Ronald Aparajit
BD and ecosystem operator with 6+ years building 0-to-1 market presence across APAC. Based in Taipei with an embedded network across APAC's startup, tech, and creator communities.
Track record in ecosystem programme design, community-led growth, partner development, and public-facing brand representation across Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Bilingual in English and Mandarin. 擁有 6 年以上經驗的 BD 與 ecosystem operator，專注於在亞太市場從零打造市場佈局。現居台北，在APAC startup, 科技及 creator 社群擁有深厚的在地人脈網絡。在 ecosystem 計畫設計, community led growth, partner 開發，以及跨日本, 韓國, 越南, 香港及台灣的品牌公眾形象建立方面均有完整實績。中英雙語
Experience
BD & Core contributor
Hyperbuilder
Tokyo/Taipei
- Orchestrated and cohosted 4 ecosystem side events across Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, onboarding 300+ builders, traders, and founders into the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
- Owned the full new-business cycle for liquidity and technology partnerships, prospecting, negotiation, and launch, generating $500M+ in partner-sourced trading volume across five APAC markets through structured incentive program design.
- Facilitated warm introductions between builders, infra providers, and liquidity partners, accelerating GTM and reducing time-to-market for participating projects.
- Built and managed a distributed creator partnership network across Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and China, recruiting, onboarding, and setting performance expectations for 15+ content-producing partners and KOLs
- Tracked and optimised partner and creator campaign performance using engagement and conversion data, adjusting incentive structures and activation timing to improve sign-up and retention outcomes across markets.
- Closed and managed YODL Pay, a crypto payments provider, as a paying client, delivering market insights on payment processors in Taiwan and Japan, giving hands-on exposure to crypto payments product and go-to-market.
- Grew personal social presence across IG and X reaching 30k+ views within the first week and 1m+ impressions within three months, with direct experience in short-form content strategy and audience growth
Head of BD & Ecosystem Partnerships
Ancient8
Hong Kong
- Led cross functional GTM execution across BD, product, and marketing teams to drive studio partner launches, coordinating timelines from commercial negotiation through implementation and go live.
- Collaborated with developer communities and market-makers to deepen DEX liquidity and improve capital efficiency through structured tokenomics and incentive programmes.
- Negotiated and executed seed vault integration partnership with Jambo Phone, coordinating technical requirements and co-marketing activation to drive Ancient8 ecosystem distribution across SEA mobile-first markets.
- Actively represented A8 in high-impact events including NFT launch, Ancient8 mainnet launch, GM Vietnam, and A8 hackathon. credibility within web3 ecosystem, engaging in multiple Twitter spaces and expanding professional network through product discussions.
- Secured sponsorship and venture partnerships for Ancient8 Hackathon and GM Vietnam, managing startup ecosystem pipelines, institutional judge coordination, and cross-brand activations to expand event reach and affiliate traffic.
- Managed and coordinated a regional BD team at Ancient8 spanning Southeast Asia markets, aligning individual contributors around partnership targets, GTM timelines, and ecosystem launch milestones.
- Built and ran Ancient8’s outbound partnership pipeline across infra providers, wallets, games and ecosystem partners, sourcing leads, qualifying integration fit, driving follow-ups, and moving deals from first contact through commercial negotiation and launch planning.
- Leverage Claude for partner research, outreach drafting, competitive analysis, and strategic document preparation across BD workflows and Clay for lead enrichment, partner prospecting, and building targeted outbound lists across APAC markets
Operations Manager
CARV
Shanghai
- Orchestrated strategic partnerships with gaming studios and Web3 projects to integrate CARV’s data ID solution, expanding the ecosystem’s active user base during a critical growth phase.
- Streamlined internal operational workflows for campaign execution, reducing the turnaround time for cross-platform gaming events and improving reward distribution accuracy.
Project Manager (Publishing)
Tencent
Shenzhen
- Oversaw operations for HOK across APAC, implementing structured workflows and reporting processes to track KPIs related to user acquisition and engagement.
- Managed multi-phase localisation and compliance projects, including stakeholder coordination, budget forecasting, and vendor execution, achieving 90%+ on-time delivery rates.
- Coordinated OEM channel partnerships across Xiaomi, Vivo, and Oppo India, managing localized build submissions for proprietary app store distribution and running featuring campaigns with OEM channel teams to drive title visibility and user acquisition across South Asia markets.
- UGC, PGC & PUGC
- Hok Stars Program, Pro creator program, and community scrims reached 500k impressions in India and 5m in Asia Pacific, with over 500k views. Negotiated compliance risks to avoid content that affects the gaming experience of APAC players, keeping the risk factor as low as 10%.
- Cultivated localization outsourced colleagues to take over the localization tasks, including Social posts, Event announcements and vendor evaluations.
- Coordinated phased infrastructure rollouts across APAC markets, aligning regional vendors, compliance requirements, and internal stakeholders to support modular deployment plans without disrupting live game.
- Supported regional capacity expansion planning for live publishing operations, coordinating timelines, vendors, and risk controls across multiple APAC markets to maintain service readiness during growth periods.
MKT Intern
IGG
Singapore
- Handpicked & led a team of seven international team members in a game promotion competition.
- Worked extensively with team members to promote game and data collection in the second week of training.
Education
The University of Queensland 昆士蘭大學
Bachelor Of Technology 大學部
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 南航
MBA 碩士
Skills
Project Management JIRA/ASANA 專案管理Panel/Podcast Host 論壇與播客主持人Bilingual 中英雙語AI proficientClay/Claude Cowork/ Notion AIHubspot/Notion CRM
LANGUAGES
English-Hindi
Native/Bilingual
Chinese 中文
Professional
Spanish
Conversational