Stephen Chia
Stephen Chia is a serial entrepreneur having founded, built and exited several successful businesses in the areas of property development, ISP wireless broadband, IT services and blockchain technology. He has successfully completed two phases of gated property development in the Dutamas KL area with gross development value of USD30m. In 2008, he was one of the 4 recipients of the Malaysian 4G/WiMAX national spectrum for wireless broadband deployment. The company was subsequently acquired by a public listed company and today is part of the national YES 4G wireless network.
Together with his partner, his technology company Adacode Systems was awarded the APICTA Malaysia“Best of the Best” award & went on to represent the country at the Asia Pacific APICTA hosted by Brunei in2014. In 2017, he joined a global blockchain organization as Regional Director SEA and Council Member for its global blockchain Foundation NEM.io. He build Asia’s largest blockchain centre in Kuala Lumpur, and established teams across SE Asia, North Asia and Dubai UAE. Today, he continues to be active investor &advisor to several entrepreneurial businesses and most recently, invested & started two F&B restaurants in Klang Valley.
Stephen holds a BBA & MBA in Operations & International Management from the Lubin School of Business,Pace University New York, USA. He has also been involved for over 24 years in the global Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO) as spousal forum member, having served on the EO global spousal forum committee &trained as forum moderator. He is a HRD registered certified trainer who regularly trains and consults for companies on business strategy and coaching, as well as building effective organizational teams and systems.
In 2021, Stephen was involved as Vistage Chair with the Malaysian Timber Council YES project to train 2nd generation business leaders. Today, he is an active Vistage Chair & recently as Chair for KEY Focus Group on Digital AI Transformation and as resource speaker in the areas of technology, blockchain & AI. He is an active crypto investor, has keen interest in all things tech and always welcomes catch up with anyone over a cup of good coffee.
Email : sc.vistage@gmail.com
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