An award-winning global marketing CMO, CEO, advisor, and board director with 32 years of experience in technology, Blockchain, FinTech, DeFi, AI, education, entertainment, health and life sciences, and government. Al is a former Head of Global Marketing for InfStones, a Softbank portfolio "unicorn," and former CMO and Partner of Amazix, a top blockchain agency. He raised $31 MM USD in 2018 and assisted with a $40 MM raise for World Mobile Chain and CMO of InfStones, raising $110 MM USD with a valuation of approximately 1 billion USD led by Softbank, GGV, and other investors. He landed a $2 million tokenization project from EMAAR in Dubai for QRC Hong Kong, building a $7.4 million sales pipeline in 6 months.
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"Al is a highly accomplished performance expert with a long track record in leading Fortune 100 companies. Having had the pleasure of working with Al on various marketing and technology-related projects, I can directly speak to his dedication, professionalism, and capacity to innovate. A humble and skilled professional, Al inspires confidence by solving problems even in the most challenging environments." (2018) - Daniel Araya, PhD, Forbes, Brookings Institution
"Al’s a very sharp and creative guy – extremely resourceful, entrepreneurial and able to synthesize lots of data into a workable solution. And he’s got a great sense of humour. A pleasure to work with. (2007)" - Terry Donnelly, Former Chief Marketing Officer, MDC Partners
"...I am truly honored and privileged to have the opportunity to work with such a great team of people." (1998) - Dave Billmaier, Former Events Manager, Apple
"Amazing ....! He is such a valuable asset to the team and comes equipped with a wealth of knowledge. Highly recommend!" (2021) - Alan McGrath, CEO, OTC Trade
"Al Leong, VP Marketing for CGB and BCT, and I worked together in BCT When served as BCT CEO APAC. My working experience as well as my personal one with Al was very positive. Al showed dedication and commitment. He led the marketing activities in Asia with great success, creatively approaching a wide audience and promoting our product. Al showed team working capabilities and great human sensitivity as well as honesty. I hope to work with Al in the future. (2018)" - Jeremy Weiss, CEO Asia Pacific, BCT/CG Blockchain
"I worked side by side with Al while scaling one of the largest infrastructure companies in the industry. Al was the driving force behind our GTM game plan and building the brand on a global scale. Al's attention to detail and the ability to push his team for further success was one of our greatest assets. Al's ability to hit tight deadlines was critical for my success on the sales side." - Parker Poor, Head of Global Sales, InfStones
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Al is formerly Principal Consultant to InfinitoDAX, and was Head of Business Development for QRC (RegTech) Advisory and Investment firm based in Hong Kong with offices in Vietnam, Singapore, Tokyo, and Kuala Lumpur; a group of companies with 300 employees. He performed buy-side and sell-side activities for this regulated/licensed financial services firm.
Between 2000 and 2004 in San Francisco, he ran a B2B marketing communications agency with clients in the US and Middle East. Prior, Al held senior project management and creative roles at SMG, in Redwood City, for clients that included Adobe, Apple, Disney, Digital, IBM, Intel, Kodak, Motorola, Palm, PowerPC, Intel, HP, SGI, Sun Microsystems, US Department of Defense, WebTV, and Xerox. He started his career at O&M/Direct on Microsoft, Intel and Visio in Seattle. He grew the agency's revenues from $5 million to $12 million in 5 years.
Al earned an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, in Global Management and Strategy Consulting, a Certificate in Managing Complex Product Development Projects from the MIT Sloan, and a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration in Marketing from the University of British Columbia.
Al is a Board Director for the BC Borstal Association and a former Board Director for the American Marketing Association (Toronto and BC Chapters), Metro Vancouver CrimeStoppers Foundation, Burnaby Hospice Society, and AIDS Vancouver. He was part of the Marketing Hall of Legends Canada and sat on the marketing steering committee for VanCity Savings ($27 billion CAD assets under management). He worked on branding for the Human Rights Campaign in Atlanta and Maitri Compassionate Care in San Francisco.
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