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Richie NortonCEO and Founder
Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Richie Norton is the award-winning author of the #1 bestselling book The Power of Starting Something Stupid (translated in 10+ languages) and Résumés Are Dead & What to Do About It. He is an international speaker (including TEDx & Google Startup Grind) & serial entrepreneur.
Richie is the founder of Global Consulting Circle, creating/scaling business models for venture-backed startups & strategy for private equity entry & exit. He is the Co-Founder of Prouduct—helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into profitable products w/ global sourcing & end to end supply chain. Norton founded Edit.Today—a multinational video editing service for vloggers. Millions of entrepreneurial-minded people study Norton's work & blended learning, modular educational programs (self-directed learning online courses, masterminds, conferences, workshops, articles, keynotes, videos, interviews, books, mentoring, university lectures). Executives & celebrities alike seek out Richie to create new value-based products/experiences for their audiences. Richie is featured in Forbes, Businessweek, Entrepreneur, HuffPo, Inc., etc. The 2013 San Francisco Book Festival awarded The Power of Starting Something Stupid first in business & grand prize winner overall. At age 29, Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best & brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii. Richie founded a mentor capital org to help end poverty & establish the Mark & Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship—where he serves on the Mentor Venture Capital Board at BYU Hawaii. Richie is published in the Journal of Microfinance & is a ChangeAid Award winner for "outstanding accomplishment in international development, international relations, humanitarian aid and academic achievement." Richie received his MBA from the world's #1 ranked international business school, Thunderbird School of Global Management. Richie is happily married, has four boys and lives on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. 
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Noble Coker
Chief Executive Officer
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Doris Pai
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Doris Pai is currently Regional Manager – Compensation & Benefits, North Asia and Asia Pacific at Tiffany & Co., the New York jewelry retailer. She has over 15 years of human resources management experience, with a focus on designing compensation and benefits structure, performance management, and providing analytical support for Human Resources and business leaders. Prior to joining Tiffany & Co, she has worked for The Dairy Farm Group, the food and hygiene products retailer in Asia and a property development company in Hong Kong.
Her personal mission is finding out what motivate people to do what they do and how we can create a better and a more inspirational workplace. Doris graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master of Organization Behavior from Marriott School of Business. She is married to Matthew Scott Leonard and has two daughters. She strongly believes there is more than one right way to be Latter Day Saints woman/mother and it is absolutely possible to find balance between home and work, with a supporting husband and family. She hopes that all members in the LDS community can encourage, support and celebrate the professional and educational aspiration of LDS women of all ages. |
Renee Wu
Consultant Robert Walters |
Renee Wu is currently a consultant of Robert Walters, specializing in Financial Service, IT & Operations. She used to work at Aston Carter as Candidate Manager for banking and financial services industry. Renee has extensive experiences in recruitment services industry and is a master in professional resume building.
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Helen Ho
Co-President IANG Hong Kong Association |
Helen has extensive work experiences in both the education and banking industries. In 2008, she founded the IANG HK Association which is a registered charity that aims to provide employment services and cultural exchange opportunities for college students. In 2016, she founded the Helen Foundation to groom individuals with potentials to become elite leaders, by investing in various research programs. This year, she is also cooperating with Commission on Youth to develop employment scheme for the new generation.
On top of her busy schedule, she is also an EMBA guest lecturer, world traveler, artist and writer. |
Daniel Lau
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Daniel is a Senior Consultant at Silverstrand Executive Search, a boutique headhunting firm focused on financial services. He specializes in Asset Management, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Wealth Management, Management Consultancies and Fintech. He has been in the financial industry for over 6 years, focused mainly on the Asset and Wealth Management industries, looking after product distribution, wealth management, preservation and transfer.
Prior to that his career was in IT focused on programming and systems administration. He has also had businesses since 2005 focused on F&B and Music. More recently he started a company leveraging on new technologies to provide solutions to different industries. |