Olivia Jingshu Ji is one of the top female entrepreneurs in the Tech space, especially enterprise SaaS industry worldwide. She was reported as the “Youngest Chief Operating Officer” by Business Weekly and many other medias. As a serial entrepreneur, in 2013, she founded B2B SaaS company Glue Up, which now has offices in 14 countries around the globe with clients in over 70 countries. Glue Up’s All-in-One Community Management Cloud , Membership management Cloud ,and Event Marketing CRM Cloud have not only helped business ,companies worldwide to go cloud , realizing digital transformation; but also helped many NGO organization and communities, empowering them with the best engagement software to better fulfill their missions and social responsibility.
During part time , Olivia is passionate about charity activities. She co-founded Beijing Hefeng Art Charity Foundation to finance and support rural kids to get the quality art education.
As a leader in the global tech industry, Eric is focused on developing customer-centric products and transforming the way professional communities build and enrich relationships. He has incubated multiple tech startups within the software, mobile, and environmental industries, and has worked with venture capital and private equity investments in the United States and China. He also founded China Entrepreneurs — a community he built into a 20,000+ member network. Eric is an elected member of AmCham China’s Board of Governors. In 2004, sponsored by Nike and Phillips, he traced Marco Polo’s route, cycling 100 days from Beijing, China to Venice, Italy. Eric holds an M.S. and a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has been featured in media such as the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, CCTV, China Daily, and numerous other outlets.
Marcel is the Director of Association Solutions at MCI Asia Pacific and manages a team that represents multiple international industry and scientific associations, with a total reach of around 250,000 members in the target regions. He works closely to ensure the transition and development of new member values in a fast changing world of free education resources. His career has been entirely in the APAC region and alongside association and industry development groups.
Lee-Mey Goh is Director, Strategic Partnerships and Development at The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore. In this role, she is responsible for the overall business performance of the Chamber and advancement of stakeholder and partner engagement. Lee-Mey joins from the Singapore Economic Development Board having worked with leading pharmaceutical and medical technology companies to drive the development of Singapore's biomedical sector via investment promotion and policy innovation. Prior to this she excelled in academic publishing, having served for 4 years in London as Editor at the British Medical Association and Mark Allen Group across various healthcare and veterinary science journals. Lee-Mey is a graduate of Durham University, UK with a first-class honors degree in English. She is a recipient of the Ruth Bostock Memorial Prize and Faculty of Arts and Humanities Scholarship in 2012 specializing in Classics and Old English.
Kwok Chin Lai has a successful career spanning 28 years in the Information Technology and Business Management space covering both the commercial and non-profit organisations. Provided leadership in various industries like Finance, Food and Agriculture, Education, Voluntary Welfare Organisation and IT Services in local and global roles.
Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) is the national voice for the Singapore startup ecosystem, and a key trade association representing the interests of startups in Singapore. ACE has more than 1,500 members.
ACE constantly seeks to build a vibrant and sustainable startup ecosystem in Singapore, and focuses on five key pillars: Startups, Corporations, Institutes of Higher Learning, Risk Capital, and Public Sector. As the driving force behind Singapore as an Innovation Island, ACE is creating a virtual and physical space where ideas, knowledge, and capabilities are transformed into value efficiently.
Chris Chua is a global business executive who specialises in IT, Manufacturing and Engineering for more than 25 years with proven history of providing successful solutions for clients’ toughest challenges in a V.U.C.A. environment. Being the Sales Director of Glue Up based in Singapore, through Value-selling approaches that enhance strong client relationships and produce results, Chris has brought with him a record of influencing more than $60 million in revenue throughout his career.
Chris works closely with prospects and existing clients to transform the way professional communities’ engagement activities, creating opportunities for success by adopting technology.
Chris holds a B.A. in Business and Finance from the University of Portsmouth and a double Diploma in Business and Electrical Engineering.