Edwyn Chan

Edwyn Chan

Project Manager of NBA.com/China

China

Current
Past
  • Manager - Global Media Distribution at NBA China
  • Founder at Concept Idea Technologies / blogku media
  • Analyst, Corporate Development at Star East Holdings
Education
  • Tsinghua University
  • New York University
Connections
197 connections
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

  • Senior Manager

    TOM Group

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    November 2008Present (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 2007November 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 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 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 2002March 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.

  • 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
    -Graduation Report: Success Factors of Mobile Internet in Japan

    Activities and Societies:
    Exchange student to Japan's Waseda University
  • 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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