Independent AI Research & Prototyping at Sabbatical (2025-04 – Present)
- GenAI research and hands-on prototyping across multimodal apps, agentic workflows, and knowledge-work automation (Cursor, Google AI Studio, Gemini Pro, Perplexity, Manus, n8n)
Product Manager at PortageBay (2021-09 – 2025-03)
Early-stage B2B AI SaaS for global asset managers, commercial banks and investment banks (US$450B+ AUM). Founded by ex-BlackRock leaders; retained operational breakeven in 2025 prior to founder-led wind-down.
- Sole PM across the 3.5-year product lifecycle. Shipped 4 institutional AI products to clients for global markets (North America, Europe, APAC), integrating 20+ LLM/ML modules in production. Products served four core user personas: Portfolio analytics for portfolio managers, ESG disclosure for sustainability analysts, Regulatory reporting analytics for compliance officers, Client-reporting analytics for relationship managers
- Owned product roadmap, PRDs, user stories, discovery, sprint planning, and post-launch reviews with an 8-person engineering and QA team. Delivered end-to-end product journeys under model-risk-management, data-governance, and other institutional control requirements
- Partnered directly with CEO, CTO, and Chief Data Scientist (ex-BlackRock leaders, 20+ years in capital markets) to translate institutional client needs into SaaS, bespoke, and Proof-of-Concept deliveries
- Products received three industry recognitions: HKMA Green FinTech Competition 2023 | First Runner-up, Net-Zero Transition Planning, CAHK STAR Awards 2023 | Bronze, Best Green ICT, Hong Kong ICT Awards 2022 | Bronze, FinTech (Emerging Solutions)
Assistant Manager, Global Marketing Planning & Ops at Klook (2020-02 – 2021-09)
Built and rolled out global campaign review framework and internal systems for international travel platform
- Built and rolled out a global campaign review framework adopted by 200 marketers across 12 APAC offices, enabling idea pollination, cross-market synergy and faster weekly campaign iteration
- Partnered with product managers and internal marketing users to deliver a campaign backend management system and purchase order system used by 200 marketers, and launched the Klook Gift Card shopping page in 6 selected markets
Senior Growth Specialist at Ztore (2018-09 – 2020-02)
E-commerce growth and customer acquisition specialist
- Planned and launched referral programs that acquired 13k+ new users in 3 months, partnering with customer service, merchandising, design, and engineering teams to deliver the end-to-end rollout
- Led founder-sponsored customer research on drop-off root causes, driving pivot to lower-tier markets as competitive moat. Post-research MVP campaigns achieved ~2% reactivation
Marketing Officer at The Hong Kong Jockey Club (2016-08 – 2018-09)
Event planning and stakeholder coordination for major cultural and infrastructure initiatives
- Planned and managed 40+ thematic events for Happy Wednesday annually for the young segment and global tourists
- Coordinated across 10+ internal teams for the $1B+ Racecourse Master Plan (10-year capital project)
