We have a new face in town - welcome to Chi, our new Director of Business Development. His experiences span from big companies to start ups, and will be bringing on board some wicked new talent to the Tunezy platform.
Read after the jump for a little more on Chi’s background:
Who are you and where did you come from?
Well, I was born in Taiwan and moved to Canada when I was really young. I started my first business as a freshman in high school buying cellphones in bulk and selling them on eBay. My background’s in finance as I worked in NYC and SF as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs and then later as an associate for Summit Partners. However, I wasn’t passionate only working with large multi-billion dollar companies and I was more interested in web startups. I left finance and co-founded my own company TheDealPages.com, a daily deal aggregator, and then later worked at Pressly.com, an HTML5 tablet publishing platform before coming to Tunezy.com. I’m passionate about helping startups grow and the intersection between technology, music and design.
Who are some of your favourite artists on Tunezy?
I love Naughty by Nature since they were one of the first artists to introduce me to the world of Hip-Hop when I was young. I loved the fact that they pushed the boundaries and crossed the Pop and Hip-Hop genres with their sample of Michael Jacksons “ABC” for their hit-song “O.P.P.”. I also really like the creativity in all of Mike Tompkins videos. He’s Canadian!
What’s one interesting thing about you that people don’t know
A lot of people don’t know that I write rhymes as an outlet and I sample and create my own songs. I have a mini-studio setup at home with my turntables, keyboard, guitar, a few mics, MPC drum pads and I like to invite friends over who play different live instruments for a Hip-Hop jam session.
What’s your dream Fan Experience?
My dream fan experience would be to hang out with Jay-Z and his crew backstage or chill at an after party with him to experience what it would be like to be a part of his entourage. A really close second would be if Carly Rae Jepsen would “Call Me Maybe?”.
Follow Chi on Twitter at @allyoucanchi or add him to LinkedIn.