Edwyn Chan

Global Media Distribution at NBA China

China

Current
  • Manager - Global Media Distribution at NBA China
Past
  • Founder at Concept Idea Technologies / blogku media
  • Analyst, Corporate Development at Star East Holdings
  • Management Assoicate at Citigroup Global Corporate Investment Bank
  • Founder at iSolutions
Education
  • Tsinghua University
  • New York University
Connections
168 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Edwyn Chan’s Summary

Edwyn Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1981. He attended The Stern Business School at New York University and co-majored in Management and International Business. It was also 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 and at Citigroup's corporate bank.

Edwyn is now part of the the media distribution team at NBA China, focusing on research and strategy for TV, internet and mobile

Edwyn Chan’s Specialties:

Blogs, branding, innovation, China, Internet, Web 2.0, entertainment


Edwyn Chan’s Experience

  • Manager - Global Media Distribution

    NBA China

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Sports industry)

    December 2007Present (10 months)

    Research and Strategy for TV, Internet and Mobile

  • Founder

    Concept Idea Technologies / blogku media

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2005November 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 mission is to develop a solution that will fulfil this unmet demand using a mix of both Web 1.0 and 2.0 technologies.

    Founded in January 2005, Concept Idea Technologies is based in China and has operations in Chengdu and Beijing.

    Concept Idea Techology owns the first and best known blog media network in china: Blogku Media

  • Analyst, Corporate Development

    Star East Holdings

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; HKSE:0198; Entertainment industry)

    March 2004December 2004 (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.

  • Management Assoicate

    Citigroup Global Corporate Investment Bank

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NYSE: C; Banking industry)

    June 2003February 2004 (9 months)

  • Founder

    iSolutions

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    July 1999December 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

  • Tsinghua University

    MBA, General Management, 20052007

    Joint International MBA Program between Tsinghua University and MIT Sloan

  • New York University

    B.Sc, Comajoring in Managment and International Business at Stern School of Business, 19982002


Additional Information

Edwyn Chan’s Websites:

Edwyn Chan’s Interests:

Fencing, Archery, branding, new technology

Edwyn Chan’s Groups:

  •    eOffice
  •    Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
  •    Tsinghua SEM Alumni

Edwyn Chan’s Honors:

-Concept Idea Technologies
Finalist in 2005 Red Herring's Asia Top100 Private Companies


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