Allen Lau
Rocket Scientist at Heart, Engineer by Training, Entertainment as Profession
28.7
Years of Experience
Education
Companies
creative destruction lab, two small fish ventures, ypo, upstream systems, redboom solutions feedm8 acquired by upstream systems in sept 08, wattpad, tira wireless, brightspark, symantec, delrina
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Experience
2015 - Present
creative destruction lab
Associate
2014 - Present
two small fish ventures
Co-founder
We invest globally in early-stage, transformative tech companies with strong network effects. We help nurture these small fish into big whales. We love to dream big with you!
2013 - Present
ypo
Member
2008 - 2009
upstream systems
GM Asia
Upstream is among the largest mobile marketing companies in the world, bringing its expertise and ideas to over 100 blue chip brands in projects across more than 40 countries.
2007 - 2008
redboom solutions feedm8 acquired by upstream systems in sept 08
Managing Partner and co-founder
Redboom's products and consulting services let you reach users on mobile, social networks and other web 2.0 platforms. Redboom's flagship product, FeedM8, brings publishers, advertisers, mobile users and wireless operators together to monetize the mobile web. The company's patent-pending technology helps any web content publisher, from bloggers to global brands, to extend their reach and introduce a new source of revenue. The result is device-optimized, dynamic mobile web sites and mobile advertisements that provide a superior user experience while maintaining publisher's branding.
2006 - Present
wattpad
CEO and co-founder
Our vision: To entertain and connect the world through stories. Wattpad is a global entertainment company. Our apps let our 90 million monthly users discover and share stories from science fiction to romance and everything in between. Leveraging the data and insights from more than 500 million story uploads, our studios then partner with the entertainment and publishing industries to turn the best stories with built-in, global audience into movies, TV shows, books, and new forms of digital media. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at: www.wattpad.com/about
2001 - 2007
tira wireless
CTO and co-founder
Tira Wireless provides application developers and publishers with a comprehensive portfolio of tools, processes and best practices that help manage the creation of mobile content and speed its delivery to market across a broad range of handsets, operator networks and geographies. Founded in 2001 with seed financing from Brightspark Ventures, Tira Wireless has raised a total of $31.5M from investors including Lehman Ventures, Brightspark, Flagship Ventures and EDC. In July 2003, IDC named the company in its list of “Top ten emerging wireless players to watch”. It was also recognized in March 2004 by Fierce Wireless as a member of the Fierce 15 - one of the top 15 wireless startups. In September 2004, the CDMA Development Group awarded Tira Wireless its 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Innovative Entertainment Technology. Tira Wireless has also been recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies by Deloitte in its 2006 and 2007 Technology Fast 50 award program.
2000 - 2001
brightspark
Architect
1995 - 2000
symantec
Senior Development Manager
1993 - 1995
delrina
Senior Developer
Experience
57 Skills
Advertising
Agile Methodologies
Analytics
Android
Blogging
Business Development
Content Management
Conversion Rate Optimization
Corporate Development
Digital Marketing
Digital Media
Digital Strategy
E-commerce
Electrical Engineering
Engineering Management
Enterprise Software
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Founder
HTML 5
Innovation
iOS development
Leadership
Management
Mobile Advertising
Mobile Applications
Mobile Commerce
Mobile Content
Mobile Devices
Mobile Internet
Mobile Marketing
Mobile Strategy
Mobile Technology
Monetization
Objective-C
Online Advertising
Product Development
Product Management
Product Marketing
Publishing
Research Scientist
SaaS
SEM
Social Networking
Software Development
Start-ups
Strategic Partnerships
Strategy
User Experience
User Interface Design
Venture Capital
Vision
Web 2.0
Web Analytics
Web Applications
Web Development
Wireless
Education
