Paul Chiou

Founder & Principal
2021
Fractional advisor and venture studio building strategic partnerships amongst corporates, SMBs, and web3 startups to conceptualize, prototype/test, and launch new adjacent business ideas, projects, and ventures - specializing in disruptive innovation management, product experimentation, and growth. Additional funding may arise from partnering with the startup ecosystem. Representative clients in Asia include: -BCW Group (Blockpour) -CJ Group -LiHo Tea (Royal T Group) -Pilot44 -Procter & Gamble -SoHo Advisors Pte Ltd (SAPL) -Standard Chartered

2024

CEO's Office
2024
Global web3 pioneer driving the adoption of Cardano, a third-generation blockchain platform. As one of the founding entities of Cardano, Emurgo specializes in venture building, infrastructure development, and ecosystem growth. By fostering innovation and partnerships, Emurgo aims to empower developers, businesses, and governments to leverage the power of blockchain for a more sustainable and equitable future.

2022 - 2023

Product - DeFi
2022 - 2023
Built DeFi protocols to enhance the Cronos ecosystem. Cronos Labs is a web3 start-up accelerator, ecosystem investment fund, and incubator for the Cronos chain and Crypto.com ecosystem. Cronos is the first Ethereum-compatible layer 1 blockchain network built on the Cosmos SDK, backed by Crypto.com, Crypto.org, and more than 250 app developers and partners.

2022 - 2023

New Ventures - Web3 Product
2022 - 2023
Web3 ventures to accelerate the world’s transition to cryptocurrency. Cronos is a top 10 public blockchain network by total value locked and is used by >800,000 users, growing at 20% per month. Cronos is powered by the Cronos ($CRO) cryptocurrency, which powers an ecosystem of 50+ million users in over 100 markets worldwide.

2021 - 2022

Head of Product Innovation (Ads New Ventures)
2021 - 2022
Built the ads product innovation pipeline to launch new pilots and ventures to increase buyer discovery for eBay. eBay Ads help brands and sellers connect with 185M+ shoppers. Founded on a seller community, eBay Ads empowers growth through a suite of tools to set up, stay up to date, and set for growth.

2017 - 2021

Senior Director of Global Product Management & Operations (Innovation Lab)
2019 - 2021
Built the adtech innovation pipeline for the PR tech market leader. As the parent company of PR Newswire, Cision Innovation Lab serves as a testing ground for disruptive Martech and Adtech partner solutions. With locations in New York City and Berlin, Cision Innovation Lab is designed to build, test, and launch analytics products that help communicators unify data, processes, and analysis to transform the PR/communications industry.
Director of Product Management (Innovation Lab)
2017 - 2019
Built Cision Impact, the first-to-market earned media analytics suite and microservices architecture to supplement the core product offerings. Cision is a ~$3B market cap cloud communication technology and analytics company that enables marketers and communicators to effectively manage their earned media programs in coordination with paid and owned channels to drive business impact. Cision solutions also include market-leading media technologies such as PR Newswire, Gorkana, PRWeb, and Help a Reporter Out (HARO). Headquartered in Chicago, Cision serves over 100,000 customers in 170 countries and 40 languages worldwide.

2013 - 2021

Advisor
2013 - 2021
Mokuni is an indie mobile game & mobile VR development studio focused on building interactive games with meaningful stories. Mokuni creates games with rich characters, compelling stories, and fun mechanics for gamers of all ages.

2011 - 2016

Founder & Principal
2011 - 2016
View Ventures is a boutique startup consulting firm specializing in product management, business operations, corporate strategy, and analytics. View Ventures integrates design thinking and open innovation methodologies to provide freelance consulting services to technology companies and startups on growth strategy, go-to-market, analytics, and commercial execution (pricing and proposals) for adtech, martech, enterprise, and professional services segments. Freelance operations & product management consulting services to the following representative e-commerce and digital tech start-ups: -Ahalife -Bundle/Captial One Digital Labs -Coupang -Eyeview -Federated Media -Kargo -Kiosked -New York Angels

2010 - 2011

Investment Banking Associate
2010 - 2011
Cain Brothers is a boutique investment banking firm that services providers, information technology companies, private equity, and venture capital financial sponsors.

2007 - 2010

Investment Banking Analyst
2007 - 2010
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm specializing in turnaround and interim management, performance improvement and business advisory services. A&M delivers specialist operational, consulting, and industry expertise to management and investors seeking to accelerate performance, overcome challenges and maximize value across the corporate and investment lifecycles. Founded in 1983, the firm is known for its distinctive restructuring heritage, hands-on approach and relentless focus on execution and results. The investment banking arm of A&M focuses on distressed M&A, restructuring, and debt financing.

Product | Partnerships | Data Monetization | Growth