Michael Ang

Singapore, Singapore

Member since August 16, 2016

In Silicon Valley, Michael created pricing & cost models at a Mayfield/USVP-backed venture that sold for $185 million. He joined the Toptal network to work on challenging projects (pricing, performance analysis, etc.) alongside his other endeavors. He has worked with both large corporations at Bain and early stage firms in Silicon Valley & New York. While earning his MBA at MIT, he worked on banking deals at DLJ (Credit Suisse) worth $1 billion+.

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Career Highlights

Managing Director
IVPL
Senior Vice President, Asia
The NewsMarket, Inc.
Senior Associate Consultant
Bain & Company

Academic Highlights

MSc
University of London (Imperial College)
MBA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
BA with Highest Honors
University of California at Berkeley

Case studies

Financial Analysis and Performance Improvement
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Online Business
Pricing Model Using Multivariable Regression
- Data Analysis
- Real Estate
- Pricing Models
Social Media Marketing
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Content Creation
- Social Media

Industry Expertise

Technology

Software Expertise

IBM SPSS
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint

Other Expertise

Data Visualization
Financial Modeling
Singapore
United States

Employment

Managing Director
IVPL
2008 - PRESENT
- Performed pricing and unit economics analyses.
- Built financial model tying key revenue and cost drivers to financials.
- Performed market sizing and competitor analyses.
- Engaged in product development and online marketing.
- Published a niche marketing blog that has a social reach of 30,000+ professionals to date.
Focus areas: Social Media Marketing, Business Plans & Model Development, Technology Product Innovation
Senior Vice President, Asia
The NewsMarket, Inc.
2006 - 2007
- Led its Asia expansion and tripled revenues in twelve months.
- Won blue chip clients including Alibaba and Hyundai.
Focus areas: New Market Entry
Senior Product Manager
Pinger, Inc.
2006 - 2006
- Managed wireless application development.
- Took concept to product in seven months.
Focus areas: Product Development
Director of Application Products
BeVocal, Inc.
2000 - 2006
- Developed business cases, cost models, and product pricing.
- Led product into the customer self-service market; the business was later acquired for $185M.
- Led the then-largest multi-million dollar product sale in a customer solutions role.
- Reduced third-party product costs by more than 40% in a business development role.
- Attended one-year MS Computing Science program from 2003-2004.
Focus areas: Pricing Analysis, Product Development
Investment Banking Associate (MBA)
Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse)
1999 - 1999
- Performed company valuation, comparable company analysis, and other support for M&A (retail), debt (telco), IPO (satellite), and investment (communications) deals of more than $1 billion.
Focus areas: Financial Modeling & Valuation, Due Diligence, Comparable Company Analysis
Senior Associate Consultant
Bain & Company
1996 - 1998
- Earned the top performance bracket evaluation at Bain.
- Helped retail, airline, and telco businesses in strategy and implementation projects including new market entry, customer segmentation, and process re-engineering.
- Managed complex financial model in a re-engineering project for $3 billion+ telecommunications company.
Focus areas: New Market Entry, Financial Modeling, Customer Segmentation, Strategic Alliances, Process Re-Engineering
Central Banking Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
1995 - 1996
- Worked in the banking, insurance, and technology departments.
Focus areas: Regulatory Compliance
Company Second-in-Command
Singapore Armed Forces
1989 - 1991
- Served as an officer.
- Awarded the Sword of Honor as the top officer cadet.
Focus areas: Leadership

Education

MSc in Computing Science
University of London (Imperial College) - London, UK
2003 - 2004
MBA in Business Administration (Financial Management)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Cambridge, MA, USA
1998 - 2000
BA with Highest Honors in Economics
University of California at Berkeley - Berkeley, CA, USA
1991 - 1995

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