1920T2 NewYorkCity/Participant Information/Yong Fu Xiang

About Fu Xiang

SMU email: fxyong.2016@sis.smu.edu.sg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fxyong
Academic Year: 4
Degree: Information Systems
2nd Major: Analytics
One random fact: i'm a foodie!
Interest: UI/UX/Travelling/Contributing to Society/Mobile
Applying for Subsidy: No

Why TSM New York City?

• What motivates you to join TSM?
  • TSM allows me to see how technology company operates beyond the Singapore borders. This will provide me an opportunity to learn from them and bring back to our sunny island. By joining the TSM, I hope to witness for myself on how technology can be applied to various businesses and changed the world. Additionally, I hope to expand my network of friends and industry experts of various domains from around the world.
• Why pick New York City?
  • Being the financial hub of the world, it has a lot to offer.
  • With a thriving FINTECH-startup scenes that operates in a lean operations and yet has the ability to disrupt the traditional banking industry. I believe we have lots to learn from them.

Starting a business

• What types of business interest you?
  • Sharing economy business/community driven business
    
  • Technologies involving: cashless payment, AI, AR/VR

• What plan do you have in starting a business?
  • A community-driven item rental platform

Past Experiences (optional)

• Summer Analyst at Citigroup (May 2019 - Aug 2019)
  
• Instructor at Code Gakko (Sep 2018 - Present)
  
• UI/UX/front-end Intern at Opinir (May 2018 - Jul 2018)
  
• Teaching Assistant at SMU (Dec 2017 - Dec 2017)
  
• Software Developer Intern at aZaaS (Sep 2012 - Jul 2013)
  
• Microsoft Student Partner at Microsoft Singapore (Jun 2011 - Oct 2013)

What keeps you ticking?

Being able to witness how technology can empower people to achieve more.