Kai Chang

Executive Coach
2020
Drawing from a diverse career of Mergers & Acquisitions investment banking, international executive recruiting, investment management and venture capital, I've been privileged to get a backstage view of high-end professionals who've beaten tremendous odds to get to where they are, the common ways they get "stuck" and understand effective strategies to help them climb into the top 1% of their vocation. The things that got you where you are, won't get you to where you want to be. There's a comfortable frustration if you're being paid well, but unable to break into the next echelon, while you watch others with less experience/ knowledge/ education get promoted, or secure positions which eluded you. My coaching has been described as "blunt compassion" - our goal is to efficiently identify and resolve deep-seated issues which have been holding you back. We know swift progress is more uncomfortable than slow progress, but we believe the sooner we crack the barnacles that are dragging your career, the longer you have can enjoy the income and productivity commensurate with the full potential of your talents and abilities. The end result is having a fine-tuned and granular understanding of your true strengths (which we will help you sharpen) and natural weaknesses (which we will work to minimize, and help you steer clear of situations where such deficits will be vocationally-costly).

2017 - 2019

Director Of Strategic Partnerships
2017 - 2019
Initiates, maintains and expands ICO Forward's relationships with key partners in the Blockchain space.

2010 - 2016

Director, Marketing
2010 - 2016
- Sourced and negotiated sponsorship relationships. - Build marketing relationships within the SF Bay Area technology community to raise profile and awareness of TEDxSF as the premiere TEDx production in the region.

2011 - 2012

Co-Founder
2011 - 2012
Lead marketing and strategy for next-generation auction platform.

2010 - 2010

Co-Founder
2010 - 2010
Co-Curator - Recruitment: Sourced, interviewed and assembled a core leadership team of seven executive-level managers in the space of one week to tackle tasks spanning operations, event logistics, web analytics, web marketing, social media strategy and public relations. - Lead-manage a team of 50 volunteers to host daylong event in the spirit of the flagship TED Conference, attended by 700 business leaders, engineers and philanthropists in the Bay Area, and an validated 157,000+ unique viewers on our streaming channel. (Justin.TV) - Managed team virtually through online-collaboration tools (Google Docs, Basecamp) to delegate tasks and track required activities to completion. Speaker Relations - Solicit, interview, and negotiate speaking agreements from an pool of over 100 aspiring speakers to curate a high quality mix of leaders in fields spanning technology, entertainment and design. - coaching selected speakers' talks: cleaning up/editing slide decks, tightening up presentations to time limit constraints, strategic suggestions to make presentations even more powerful Director of Partnerships - Initiate conversations on and negotiating terms and conditions of corporate sponsorships (both full financial and in-kind), and working in partnership with ensuring partners receive the most value for their support of TEDxBerkeley

2008 - 2010

President, SF Chapter
2008 - 2010
Lead/manage an eight-person UC San Diego Alumni leadership team in San Francisco to set strategic direction/vision for the group. Lead-manage major/monthly events and networking opportunities for the 30,000 alumni of UC San Diego living in the greater SF Bay Area. Collaborate on larger projects (career networking for recent graduates, wine tours, chocolate tastings, etc.) Act as liaison between members and the Alumni Association office in San Diego. Skills: event planning, Emcee/hosting quorums, public speaking, marketing, leadership.

Executive Coach -Helping Top 10% performers break into the Top 1%