Project Manager of NBA.com/China
China
- Current
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- Senior Manager at TOM Group
- Past
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- Manager - Global Media Distribution at NBA China
- Founder at Concept Idea Technologies / blogku media
- Analyst, Corporate Development at Star East Holdings
- Founder at iSolutions
- Education
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- Tsinghua University
- New York University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Edwyn Chan’s Summary
Edwyn Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1981. He attended The Stern School od Business at New York University and co-majored in Management and International Business. It was also at NYU that got him into the internet business as it was in the summer after freshman year that he started his first internet venture with a fellow college friend.
Their first project was an internet Chinese celebrity stock exchange website which they subsequently sold off to an entertainment and media conglomerate in Hong Kong before graduation. Since graduation, Edwyn has worked in an entertainment and media conglomerate in Hong Kong.
In 2005, Edwyn started his internet company, Concept Idea Technologies, while studying for his MBA. CIT was in the business of Web 2.0 consulting and was best known for its blog research project blogku media.
After completing his MBA from the joint Tsinghua University and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International MBA program, Edwyn joined NBA China and was responsible for their Digital Media strategy and implementation. Edwyn is now currently at TOM Group’s newly formed Sports Division and is working on the to be relaunched Sharkwave and the operation of NBA.com/China
Edwyn Chan’s Specialties:
Blogs, branding, innovation, China, Internet, Web 2.0, entertainment, Sports, licensing, P2P, Internet cafes
Edwyn Chan’s Experience
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Senior Manager
TOM Group
(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
- Project/Operations Manager for NBA.com/China and a new Sports Portal
- Product Development for all of TOM Group's Sports Projects -
Manager - Global Media Distribution
NBA China
(Sports industry)
December 2007 — November 2008 (1 year)
-Research and Strategy for TV, Internet and Mobile
-Account Manager for P2P Broadcasting clients: PPlive and PPS, Myspace and Vale -
Founder
Concept Idea Technologies / blogku media
(Internet industry)
January 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Concept Idea Technologies (CIT)' s vision is to enable internet users to have an alternative method to search engines for finding information online. This is because CIT believes that internet information search is not a one-size-fits -all market and therefore search engines can not completely fulfill all the different search demands of internet users.
CIT's core business is Web 2.0 consulting and has consulted Chengdu Economic Daily (Ranked 10th Newspaper in China) and Sichuan China Mobile
Concept Idea Techology owns the first and better blog media network in china: Blogku Media. -
Analyst, Corporate Development
Star East Holdings
(Entertainment industry)
June 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 10 months)
Spearheaded the company's New Media division to access the feasiblity of adding web, mobile and online game components to compliment their showbiz units.
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Founder
iSolutions
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
July 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 6 months)
Developed a web based virtual asian celebrity stock exchange application during college. Subsequently sold it off to an Entertainment/Media conglomerate in Hong Kong after college
Edwyn Chan’s Education
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Tsinghua University
MBA , General Management , 2005 — 2007
-Joint International MBA Program between Tsinghua University and MIT Sloan
-Graduation Report: Success Factors of Mobile Internet in Japan- Activities and Societies:
- Exchange student to Japan's Waseda University
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New York University
B.Sc , Comajoring in Managment and International Business at Stern School of Business , 1998 — 2002
Additional Information
Edwyn Chan’s Websites:
Edwyn Chan’s Interests:
Fencing, Archery, branding, new technology
Edwyn Chan’s Groups:
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Tsinghua SEM Alumni
Edwyn Chan’s Honors:
-Concept Idea Technologies
Finalist in 2005 Red Herring's Asia Top100 Private Companies
