Vivian Sun is the Head of Automated Driving at Amazon and an accomplished autonomous vehicle and AI expert. Vivian previously served as the Chief Commercial Officers at Waabi and the VP of Business Development at TuSimple, two leaders in autonomous trucking. In this episode, Vivian shares more about the current state of the AV industry, the potential of generative AI, and how her upbringing shaped her career path. Chapters: (00:01) Autonomous Vehicles (14:08) Hardware and Software Integration in Self-Driving (19:03) Future of Self-Driving Trucks in Industry (24:37) Curiosity, Industry Connect ..read more

Albert Tai is the Founder and CEO of Hypercare, a VC-backed healthcare technology company that helps connect the right healthcare providers at the righttime to improve patient outcomes in hospitals and community settings. Albert started Hypercare in 2016 when he realized how challenging it was to communicate efficiently in the healthcare space. He hasn’t looked back since then and Hypercare has launched in over 100 organizations across North America from large hospital systems to small community health centers. I had a lot of fun chatting with Albert about his upbringing that saw him move from ..read more

Francois (Frankie) Le Nguyen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Staging Labs, a startup that secures crypto and NFT assets by intercepting dangerous transactions in real-time. Frankie previously built and launched startup incubator Entrepreneur First in Canada and served as GM in both its Toronto and Singapore location where he helped build 50+ venture-backed startups valued at over $400M. Frankie started his career in product management at software companies LightSpeed and Holmusk, and is an angel investor on the side. You can follow Frankie's latest work and thinking at: https://www.francoisleng ..read more

Jaclyn Ling is the Co-Founder of Hatchways, a Y-Combinator-backed startup that is modernizing the technical interview process for start-ups and developers looking for their next great job. Prior to starting Hatchways, Jaclyn was the co-founder of a fashion bot company Blynk which was acquired by Kik Interactive in 2016. Jaclyn grew up in Vancouver, Canada, studied finance at McGill University, and had her first taste of success as a YouTube fashion influencer that had thousands of followers. In this episode, you will learn: How Jaclyn’s love for competitive nature was first sparked as a kid ..read more

Thomas Park is a leader in global venture capital and is a Partner at the BDC Deep Tech Fund and the Co-founder of Asian Canadian Ventures Collective. Tom has been at the BDC since 2017 and currently leads a $200M venture capital fund that invests in Canadian startups developing cutting edge technology including quantum computers. Previously, Tom served 5 years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and McKinsey & Co., where he had the opportunity to oversee numerous special projects across both the public and private sector. For the first eight years of his career, Tom put his law de ..read more

Linda Ho is the Chief People Officer at Seismic, an AI-powered sales enablement platform that improves team productivity, collaboration and knowledge sharing. As the Chief People Officer, Linda leads the company’s initiatives around culture, org development, talent acquisition, total rewards and internal communications. Prior to joining Seismic, Linda spent 14 years in various HR leadership roles at Autodesk Inc, most recently as a Vice President, and focused on creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. Linda was named a “Top 50 Women Leaders in SAAS” by the Software Repor ..read more

Dr. Bodi Zhang is Chief Strategy Officer at Thorne HealthTech (Nasdaq: THRN), a leading healthcare company that utilizes innovative testing and data to deliver personalized solutions for consumers, health professionals, and corporations. Previously, Bodi served as the Chief Science Officer for Onegevity Health, and was a leader at global healthcare consultancy Deallus Group.  As a scientist, Bodi’s research focused on autoimmune diseases and published top-tier research publications. Dr. Zhang holds a Ph.D in Pharmacology and Biochemistry from Tufts University, Boston, an M.P.H in healthca ..read more

Percy Hung is the co-founder and CEO of Choco Up, one of the largest revenue-based financing and growth platforms in Asia that provides funding to fast growing start-ups. Choco Up utilizes data analytics and third party integrations to automate funding decisions and provides companies with growth capital in as little as 48 hours. Prior to starting Choco Up, Percy founded two other ventures and also held various engineering and venture capital roles in the APAC region. Percy was born in Hong Kong, raised in Singapore, and is an alumnus of Georgia Tech where he studied Aerospace Engineering.&nbs ..read more

Amelia Lin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Honeycomb, a private social app for families. Honeycomb offers families a way to curate and share their favorite moments and memories in a private and secure way. Prior to starting Honeycomb, Amelia was previously a product leader at Udacity and Optimizely. Amelia obtained her MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and studied physics during undergrad at Harvard. In this episode, you’ll learn about: How Amelia made the decision to leap into the start-up world and build Honeycomb How Amelia’s parents’ reacted to her seemingly high-risk decision How ..read more

Judy Lai-Norling is the COO at Carbon Mapper - an organization developing a new way to locate, quantify and track carbon emissions from air and space. Prior to joining Carbon Mapper, Judy spent 14 years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion lab in both business and engineering roles. Judy holds Master’s Degrees in Math and Economics from the University of Texas and University of Wisconsin respectively. In this episode: You will learn more about Judy’s early childhood migrating from Taiwan to the US and how her parents restaurant shaped her goals How Judy spent the first few years of her career experimenti ..read more