Originally from London, DC has founded 4 companies in 4 countries and had two successful exits. TripMedia Ltd in London developed CD-ROM games. Gamelet.com in SF was a very early internet game developer, acquired by PacketVideo Corp. Pikkle KK in Tokyo was a leading mobile social game company. Acquired by KLab (3656:Tokyo).

RIKAI Labs, in SF and Shanghai, engages and educates 1 Billion WeChat users by blending chatbots powered by Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing with live people in WeChat Official Accounts and Mini Programs. RIKAI Labs' RecommendBot, FAQBot, and SurveyBot help companies to chat with users at scale so they can better understand, convert, and support customers throughout the entire customer journey.

Clients such as Visa, PWC, Pernod-Ricard, Budweiser, Mead Johnson and Publicis use RIKAI Labs’ chatbot platform and WeChat mini program framework to engage, convert, and support their millions of WeChat followers.

Originally from the US, Edaan has a background in entrepreneurship and education. He began his career in education as an English teacher and text book author in the US and Asia. In 2008, he co-founded the real estate company LMD Management which he sold in 2014.

After this he co-founded RIKAI Labs. RIKAI Labs engages and educates users with chatbots powered by a blend of Artificial Intelligence and live people via messaging platforms like WeChat. He leads operations and content development for RIKAI's flagship Teacherbot chatbot which teaches China's 400M English language learners with a blend of live teachers and chatbots.

He is responsible for driving innovative ideas and discussions with SAPs clients in the region. With an experience of over 23 years working with Corporates, Software Vendors and Consulting companies to deliver over One Billion Dollars through advanced analytics, Shailendra joined SAP in July 2017. He has established and lead several data science businesses to generate revenue and drive incremental growth by creating multiple cognitive solutions across a variety of sectors, including: High Tech, Financial Services, Retail and Public Sector.

He has published multiple articles about analytics and cognitive solutions; and recently published an Amazon bestseller “Making Money out of Data” which showcases five business stories from various industries on how successful companies make millions of dollars in incremental value using analytics. Prior to joining SAP, Shailendra held senior executive level positions at IBM, Accenture, Woolworths and Coles.

Tiger co-founded CAPEX Technologies after studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkley. APEX Technologies is a customer data technology and AI company headquartered in Shanghai with offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. APEX Technologies combines cutting-edge big data, AI, and blockchain technology to tackle problems in areas of marketing, personalization, and customer analytics, and have served over 300+ mid to large global and China enterprises in sectors of finance, travel, automotive, ecommerce, and retail.

Tiger is a frequent speaker on the topic of digital marketing, big data and AI, speaking and moderating panels at prestigious events such as iDigital, GDMS, ad:tech and CBIS. He is a leader in the field, having received the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Internet Weekly’s “Person of the Year” & “Leadership Award in Big Data & AI” in both 2016 and 2017. In 2016, Tiger was recognized by Campaign Digital as one of their “A-List China” award winners.