TEAM
Leadership Team
Victor Wu
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
・Chairman of New Economy Association.
・Board member of Easy Card.
・Taiwan “Outstanding Business Leader” at
National YuShan Award, 2020-2022.
・Graduated from Durham University.
Yoshitaka Shinohara
Chief Strategy Officer
・Cool Japan DX Summit Organizer.
・Established Vpon Japan in 2014 as
Representative Director.
・Former Business Development Head at
multiple technology companies.
・Graduated from Gakushuin University.
Dien Chang
Chief Finance Officer
・Founder of urCFO, a service provider for
startups.
・Formerly with Deloitte Taiwan for 18
years.
・Led the firm’s Startup Service Group,
specializing in innovative ventures.
・Graduated from the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign.
Victor Wu
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Yoshitaka Shinohara
Chief Strategy Officer
Dien Chang
Chief Finance Officer
Victor Wu
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Victor founded Vpon Big Data Group in 2008. In his early career, he worked in IBM as a system engineer and he had also won the Blueprint Business Competition in England in 2007. He succeeded at raising US$10 million in Series A and B funding in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Vpon was voted as one of Forbes China’s Top 100 Privately Held Small Businesses in 2015.
He has been awarded the Gold Prize for “Best Mobile Marketing Company Leader” in the Agency & Advertiser of the Year Awards for three consecutive years from 2015-2017. Additionally, from 2020 to 2022, he has been consecutively honored with the National Brand Yushan Award for Outstanding Enterprise and Outstanding Enterprise Leader.
Yoshitaka Shinohara
Chief Strategy Officer
Shino joined as a general manager when Vpon JAPAN established a branch office in Tokyo in 2014. In the past few years, Vpon JAPAN has been working on the Vpon Migratory Birds Traveler Database (Trata DMP), which is well-known among many Japanese cross-border passenger solutions. Brands and even government units establish long-term and stable cooperative relationships, such as the Japan National Tourism Administration and the Osaka Tourism and Tourism Bureau.
Dien Chang
Chief Finance Officer
Dien Chang is now the Chief Finance Officer at Vpon Big Data Group. Dien is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction at Vpon to pursue the company’s growth strategy. Dien is the founder of urCFO, which company focus to provide startup companies CFO services. Dien was at Deloitte Taiwan as an equity partner and also be the Startup Service Group Leader with total of 18 years of experience. Main clients in Deloitte Taiwan was ChungHwa Telecom Group and also HuaNan Financial Holdings Group.
Victor Wu
Victor founded Vpon Big Data Group in 2008. In his early career, he worked in IBM as a system engineer and he had also won the Blueprint Business Competition in England in 2007. He succeeded at raising US$10 million in Series A and B funding in 2011 and 2014 respectively. Vpon was voted as one of Forbes China’s Top 100 Privately Held Small Businesses in 2015.
He has been awarded the Gold Prize for “Best Mobile Marketing Company Leader” in the Agency & Advertiser of the Year Awards for three consecutive years from 2015-2017. Additionally, from 2020 to 2022, he has been consecutively honored with the National Brand Yushan Award for Outstanding Enterprise and Outstanding Enterprise Leader.
Yoshitaka Shinohara
Shino joined as a general manager when Vpon JAPAN established a branch office in Tokyo in 2014. In the past few years, Vpon JAPAN has been working on the Vpon Migratory Birds Traveler Database (Trata DMP), which is well-known among many Japanese cross-border passenger solutions. Brands and even government units establish long-term and stable cooperative relationships, such as the Japan National Tourism Administration and the Osaka Tourism and Tourism Bureau.
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Dien Chang
Dien Chang is now the Chief Finance Officer at Vpon Big Data Group. Dien is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction at Vpon to pursue the company’s growth strategy. Dien is the founder of urCFO, which company focus to provide startup companies CFO services. Dien was at Deloitte Taiwan as an equity partner and also be the Startup Service Group Leader with total of 18 years of experience. Main clients in Deloitte Taiwan was ChungHwa Telecom Group and also HuaNan Financial Holdings Group.
Hood Chang, Ph.D.
Chief Data Officer
・Published over 20 papers in top
international conferences and journals
・Over 10 years of experience in executing
National Science Council and
industry-academia collaboration projects
・Postdoctoral researcher at National
Taiwan University
・Ph.D. in Computer Science from National
Taiwan University
Nancy Huang
Internal Auditing Officer
・Chief Financial Officer at Eastern
Marketing Integration Corporation.
・Director of Finance & Executive Director,
Groupon.
・Associate Director of Finance at EY.
・Graduated from Ming Chuan University.
Fanny Su
Legal & Compliance Director
・Admitted to practice as attorney in Taiwan
and New York State.
・Formosa Transnational Attorneys-at-Law,
Associate.
・Lin& Partners Attorneys-at-Law, Attorney.
・Graduated from Stanford University.
Hood Chang, Ph.D.
Chief Data Officer
Nancy Huang
Internal Auditing Officer
Fanny Su
Legal & Compliance Director
Hood Chang, Ph.D.
Chief Data Officer
Dr. Chang is the Chief Data Officer at Vpon. He leads the data science team in creating data value and developing various AI technologies, assisting in strategic collaborations with organizations such as the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) and Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau. The data products developed by his team received the National Brand Yushan Award in the Best Product category in both 2021 and 2022. The team has also helped the company obtain various certifications, including Google Technology Partner, Google Marketing Platform, and ISO 27001/27701. He was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University, responsible for National Science Council projects and industry-academia collaboration projects. He is a lecturer in the field of Data Science and AI. He has over 15 years of experience in digital marketing, data science, and AI, and received the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Education.
Nancy Huang
Internal Auditing Officer
Nancy Huang currently serves as the Chief Auditor at Vpon. Prior to this role, she was Vpon’s Chief Financial Officer, and had experiences as the Chief Financial Officer at Eastern Broadcasting Integrated Marketing Co., Ltd., and the Finance Director and Executive Director at Groupon.
Fanny Su
Legal & Compliance Director
As an attorney admitted to practice in Taiwan and New York State of the US, Fanny previously worked in law firms handling dispute resolution (including international arbitration and litigation) and non-litigation matters. Fanny joined Vpon after graduated from Stanford Law School with an LL.M degree; she not only oversees all legal and compliance aspects of Vpon comprehensively, but also focuses deeper on data privacy protection- and information security-related legal issues.
Hood Chang
Dr. Chang is the Chief Data Officer at Vpon. He leads the data science team in creating data value and developing various AI technologies, assisting in strategic collaborations with organizations such as the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) and Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau. The data products developed by his team received the National Brand Yushan Award in the Best Product category in both 2021 and 2022. The team has also helped the company obtain various certifications, including Google Technology Partner, Google Marketing Platform, and ISO 27001/27701. He was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University, responsible for National Science Council projects and industry-academia collaboration projects. He is a lecturer in the field of Data Science and AI. He has over 15 years of experience in digital marketing, data science, and AI, and received the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Transactions on Education.
Nancy Huang
Nancy Huang currently serves as the Chief Auditor at Vpon. Prior to this role, she was Vpon’s Chief Financial Officer, and had experiences as the Chief Financial Officer at Eastern Broadcasting Integrated Marketing Co., Ltd., and the Finance Director and Executive Director at Groupon.
Fanny Su
As an attorney admitted to practice in Taiwan and New York State of the US, Fanny previously worked in law firms handling dispute resolution (including international arbitration and litigation) and non-litigation matters. Fanny joined Vpon after graduated from Stanford Law School with an LL.M degree; she not only oversees all legal and compliance aspects of Vpon comprehensively, but also focuses deeper on data privacy protection- and information security-related legal issues.
Chen Mei-ling
Advisor
Jason Hsu
Advisor
Arthur Chan
Advisor
Chen Mei-ling
Chen is a renowned Pioneer and Key Driver of Taiwan’s Big Data Economy. During her term as chairperson of National Development Council (“NDC”) she stated that the outbreak of COVID-19 presented both risks and opportunities for Taiwan, depending on how well industries can adapt through Digital Transformation and Data Economy. She championed widening access to the Smart Government Backbone Network allowing the population legal access to useful government data.
Jason Hsu
Jason obtained his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A. He is now the adjunct professor at both the National Taiwan University’s leadership program and the National Tsing Hua University’s EMBA and MBA programs. Prior to that, he was CEO in GE Taiwan and general manager in IBM Taiwan.
Arthur Chan
With over 10 years of experience in the fields of big data and digital marketing, Arthur has propelled the company’s growth across the APAC region and capture some big client wins. He also continued to expand Vpon’s mobile proprietary data platform through strategic partnerships with leading industry players.
Chen Mei-ling
Advisor
Chen is a renowned Pioneer and Key Driver of Taiwan’s Big Data Economy. During her term as chairperson of National Development Council (“NDC”) she stated that the outbreak of COVID-19 presented both risks and opportunities for Taiwan, depending on how well industries can adapt through Digital Transformation and Data Economy. She championed widening access to the Smart Government Backbone Network allowing the population legal access to useful government data.
Jason Hsu
Advisor
Jason obtained his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A. He is now the adjunct professor at both the National Taiwan University’s leadership program and the National Tsing Hua University’s EMBA and MBA programs. Prior to that, he was CEO in GE Taiwan and general manager in IBM Taiwan.
Arthur Chan
Advisor
With over 10 years of experience in the fields of big data and digital marketing, Arthur has propelled the company’s growth across the APAC region and capture some big client wins. He also continued to expand Vpon’s mobile proprietary data platform through strategic partnerships with leading industry players.
