Alvin Foo is a business and technology leader, thought leader and influential digital, marketing technology executive and serial entrepreneur. Alvin Foo is the co-founder of DAOventures, a smart multi-chain asset manager which provides a wide range of automated DeFi investment strategies and helps people manage their DeFi assets.

Alvin Foo has more than 25 years of experience in Asia Pacific across startups, fortune 500, innovative companies, marketing agencies and tech companies. Alvin in the last 15 years has been in China leading startups and having held senior leadership roles in major global organisations like Nokia, Omnicom, Interpublic Group and Google.

Alvin Foo expertise and experience comprehends digital transformation, social media influencer marketing, blockchain technology, DeFI, DAO, smart cities, autonomous cars, and major tech and social trends.

Alvin Foo Interview Focus

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. You were in China during the explosion of economic, innovation and tech growth. Can you tell us how you saw this happening
3. Career highlights
- Working with Nokia, Google, etc
4. Can you tell us about your work as a social media influencer
5. Can you tell us about DAOventures, how are you trying to revolutionize venture capital using DeFi?
6. How do you manage the regulatory and decentralised systems of the DAO and DeFi ways of operating?
7. Can you tell us more about NASDEX?
8. How do you see decentralised systems versus centralised systems?
9. You are a member of the Board Of Advisors SXSW图片South By Southwest. Can you tell us about the project and your role?
10. With Covid-19 what ways do you envision to redesign our society with technology and social impact?
11. What are your visions for the immediate present and future?
12. How do you envision the present challenges with geopolitics and technology innovation when it comes to south east Asia and all happening in the world?

Alvin Foo - Biography

Alvin Foo's professional career started in 1993 after he graduated in Law from Brunel University London. He took up the role of Director at Swift Advertising until 1995.

Starting off from the right foot, Alvin went on a successful career in the areas of marketing and technology, eventually turning into serial entrepreneur. Alving has worked, nonetheless, with major multinational companies in their Asian branches.

In 2007, that opportunity came with Nokia, where he became Head of China in the Advertising Business Unit. He left one year later for a Vice President position at leading provider of innovative mobile-centric marketing, customer retention and content based solutions Velti. A position he held until 2011.

In 2011, the Google phone call arrived and offered him the role of Head of its Mobile division for the Greater China region. Among his main responsibilities, he was in charge of mobile advertising sales and business development for Greater China.

Other important roles in his career includes his 4 year tenure as Head of Mobility & Innovation at global media group Omnicom Media Group, China.

After other roles, mainly as advisor in companies such as stock trading social platform TradeHero, crypto company NASDEX, SXSW and AI+blockchain ad exchange network NOIZ, he co-founded DAOventures in 2020.

With DAOventures, Alvin is building a decentralized finance (DeFI) pooled asset manager on blockchain. DAOventures is a smart money manager and robo-advisory on blockchain. “Imagine VC in DeFI. We aim to democratise DeFI investments through smart contract on Ethereum blockchain and generate returns for LP,” Alvin said.

Besides his professional career as entrepreneur and executive, Alvin is also a mentor working with Korean-based global accelerator SparkLabs since 2012 and mentorship-driven program Chinaccelerator 中国加速 since 2015.

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