APAPA | Icebreaker

APAPA | Icebreaker

Members

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Chuck Ng is an entrepreneur, tech investor and community leader. He has invested in multiple tech companies including unicorns like Databricks, Ironclad, Mammoth Biosciences, Polyhedra Network etc. He is also an advisor/partner to a number of leading technology companies including SK Telecom, Alibaba & Futurewei. Previously, Chuck has cofounded a number of companies including Eureka Therapeutics, a leading cancer/T-cell therapy company. He was Chairman of Audit Committee of Vimicro (Nasdaq: VIMC). Aside from his professional work, Chuck is deeply involved in community building/services, entrepreneurship and global collaboration. He is President of UC Berkeley Alumni Club of the Year Berkeley Chinese Alumni Int'l Assoc. (BCAIA), Asia Society Global Young Leaders Silicon Valley, and Tsinghua SEM Business School North America Alumni Assoc. (TIEMBA) whose board members include Elon Musk/Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg/Meta, Tim Cook/Apple, etc.. He has been a mentor/advisor at MIT, CMU, Berkeley, Tsinghua Schwarzman College. Chuck also cofounded the World Leading Scientists Institute(WLSI) with a number of leading scientists including Nobel & Turing Laureates to facilitate better US/Asia collaborations. In recognition of his leadership, Chuck was awarded UC Berkeley Bradford King Young Alumnus of the Year, Asia Society Asia 21 Young Leader Fellow, the "PayPalian" Award, the highest award at PayPal. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and with dual MBA degrees from INSEAD & Tsinghua University.

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Bay Area Field Consultant

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Niel specializes in acquiring and maintaining financial services licenses, including those for money transmission, lending, brokering, and collections. Her expertise includes managing regulatory reporting for licensed entities, particularly for those in the digital assets space (virtual currency/cryptocurrency/stablecoins), and supporting the development of compliance programs. She is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.

Chimi Dolkar Sherpa

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Sr. Data Analyst II

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Software Engineer