CEO & Lead Hustler at ShakeSphere & SoldOutt

Tech Entrepreneur on a mission to take Thai Startups and our incredible talent global. Creator of 2023 “Retail App of the Year”. Sales Hacker for Global Tech Conferences like Techsauce and Echelon (e27). AI and ChatGPT Hacker. Virtual Event Platform Pioneer. Innovative Tech Builder. AWS Scout. 25 years in Digital, 20 years in Events. Failed 1 startup, driving growth for 2 thriving ones.

Dave is an experienced Digital Business Expert with 25 years of demonstrated successes in tech, event, marketing and startup domains. He regularly combines creative tech solutions with an understanding of current trends to helping traditional businesses use new tech or help young startups develop MVPs in under 2 weeks with user-centric and result-driven approach. As the CEO of ShakeSphere, he's carried out total platform overhauls and executed highly challenging and innovative Digital projects for big corporates including Minor Group and Central Group in businesses including E-commerce, Food Delivery and CRM.

Key milestones

• Built “2023 Retail App of the Year” for Power Buy that includes their entire Mobile commerce ecosystem
• Built the Scan & Shop omni-channel e-commerce MVP app for Power Buy from design to launch in 7 weeks
• Built the first multi-restaurant food delivery platform for Central Restaurant Group (CRG) called FoodHunt offering brands like Ootaya, Mister Donut, Auntie Anne's, Pepper Lunch and over 10 more restaurant brands.
• Founded 3 startups - Dinoza (Gamified Online Shopping), ShakeSphere (Innovative Tech Builder) and SoldOutt (Sales Hacking platform and service)
• Worked on 2 crypto and NFT related projects due to launch in late December 2021
• Recruited as AWS Scout — a representative of Amazon to scout for early stage startups and provide support in form of credits and mentorship
• Built MVP for LifePal, an InsureTech startup in Indonesia that acquired 10 million USD in funding and got fully acquired by Roojai in January 2024
• Built MVP for BuyHive, the Hong Kong-based multi-mullion-dollar sourcing platform that eliminates the need for buyers from around the world to fly down to Hong Kong or China to source new products
• Built Thailand's first mobile ticketing platform with seat selection for Major Cineplex
• Built a travel startup called ClubFirst that offers exclusive worry-free point-to-point travel experiences to business people and families
• First Digital Marketing Manager of Minor Food Group (also the youngest manager at the time)
• Worked at/with ThaiTicketMajor, Major Cineplex and BEC Tero

CEO & Lead Hustler of 2 Startups

ShakeSphere

An innovative tech consulting and development agency that builds tech, startups or new digital businesses for major corporates and startups in Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

Projects built: Power Buy · FoodHunt · BuyHive · LifePal

SoldOutt

A ROI-focused, data-driven, customized event and ticketing platform startup that helps event businesses in Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, USA like Techsauce, It's The Ship Fest, e27's Echelon Asia Summit and Malaysia's TechFest 2020 and many more. SoldOutt’s game is “sales hacking”. While aiming for SOLD OUT events, they’ve managed to hit as high as 90%+ lead-to-conversion rate and 3x sales for various tech conferences.

soldoutt.com ↗

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