Daryl Manning

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 cyberinsurance for APAC SMEs. Rebuilt initial MVP product and platform. Scaled product revenues from near-zero to $3.2M USD by FYE 2024, securing $6.7M USD 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 and profitability 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 volumes and product 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 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 and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. 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

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