Strategic Partnerships & Program Leadership — Cloud / Data / AI Ecosystems

I am a strategic partnerships operator and program owner who takes initiatives from concept to delivered outcome — not coordination alone. I have sourced, structured, and signed 10 first-of-their-kind partnerships in a frontier, regulated category and drove 5 into live integration with partner engineering teams, owning objectives, milestones, accountability, and the cross-functional cadence across product, engineering, legal, and compliance. I operate with start-up agency inside complex, high-stakes environments, build pipelines of partner opportunities aligned to priorities, and form informed views on ecosystem trends. My AI fluency is at the build level — I ship production AI systems end-to-end — so cloud, data, and AI ecosystem conversations are native ground, and I absorb new partner ecosystems at documented speed.

I have a proven track record in structuring and delivering strategic partnerships that generate significant value, including $15M+ pre-committed via partners spanning custody, exchange, oracle, and fund administration sectors. I excel at cross-functional coordination in matrixed organizations, working closely with product, engineering, legal, sales, and marketing teams to ensure successful partnership execution.

Currently, I lead business development and partnership efforts at an AI platform, building partner pipelines across multiple global markets using non-template frameworks such as co-sell, referral, and integration models. I am deeply involved in shipping production AI systems using modern technologies including Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, Supabase with pgvector, and multi-LLM routing.

Previously, I managed regional growth, brand, and business development for luxury goods and e-commerce markets across the EU and GCC, successfully opening four markets and leading a team to increased productivity and revenue growth. My background also includes nine years as a commercial real estate broker, where I developed consultative skills and long-cycle trust with executives and investors.

I am bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese, and I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Political Economics from the University of Washington, Seattle. I am a US citizen with remote work experience across the US, UK, and UAE bases, and I am comfortable operating in complex, regulated environments. I bring a unique combination of strategic partnership expertise, program leadership, and hands-on AI product delivery experience.