Alibaba Cloud's AsiaForward Startup Day

Kun leads a team of experts to enable the adoption of cloud technology for hundreds of customers in Malaysia with strong passionate in driving business transformation for businesses locally. Kun brings more than 15 years of experience in the information technology. He works with channel partners and clients from SMBs, Enterprises to create business value through cloud-based innovation.

Dato Lim Wern Siang is the founder and managing director of Handsprofit, the official partner of Alibaba Cloud and operator of Alibaba Cloud Innovation Center Kuala Lumpur acting as an incubator to provide a conducive environment with full-scale of services and assistances for start-ups to grow in Malaysia and beyond.

Tham is the Executive Director of Handsprofit, also the co-founder and chairman of eatcosys, a retail and financial technology solution provider which offers retail solutions operated by specialists in its respective fields that enable retails and e-retails to be relevant throughout every lifecycle of business. Tham also overseas Fidelity Funding, a venture capital corporation registered with Securities Commission, as the managing director.

Khoon Bin the Managing Director and Founder of SmartClass Solution and Eco Community. He has accumulated more than 30 years of experience in IT and Business Management. Currently, he is the President of Malaysia Creative Teaching and Learning Association, Secretary General of Malaysia E-Commerce Association (MECA) and Deputy Secretary General of Malaysia Lin Chamber of Commerce.

Francis is ex-Yahoo in Sunnyvale, California and the brainchild behind the entire direction and strategies of the overall Enterprise AI Platform of NexMind AI. Under Francis Lui leadership, NexMind AI is being awarded a Cradle CIP Accelerate Grant of MYR2 millions and to expand to 4 countries. NexMind also made notable progress by inking multiple MNCs projects and also emerged as the Winner of the Prestigious APICTA Award 2021 for Digital Technologies.

Terrence Hooi is a serial entrepreneur, former investment banker, Phyton quant developer . grown livetradr.com financial publishing site from zero to 55k members within 2 yrs. traded above $30 mn. worth of equity options. Masters of Finance & Investment, Exeter University, UK.

Shenola Gonzales is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (ICAEW, UK). She started her career with Ernst & Young, UK and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, ranging from managerial finance and accounting, business consulting, business development and fundraising. Previously the Head of Investments at pitchIN, Malaysia’s leading alternative investments platform, Shenola has extensive experience in delivering results focused on the alignment and achievement of mutual strategic goals with the clients in their fundraising efforts.

Bryan has more than 15 years’ experience in venture capital investments and incubation in the South East Asia region. He was previously COO of an equity crowdfunding platform and board member of an e-wallet company in Malaysia. Bryan is a Council member of CPA Australia’s Malaysia Division and chairs the Division's Digital Transformation Committee. He is also part of the Digital Technology Implementation Committee at the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Zac is the Co-Founder and CEO of Curlec, a Malaysian based FinTech startup. Prior to Curlec, Zac worked at Barclays Bank and was a Product Manager for two Enterprise Tech companies. He was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List 2020.

Mr. Lien has more than 20 years Corporate Management experience. He was the top executive of Acer & Harvey Norman Malaysia. A leading brand in IT and Mass Merchant industry. Mr. Lien is actively promoting ECF (Equity Crowdfunding) to Startups & SME to grow their business speedily with alternative capital resources.

CEO at ibilik.com, Oil & Gas Engineer turned Technoprenuer. Founded iCARES in 2018, Malaysia Most-Advanced IoT Enabled Strata Management System. Founded SpacePlus in 2020, Malaysia 1st IoT Enabled Rental Management System. 2021 Nov, SpacePlus merged with ibilik.com and became the Largest end to end room rental platform.

Jubin has also worked on exciting consulting projects involving Digitisation, Big Data, Digital Lending with large brands like Axiata Digital and Courts. He currently heads a micro-lending and supply chain entity and also helps establish tech start-ups from South Asia into Malaysia. His first entrepreneurial venture was building a Machine Learning platform for Banks to understand Transactional Data Behaviour of Consumers which he successfully exited in 2020.