Nicholas Chan

Current

Director at Tech Support Singapore Pte Ltd
Managing Director at Fredrik Marine IT Services Pte Ltd
Executive Director at Azione Capital Pte Ltd

Co-founder and volunteer at Project:Senso Ltd

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Past

Director, Business Process Optimization at iFoundries (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd
Country Manager (Vietnam/Thailand) at K.S.Lee and Associates (Asia) Pte Ltd
Managing Director at S.C.N. Technologies

IT Consultant (Singapore, Taiwan) at AT&T GIS

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Education

Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Singapore Polytechnic

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Connections

137 connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Nicholas Chan’s Summary

Business Development & Marketing Specialist successful at building and leading multi-disciplinary business development and professional consulting teams.

Strong self-starting business acumen with the proven ability to seek out, seize and act on opportunities with dynamic strategies designed to establish market presence and increase revenue.

Broad experience across multiple sectors with over a decade of working experience throughout Asia specializing in brand building, partnership management, international market planning & development, business process improvement and corporate social responsibility strategy & activities.

Direct involvement in the areas of venture capital, due diligence and startup consulting. Interested in early-stage startups in the sectors of Interactive Digital Media, Maritime, Energy and Wireless Communications sector.

I can be contacted via email at nicholas@azionecapital.com
Be in the know at http://twitter.com/Nicholas_Chan

Nicholas Chan’s Specialties:

Startup teams assembly, Non-profit establishment and operational consulting, Mergers and acquisitions, Marketing and business development, Foreign expansion into Thailand and Vietnam.

Nicholas Chan’s Experience

Director

Tech Support Singapore Pte Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Managing Director

Fredrik Marine IT Services Pte Ltd

(Maritime industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Took over the firm in August 2007 with the focus in Maritime Info-Communications. Built up a panel of highly experienced advisors in the maritime industry.

• Initiated customer acquisition campaigns, successfully increasing clientele by over 400% within 6 months.

• Established a Maritime Research and Development division in mid Q3 2007 with an experienced maritime Info-Communications researcher to develop peer-to-peer, distributed intelligence open seas WiMax technology.

• Successful projects managed during tenure include Ellen Forlands Rederi, Fugro-Geoteam, Inco Ships Pty Ltd, M.T.M. Ship Management Pte. Ltd., MTM Metalizing Pte Ltd, Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., SeaPage Services, Shipman AS, Ship Management Associates Pte Ltd, Riga Transport Fleet, Wing Ship Marine Services Pte Ltd (Singapore and Shanghai) and Vroon B.V.
Executive Director

Azione Capital Pte Ltd

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

December 2006 — Present (3 years )

Focused on providing seed capital, incubator facilities and mentors to Asia based startups, in particular Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia..

Sector focus includes:

Interactive Digital Media industry, in particular:
• Location Based Services startups
• Mobile content/application startups
• Micro-applications startups
• Web 2.0 type startups

Maritime industry, including:
• Maritime high technology
• Maritime infocommunications technology

Energy industry, including:
• Energy Efficiency
• Renewable Energy
Co-founder and volunteer

Project:Senso Ltd

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

Jointly setup Project:Senso with 7 other co-founders on 9th August 2003 as an unofficial NGO for Entrepreneurs and Enterprising Professionals to volunteer their time and effort into teaching people and charities “to fish” rather than the conventional methods of unsustainable charity activities and general labor. Organization was officially registered as a non-profit organization in Singapore in August 2006.

• Referenced in TODAY 1st October 2004 "Hard knocks within a sandbox" by Surekha A Yadav.

• Co-organized the Pledge A Book Movement in 2004 and 2005, a year-long social enterprise cum charity event. Co-managed the Executive Committee which oversees over 300 student volunteers in Singapore. Outreach to 500 needy families, raised S$3,000 for Pertapis Children Home and built a school library in Uganda with the leftover 40,000 books.

• Interim co-ordinator as at 2007, in charge of managing the Executive Committee and setting the direction for the entire organization.
Director, Business Process Optimization

iFoundries (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

Lead the regional marketing and business development activities for this startup. Primary challenge is focused on building the brand and client acquisitions. Established new business and referral channels. Spearheaded and managed partnership relations division.

• Successfully executed seven Acquisitions in 2005/06, increasing total client base by 35%.

• Managed the Corporate Social Responsibility activities in 2005/06. Successful sponsorships include the Viva Foundation, National University of Singapore Shooting Club, People’s Action Party Post-65 committee, Project:Senso Ltd, St Mary of the Angels Catholic Church and Amplify Youth Ministry.

• Successful projects managed during tenure include AC Schnitzer, AdCom (S) Pte Ltd, Asia Golf Course Owners Association, Citispa Pte Ltd, Globamatrix Holdings Pte Ltd, Knight Frank Singapore Pte Ltd, Meinhardt Singapore, South Australia Tourism Commission, Subway Singapore, Synovate Singapore, Toshiba Singapore Pte. Ltd., yearbook.com.sg.
Country Manager (Vietnam/Thailand)

K.S.Lee and Associates (Asia) Pte Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

May 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 1 month)

Established working teams and implemented company-wide business strategies encompassing sales, marketing and technical to maximize efficiency and increase project sales. Undertook foreign expansion drive and conducted hands-on market research in two countries over 2 years.

• Set up and managed a team of sales engineers and representatives covering Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.

• Successfully established partnerships with the Energy Conservation Centre of Thailand, Chulalongkorn University, Ministry of Industry (Construction) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment in Vietnam.

• Successful projects managed during tenure includes Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Bugis Junction, Matsushita Refrigeration, Panasonic Semiconductor, Tyco Electronics, Honda Vietnam, x77 Cement Factory, Bit Son Cement Factory, CP 7-11 Thailand, FamilyMart Thailand and Fong’s Industries Company Limited (Shenzhen)
Managing Director

S.C.N. Technologies

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

May 1996 — January 2005 (8 years 9 months)

Started up company under In-Trust-For ownership of Mr. Soon Choo Teck, CEO and Chairman of Sim Lim Group (International) Pte. Ltd.

• Spearheaded mobile computing division in 1997, successfully tripled revenue within 9 months.

• Managed a portfolio of clients including Allied Domecq Pte Ltd, KhattarWong, Lawsandys Stones Pte Ltd, SC21 Pte Ltd, Target Airfreight Pte Ltd and Tullett & Tokyo.
IT Consultant (Singapore, Taiwan)

AT&T GIS

(Computer & Network Security industry)

December 1995 — May 1996 (6 months)

• Advised and performed NetBEUI to IP migration for Texas Instruments 1,800 users in Singapore and 500 users in Taiwan.
• Shortlisted from main 20 men consulting team to be part of 2 man team deployed to Taipei, Taiwan. Performed consultative and on-site technical work with Taiwan IT management in their change management strategy and planning

Nicholas Chan’s Education

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

FSV , Mass Communication , 1997 — 2000

Key specializations in 3D graphics and Sound Engineering.
Minor in Marketing, Advertising and PR (Mass Communication)

Activities and Societies:

Legion of Mary
Singapore Polytechnic

ECC , Electrical, Computer and Communications , 1996 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Legion of Mary

Additional Information

Nicholas Chan’s Interests:

Business process re-engineering, Mergers and acquisitions, Advising startups and volunteering in Project:Senso @ www.projectsenso.com, doing R&D on alternative energy and energy conservation, Dirt biking, Canoeing

Nicholas Chan’s Groups:

Project:Senso Ltd
Diane Fay
Business Angels Network (South East Asia)

Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
Maritime Network
Private Equity Investment Group
Maritime Executive
$Thailand Connection ราชอาณาจักรไทย \ Professionals and Friends$ Thailand Connection ราชอาณาจักรไทย \ Professionals and Friends
Asia NetWork
SINGAPORE Global
Shipping network
Venture Financing
Fans of Digsby
ShipServ Maritime Trading Network