2324T2 Silicon Valley/Participant Information/ Guo Zhetao

About ZheTao

SMU email: zhetao.guo.2021@scis.smu.edu.sg
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guozhetao/
Academic Year: Year 3 (2021)
Degree: BSc Information Systems (Major in Digitalisation and Cloud Solutions)
2nd Major: Cyber Physical Systems

Why Virtual TSM?

• What motivates you to join TSM?

As an individual that loves to develop applications and has keen interest in entrepreneurship, I hope to embark on the path of Technopreneurship to find out how to effectively find creative solutions to address social issues using technology. By joining TSM, I believe that I can broaden my knowledge about impactful technological innovations and their benefits on the society. Through this learning process, I aspire to apply what I have learnt when starting a business in the e-comerce space in the future.

• Where would you like to visit?

Interested in visiting Silicon Valley Innovation Center, The Tech Interactive, Computer History Museum and Apple Park

Starting a business

• What types of business interest you?

I am interested to know more about companies at the forefront of sustainability and e-commerce.

• What plans do you have in starting a business?

I have previously started a drop shipping business on Carousell and Shopee selling fitness equipment like pull-up bars and dumbbell weights to provide affordable fitness equipment for fitness enthusiasts in the past. I plan to continue venturing in the e-commerce space and build a platform that advocates for sustainable practices in the supply chain to optimise waste management and eliminate packaging waste in order to reduce the negative environmental impact that current e-commerce businesses create. I hope to learn about how to build scalable business that has a sustainable and viable business strategy when embarking on this study mission.

Past Experiences (optional)

Internships:

• SAP - Full Stack Developer Intern: Dec 2022 - Present
• DoraHacks - Product Management Intern: May 2021 - Aug 2021
• Land Transport Authority - Software Engineer Intern: May 2019 - July 2019
• OCBC Bank - Branch and Customer Experience Transformation Intern: September 2018 - February 2019

CCA:

• The Mentoring Circle - Mentor: August 2023 - Present
• .Hack - Vice President (Internal): October 2022 - October 2023
• The Mentoring Circle - Mentee: August 2022 - August 2023
• .Hack - Professional Development Director: October 2021 - October 2022