI, and operational excellence.
- Global VP Data at world’s 3rd largest food delivery company
- VP Data of $5B Southeast Asian travel unicorn
- Managing Director for $10M USD/a venture builder acquired by Dell
- Global IT Director at world’s largest human rights organization
Experience
CTO and VP Product
Blackpanda · Singapore/Hong Kong · Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
Cybersecurity, incident response, and cyberinsurance for APAC SMEs. Rebuilt product and platform, scaling product revenues from near-zero to $3.2M by FYE 2024, securing $6.7M Series A2 funding.
- Rebuilt MVP into scalable platform with scanning, client management, UX, and attack surface tooling
- Designed data-driven threat profiling and early-stage predictive attack models
- Hired and scaled cross-functional product, engineering, design, and ops teams in under 6 months
- Drove product revenue growth critical to A2 fundraising success
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 platform for global group
- Launched fraud detection in APAC, preventing €40M+ in first 9 months
- Rebuilt global experimentation platform, doubling test volume and impact
- Established company-wide Data Mesh, Feature Store, real-time Bus, and Customer Science functions to power pricing, recommendations, and fraud
VP Data
Traveloka · Singapore/Jakarta · Oct 2017 - Jun 2020
SE Asia’s $5B travel unicorn. Led all data platform, data science, ML, and Analytics functions across 17 businesses 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+ across, pricing, operations, and marketing
- Slashed fraud in credit product from double digits to 1% in 3 months, saving $16M USD
- Rebuilt experimentation and feature decision-making framework across 12 business lines
- Built real-time ingestion and feature store for ML-based pricing, personalization, and recommendation
Managing Director, APAC
Pivotal Labs APAC (Neo Innovation) · Singapore · Sep 2013 - Jun 2017
Celebrated APAC venture builder practice acquired by Dell in 2016. Led company to $10M+ ARR turnaround in under 2 years.
- Built Singtel’s data analytics business DataSpark and stood up Samsung SE Asia’s Data Science and Analytics capabilities
- Teams built and launched acquired startups PIE (Google), Luxola (LVMH), and Viki (Rakutan)
- Scaled $2B/day settlement system for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Houseparty backend, and Ministry of Manpower National ID system
Director of Information Technology
Amnesty International - International Secretariat · London · Oct 2006 - Oct 2009
Amnesty is the world’s largest human rights NGO. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize. Served as global CTO, leading software, DevOps, infrastructure, and digital campaigning across 74 offices.
- Relaunched Amnesty.org to wide acclaim; awarded for digital impact
- Introduced Agile and DevOps, increasing delivery success to 90%+
- Pioneered digital rapid-response campaigns, boosting advocacy win rates globally
Directeur Technique
Michel Dyens & Co · Paris/New York · Apr 1999 - Dec 2002
Led technology 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, DBT, Snowflake, Redshift |
| Analytics | Product analytics, Metrics/KPIs, experimentation, BI, fraud/AML |
| ML/AI | TensorFlow, PyTorch, real-time inference, feature stores, LLMs |
| Engineering | Go, Python, Ruby, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps |
Volunteer Experience
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii · USA · 2023-present
Architected and built NASA-commissioned system for scientific comet data consolidation
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 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, Italian novice