Singapore
I help early-stage startups build their founding and leadership teams. What I specialize in: 1. Seniorities: Founding Engineers, Founding GTM, Technical Leadership (VP Eng, EM), Commercial & Growth Leadership (Country Head, Head of Sales B2B, Growth & RevOps) 2. Industries: SaaS, AI/ML, HealthTech, Fintech, Web3, Developer Tools I lead search strategy, talent advisory, and team building for startups who need to hire fast without compromising quality, especially when building offshore or distributed teams. Previously scaled recruiting at Series C fintechs (Funding Societies, Fazz). Open to partnerships with startups looking to scale their technical,commercial,and leadership teams across APAC. Email : [email protected] / [email protected]
seachange is a dedicated network for SEA HR builders to gather, learn and grow. Our community is the go-to forum for HR professionals at the startups powering the tech and innovation behind Southeast Asia’s incredible growth story. I contribute my experience through co-creating content and events, and learning alongside my peers to stay effective.
- Led new market expansion hiring for Thailand and Vietnam, built both teams from scratch post-2022 expansion. Partnered with regional leadership to hire after critical roles (Country Head, COO) were secured, then scaled the team across Credit, Risk, Compliance, Collections, Sales, and Legal. - Managed confidential hiring for senior and leadership roles through direct sourcing via LinkedIn Recruiter and referral networks. - Supported People Ops on incentive compensation design for Thailand market, linked to regional sales incentive structure. Achievements : - Secured 95% offer acceptance rate in Thailand market through cultural-fit driven hiring and candidate relationship management. - Closed 15 roles per quarter across Junior to Assistant Manager level. - Contributed to reducing turnover from 6-12 months to ~2.5 years. - Received recognition award from Thailand COO for contributions in building the Thailand team from ground up.
• Recruiting for Tech roles : Software Engineering (Backend, Frontend, Full stack), Data (Data engineer, Data scientist, Business intelligence), Product Designer (UX researcher, UI/UX designer), Product Manager • Recruiting from IC (Individual Contributor) to People Manager level ------‐--‐--------------------------------------------------- • Industry : Financial Services (Payment Gateway, Stable coin / cryptocurrency) • Locations : Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and India. • Xfers merged with Payfazz and Modal Rakyat, became Fazz Financial (2021) --------------------------------------------------------------- Highlight & Achievements : • Managed full cycle recruiting for 20-25 requisitions. Overseeing from outreach, screening, interviews, offer & negotiation, and onboarding. • Actively build a diverse candidate pipeline using several channels : referrals, local developer community, internal databases, and social media outreach (twitter, discord, LinkedIn) • Closed one of the unique also complex positions in the market : Product Manager KYC/Authentication system and Product Manager Card Issuing. • 5 of 7 senior engineer headcounts was fulfilled within 4 months of joining. • Achieved 30 hires for Software engineer, Data, and Product team • Maintain 80-85% average acceptance rate within 1,5 years.