Eddie Chan is an entrepreneur and a creative strategist based in the United States and China. His Passion is to create strategic direction to help with company growth.

Highlights:

• Became one of Amazon’s top 50 companies
• 15+ years of e-commerce experience, built an end to end solution from sourcing overseas to 3rd party warehousing
• Built and enhanced solutions for customers with clients including many Fortune 500 companies

Defining Moment:

Quitting my Senior Management Job at DHL and starting my own career

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Cal Chan is an entrepreneur and cross-disciplinary strategist based in Seoul and Seattle. He's passionate about understanding the world and the role companies play in shaping our collective future.

Highlights:

• Founded multiple CPG brands
• Has products sold nationally in major retailers like Target, Walmart, Rite Aid, and Kroger
• Had the #1 Best Selling product on Amazon for 2 years
• Consulted for companies including: Apple, SC Johnson, BBVA, Disney

Defining Moment:

Birth of first son

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Christine Samson is a designer based in the Philippines. She is passionate about solving problems for better communication through design.

Highlights:

• Designed a booth from scratch for a high-end gaming brand for the biggest gaming convention in the Philippines
• Participated in the creation of digital design assets for a multinational corporation that was used in different branches all over the globe
• 6+ years of experience with working as a multimedia artist for various clients and brands

Defining Moment:

Getting my first job and stepping into the real world

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Dayanna is an executive and marketing assistant based in Los Angeles. She is passionate about living a healthy well-rounded lifestyle, learning how to build and run a lasting business, and finding new ways to connect people both personally and through brands.

Highlights:

• Graduated early from UCSB with a double major in Psychology and Communication and working as a counselor in the Communication department thereafter
• Organized university wide lecture for NPR correspondent and TV journalist Ira Flatow
• Helped run Wedding Trashers, a company that donates floral arrangements to local nonprofits and assisted facility homes

Defining Moment:

Choosing to pursue a career outside of Psychology

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A Senior Accountant based in the Philippines. He is passionate about Finance and technology.

Highlights:

• Various roles in different finance functions and processes gained from Multinational Corporation and a local conglomerate with diverse business in manufacturing, realty development, construction industries, and hotel/restaurant operation.
• 14+ years experience in People and Process management. Headed a department as Operations Manager with a team size of 180 full time staff.
• 7+ years experience in Finance and Accounting function in a Multinational Corporation.
• Helped set up and launch the Philippine accounting operation of a FMCG multinational client.

Defining Moment:

Professionally, when I joined and started my career at a multinational company after long years of employment with a local conglomerate. Experience in investing and running a small restaurant business.

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Mikee is a young professional raised in the countryside and is now living in the Philippines’ capital region. He is very passionate when it comes to business operations as he has acquired substantial experience in business development for both big corporations and SMEs. He enjoys being involved in revenue generation, project management and gets excited about teaching new skills to colleagues.

Highlights:

• Served as the EA for the Vice President & General Manager and became the youngest Junior Manager of Splash Corporation, a well-known Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the Philippines that was subsequently bought out by Wipro a multi-billion Indian Consumer Care company
• Worked with various domestic start-ups that were funded by international companies (Zeal Cosmetics-Japan, Kalinisan Holdings-Singapore, One Globe Limited-Hongkong) as Marketing and Business Development Manager

Defining Moment:

Starting his first day on his first job right after graduation day

Anjel is a marketing assistant based in the Philippines. She keeps an eye on digital trends, helps build valuable connections with consumers and collaborates with influencers to raise brand awareness.

Highlights:

• Worked as a freelance multimedia artist after graduating college.
• Produced materials for companies and individuals to promote their products/services.
• Experienced taking on various creative roles by herself and with a team

Defining Moment:

Continuing to be curious and yearn for knowledge from different fields by going to seminars, workshops, and taking online courses during my free time for my personal and/or professional improvement understanding that education extends outside of school.

Leo Kim is a senior software engineer based in Seoul. He is passionate about technology for a creative world and comfortable world.

Highlights:

• Worked in the software development industry over the past 15 years
• Experience in various industries of software

Defining Moment:

Joining the military service

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Beth is a marketing assistant based in Metro Manila, Philippines. She's more on product research and influencers' outreach to increase product awareness and benefits.

Highlights:

• Happily assisting the marketing team in various roles.
• Worked as Subject Matter Expert in Accenture Inc. - one of the leading BPO companies in Asia.
• Administrative Officer in St. Luke's Medical Center - the Philippines' premier hospital with a significant role in its' JCIA.

Defining Moment:

Motherhood! Life turns 360 degrees when you become a mom. The moment you hear the heartbeat and hold your baby into your arms for the first time - it's indescribable but you know that it is a miracle. A blessing that is too precious.

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Rolla is a Marketing Director based in Toronto, Canada. She has over 8 years of experience in the Marketing industries, specializing in CPG and E-commerce.

Highlights:

• Rolla's background is extremely diverse, starting out her career in design and then slowly evolving into a Marketing and Strategic role
• She has experience working across several industries, with the majority of her focus in Beauty and Supplements
• She has experience in leading brand campaigns to help drive awareness, traffic, and sales

Defining Moment:

Quitting my job and moving from Dubai to Canada without a plan. That lead me to getting my MBA, and has taken my career to levels beyond my imagination.

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Kimberly is a senior designer based in Florida. She has a passion for digital design, photography, and working with cross-functional partners to create a meaningful experience and connection with consumers.

Highlights:

• Worked with major fashion and beauty brands for over 8 years in a variety of creative roles.
• Helped overhaul and launch a successful social media strategy for a large US clothing brand.
• Experience art-directing and being a lead photographer for product and brand photoshoots.
• Learned and refined video-editing skills to fill a need on a previous creative team.

Defining Moment:

Deciding to move from Virginia to Boston on a whim right after graduating college and not knowing anyone there. And then convincing my husband to do the same thing 10 years later when we moved to Florida.

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Gino is a producer and a video editor based in the Philippines with over a decade of experience working in the advertising and film industry.

Highlights:

• Started a video production company
• Produced a feature film (Sleepless - 2015)
• Produced videos for Philippine brands

Defining Moment:

Shooting my first short film

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Michael Lebhar is an entrepreneur and a marketer based out of Los Angeles CA. He is passionate about developing and implementing scalable marketing and business initiatives.

Highlights:

• Launched and grew a brand to 7 figures annually as a teenanger

Defining Moment:

Deciding to list a product for sale online

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Young You is a software engineer based in Seattle. His passion is to understand new technology and research on how it can help us in the future.

Highlights:

• Worked in the software development industry over the 20 years
• CEO of Curoa for the 11 years, the Korean software & game company
• 1st-generation online game developer. Development manager in Nexon, the largest online game company in Korea
• Developed marketing software for Korean top promotion companies, such as Medicom, Postcom, and Shinhwa
• The president & board member of the Korea Borland Forum

Defining Moment:

Publishing my first online game when I was in high school.

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Gary is a creative, entrepreneurial Sales, Marketing and Client Services Executive who specializes in developing companies within retail and tech. His background includes experience and expertise in operations, sales, digital marketing, content development, SEO, SEM, email, display advertising, social media, mobile, and affiliate marketing.

Highlights:

• Introduced an integration strategy at Criteo, Inc., to retarget products across display, social media, email, mobile, analytics, and search products in more than 37 countries that delivered more than a 10-fold increase in annual run rate from $7.5M to $86M+ in two years
• Spearheaded all direct response demand generation channels for Lands’ End, generating $400M in annual revenue from three divisions in the United States and Canada

Defining Moment:

Winning the 2019 Prowatercross Jet Ski World Championship in Pro Freestyle

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Sumi Han is a Senior Designer with a focus on interaction design based in Seoul.
She's passionate about creating memorable consumer experiences.