Sze How Chan

Global AdTech Partnerships @Microsoft - AdTech | Strategic Partnerships | Market Development

Singapore

About

Sze How was appointed Associate Director, Market Development for East Asia, Xandr (A Microsoft Company) in January 2020 and further expanded his scope to the wider APAC region in 2021. Based out of the Singapore office, he is responsible for managing the company’s presence, growth and expansion in the region with a core focus on building marketplaces. Leveraging on his technical foundation, he specializes in closing and activating complex enterprise deals across strategic clients with a consistent track record in delivering >100% revenue quota year on year across his book of business. With strong passion in AdTech field, Sze How has served in both Video and Programmatic Committees of IAB HK in 2021 and 2020 respectively, where he drives industry initiatives for the digital ecosystem in Hong Kong. Previously, he was part of the Solutions Consulting team for two years where he was responsible for technical partnership with key strategic clients throughout APAC. During which, he focused on building market liquidity through solution engineering and implementations. On the supply front, he has successfully implemented several tier 1 publishers across APAC and served as a thought partner for monetization. Also, he pioneered and expanded AppNexus’ footprint in the Taiwan market - owning the new business cycle for top clients as well as supply evangelism. On the demand side, he drives revenue as a technical partner for buyers and agency clients. Prior to joining AppNexus (now known as Xandr), Sze How co-founded a travel-tech company where he led Business Development and Product Management. In 2014, he had his first encounter with adtech during his stint in New York where he served as an Account Manager at Mezzobit (acquired by OpenX). With more than 10+ years of experience in the advertising tech industry, he has extensive knowledge of Demand Side Platforms (DSP), Supply Side Platforms (SSP), Ad Servers, Data Management Platforms, Real-time bidding (RTB), header bidding solutions, etc. Sze How holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Economics with a minor in Technopreneurship from the National University of Singapore.

Experience

  • Microsoft (Singapore)
    • Head of JAPAC AdTech Partnerships
      Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Leading growth across 3P AdTech Partnerships (DSPs and SSPs)

    • Director, International Partner Sales JAPAC
      Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Associate Director - Strategic Partnerships APAC and East Asia (Xandr)
      Jun 2022 - Mar 2023 · 10 mos

  • Xandr (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Associate Director, Market Development
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Strategic Market Manager - AppNexus, A Xandr Company
      Feb 2019 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr

  • IAB Hong Kong (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Video Committee
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Programmatic Committee
      Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • AppNexus (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • Solutions Consultant II, Global Market - APAC
      Apr 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Solutions Consultant, Global Market - APAC
      Dec 2017 - Apr 2018 · 5 mos

    • Associate Implementation Consultant, Global Market - APAC
      May 2017 - Dec 2017 · 8 mos

  • CEO and Co-Founder at SuiteLyfe Technologies Pte Ltd
    Jul 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    SuiteLyfe is a multi-sided platform that seeks to monetize remnant rooms at the eleventh hour through our mobile app for staycations. Dubbed as a mobile application for spontaneous staycations, we seek to provide you an alternative urban lifestyle by partnering with a collection of local hotels to provide on-demand staycations anytime, anywhere. Available on iOS and Android. Exhibited at Tech in Asia 2016 and featured on Vulcan Post (vulcanpost.com/581445/suitelyfe-last-minute-staycation/). Closure of SuiteLyfe: https://www.techinasia.com/talk/lesson-suitelyfe-closure