Terence Pua

Current

Co-founder at Xackup
Co-founder at Eskwela.com

Past

Founder / Country Manager at Pusit.com / Friendster Philippines
Co-founder & CEO at Project Napa, Inc.
General Manager & Product Manager at StockMaster.com, Inc.

Founder at JustVentures, Inc.
Product Marketing Engineer at Texas Instruments, Inc.

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Education

University of Pennsylvania

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Industry

Internet

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Terence Pua’s Summary

14 years as a software / Internet entrepreneur. Established Philippines subsidiary for Friendster.

Currently working on an SaaS (enterprise 2.0) startup.

Terence Pua’s Specialties:

Turning ideas into products, product development, project management. Working on customer development. Like golf and chess.

Terence Pua’s Experience

Co-founder

Xackup

(Internet industry)

October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

My main gig. Going after the bloat that is SharePoint. Developing SaaS product for enterprise 2.0.
Co-founder

Eskwela.com

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

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

Co-founded a social directory for Filipino students and alumni. Eskwela means "school" in Tagalog.
Founder / Country Manager

Pusit.com / Friendster Philippines

(Internet industry)

November 2004 — October 2006 (2 years )

A Friendster affiliated company. Worked on pre-paid online / mobile advertising, classifieds platform, social ecommerce, web-based chat and online jobs.

Set up Friendster's Philippine operations.
Co-founder & CEO

Project Napa, Inc.

(Internet industry)

March 2000 — November 2003 (3 years 9 months)

Worked on people search engine (Wikipedia meets Facebook) but switched to data mining for the PR industry. Both failed.
General Manager & Product Manager

StockMaster.com, Inc.

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

December 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 3 months)

Headed a team of developers to productize new concepts and ideas in the field of online financial services & information. Acquired by Red Herring.
Founder

JustVentures, Inc.

(Internet industry)

July 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 6 months)

Founded an investment research portal. Acquired by StockMaster.
Product Marketing Engineer

Texas Instruments, Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TXN; Telecommunications industry)

July 1995 — July 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Worked for TI Telecom Business Unit focused on research and marketing in the areas of xDSL and cable modems.

Terence Pua’s Education

University of Pennsylvania

BS , Electrical Engineering , September 1991 — August 1995

Four years of fun, drinking and oscilloscopes.

Activities and Societies:

CSA, KSA, TSA