Panellists

Founder & CEO of cherrypicks

 

Jason is the founder and CEO of cherrypicks, a regional leader in mobile technology and eCommerce specializing in smart city, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, eWallet and location intelligence. Jason is an industry icon in Hong Kong well known for his successful entrepreneurial experience in mobile innovation. With disruptive Online-to-Offline (O2O) solutions as well as patent-pending products and technology inventions, cherrypicks has represented Hong Kong and China in many world stages and won over 100 local and international awards. The early entrepreneurial journey of the company was also featured as a Harvard Business School case study (#N9-807-106). cherrypicks' solution business and cherrypicks alpha, another startup spun off with the company’s product business, were strategically merged with NetDragon (HKSE:777) in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Apart from leading both entities, Jason is also a mentor and angel investor for a number of startups, incubators and co-working spaces to give back to startups in Hong Kong and Silicon Valley.

Jason was named “Young Industrialist of Hong Kong 2014” by Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI) and “Outstanding IT Person of the Year 2014” by eZone. He is the Chairman of Group 30 "Innovation and Creative Industries Council" and Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Startup Council of FHKI, the Director of the Hong Kong Crowdfunding Professional Association, the Advisor of Crowdfund Capital Advisors, a member of Innovation and Technology Fund - Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme Project Assessment Panel, a Council member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, a Board member of the Junior Achievement Hong Kong, and a member of the Honorary Advisory Council of Hong Kong Computer Society.