Christina Teo
About Christina Teo
Previous companies - PortXL, CSL, O2, Yahoo!, 3Com, DEC, IBM, Acer, IDC I was a corporate woman prior to retiring 1st time in NY for personal pursuits. Then I retired a 2nd time in HK after my CMO stint at HK mobile service provider CSL. During my retirement for 8 years, I dabbled a little in fashion wholesale and retail. As of 2017, I have completely immersed in the startup economy and serve as a bridge between corporates and startups through communities and angel investing network. Through C-shark Tank program, we have operated 8 seasons last 3 years coaching more than 100 startups a year to pitch to Csuite executives with corporate DNA. We have grown our angel group to 140 and startup portfolio to 28. Next Season 9 will be our last. Effective July 2022, we launched ChiefX peer network program to address broader needs of senior executives of global multinationals. With COVID constraints easing, many of our activities will be in person. We aim to create more local chapters in strategic city hubs. Further, I delight in positioning women in strength hence I have featured more than 120 women in 11 WomenChangemakers in-person events in 3 cities over 18 months and brought it online through a 9-week lunch series during covid and a couple more post covid. I consider myself most fortunate to have had breakthrough opportunities at large corporates and hence my strong belief in giving back now to the startup community, leveraging the great insights and experience I have gathered internationally. • 22 years of market research, e-commerce, sales, marketing, GM experience in IT / mobile / dotcom industries • Strategic IT market view and matrix organization insights in US, Europe, Asia. • Launched world’s first Microsoft windows-based smartphone with O2 (manufactured by HTC), using unconventional channels and operator contracts - revenue from 0 to $300mil • Proven entrepreneurial mindset in large corporates by pioneering divisions and/or categories and/or markets Strategic, analytical yet hands-on and bold. High commitment and passion to corporate goals and brand. • Every role assumed was a new role/responsibility never experienced before. • Launching brands and products with limited budget and resource • Recognized host of major partner events (500-strong audience), spontaneous public/motivational speaker, workshop facilitator • Certified Masters NLP, train-the-trainer EverythingDiSC practitioner