Hi there! I’m Teri.

Since 2015, I have been designing and developing learning solutions for early-stage and hyper-growth startups, while (mostly for fun) implementing and building entrepreneurship communities, programs, and events around Asia. To name a few, I have onboarded global enterprise sales teams, facilitated innovation workshops, developed startup bootcamps for students in Malaysia, and designed solutions for a social enterprise utilizing technology to achieve quality education in Thailand.

Prior to my career switch, I built my backbone in the tourism & events sector. I was either hustling at an education fair booth, delighting guests at a luxury hotel, or mastering ice cream orders. Our family business includes miniature golf (top 10 in America!) and a mom & pop ice cream shop in upstate New York. As small business is in my roots, I am very much a handwritten thank you letter type of gal.

Outside of work you’ll find me exploring coffee shops, traveling, up some mountain, training for the NYC marathon, or playing with the nearest puppy. If you’d like to work on something together, drop me a line!

Education

• Professional Certificate in Learning Design,
  New York University (USA)

• MSc Innovation, Strategy & Entrepreneurship,
  Grenoble Graduate School of Business (France)

• BSc Sport & Event Management, Minor in Multimedia Authoring,
  Elon University (USA)

Additional Certifications

• ATD Training & Facilitation

• ATD Master Performance Consultant

• IDEO U. Human-Centered Service Design

• Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design

Speaking Engagements

• 2019 Panelist, NYU Started Accelerator

• 2019 Senior Emcee, Edtech Asia Summit (2017-2019)

• 2019 Member, Bangkok Toastmasters Club

• 2018 Emcee, UNDP Youth Co:Lab Summit

• 2018 Moderator, Thailand Startup Week

• 2016 Speaker, Techstars APAC Summit

• 2016 Moderator, Techsauce Summit

• 2016 Emcee, UNESCO Asia & Pacific International Conference

• 2016 Emcee, UNESCO World Teacher’s Day Forum

Recognition & Awards

• 2017-2018 Techstars Community Leader Summit participant

• 2016 Kickstarter consulting (CES 2016) - 486% funding success

• 2016 2nd Runner Up, Sino-European Entrepreneurship Competition 

• 2016 1st Runner Up, Startup Weekend KL: Women’s Edition 

• 2016 Nominated Best Presenter, MSc cohort 

• 2011 Guest Service Representative of the Year, Anantara 

• 2011 Dean’s List for Academic Achievement, Elon University 

• 2011 Service Award, Elon University 

• 2010 Impact Award, North Carolina Campus Compact

Other Capacity Building Initiatives

I enjoy working on projects related to entrepreneurship, social impact and girls’ & women’s empowerment. Such side hustles include:

• 2019 | Event Lead, Techstars Community Leader Academy
  Designed training content and led coordination of a learning academy for Thai startup and tech leaders.

• 2018 | Facilitator, Tech for Development Bootcamp, UNICEF 
  Facilitated a bootcamp for regional specialists in collaboration with social innovation lab, Tandemic.

• 2018 | Event Lead & Facilitator, Techstars Startup Weekend Women 
  Facilitated hackathons in Thailand and Brunei to encourage women to participate in entrepreneurship.

• 2018 | Trainer, Thammasat University G-Lab Scaling Impact Program 
  Designed and delivered a grant writing 101 workshop for social entrepreneurs.

• 2017 | Facilitator, Design Thinking for Digital Transformation

  Corporate innovation training for RHB Bank Malaysia (in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group).