JC has held faculty positions at Stanford, NYU Shanghai, and HKU, teaching corporate strategy and management consulting for over eight years. He has previously worked as a strategy consultant at Novantas and was the Chief Scientist at Silicon Valley startup AssertID. He received his PhD and Masters from Stanford University with a focus on social network analysis focus, and his Bachelor's degree from Brown University.

Simon was a former strategy consultant at KPMG who managed go-to-market digitization strategy projects for FMCG firms. Previously, Simon also served as a Senior Manager of Strategy for a surgical robotics startup. He is an avid serial entrepreneur who started his career in finance & sales. He received is Bachelors in Communications from Rotman & Masters in Business Administration from Schulich in Toronto.

Gabe has 20+ years of experience in technical architecture, programmeming, design, and engineering management. He was the Chief Technology Officer and/or Founder of startups including AssertID and successfully exited JadeSail via acquisition. He previously served as a Director at Motorola, managing global engineering teams and began his career at IBM.

Maryna is one of the first employees at Zectr, where her main focus is to bridge the gap between functionality and user experience. She holds Master of Design (Interaction Design) from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and previous to that has been a part of early-stage startups for 5+ years. Her interest lies on the intersection of psychology and design, and how one can influence another.