Dzung Dao
Director, Strategy Planning & Integration
New York,NY
Summary
Proactive and achievement-oriented business leader bringing 15 years of engineering, product management, technology investment, strategy planning experience with a proven record of delivering results through strategic problem-solving and cross functional collaboration. Passionate about the power of technology to transform business and life. Also believe that these transformations are achieved by bringing people from different backgrounds and functions together.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Director of Strategy Planning & Integration
NTT America
New York, NY
09.2021 - Current
- Researched and gained market intelligence, such as market trends, competitors' capacities to determine direction of future growth opportunities.
- Supervised financial performance and created initiatives to obtain region sales and margin goals.
- Explored potential M&A targets to enhance current capabilities and generate new revenue stream.
Director of Investment & Business Development
NTT DOCOMO Ventures
Tokyo
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Led investment activities relating to Smart factory, including IoT, AI/Machine Learning, Energy.
- Led and supervised Europe team and their investment activities in European market.
- Connected NTT group's business units to relevant startups, proposed and assisted relevant parties to implement effective business collaboration.
- Invested in 3 startups: Senseye (UK, acquired by Siemens), METRON (France), Crosser (Sweden); and supported other 6 startups in US, UK and Japan.
Senior Product Manager
NTT DOCOMO
Tokyo
07.2016 - 06.2018
- Oversaw company's strategy for planning and developing Android smartphones.
- Oversaw internal product team employees and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners to developed 10 smartphone models.
- Led effort to introduce models from new global vendors such as LGE and Huawei.
- Organized Steel Committee meetings to discuss strategic partnership with key partner's executives.
Product Manager
NTT DOCOMO
Tokyo
04.2011 - 06.2014
- Led effort to involve multiple departments and vendors to plan and develop Data devices.
- Analyzed customer needs and product positioning; persuaded senior managers to create and launch two lineups of Wi-Fi to acquire new user segments.
- Led development of 6 USB card and Wi-Fi routers with total sales of 30M units; earned DOCOMO largest share in data device market.
Wireless & Standards Engineer
NTT DOCOMO
Tokyo
04.2007 - 03.2011
- Youngest ever to be promoted to Standards Engineer, key contributor in 3GPP standardizations.
- Led technical negotiations with 30+ global operators and vendors to create LTE standard specifications.
- Initiated and led group of 15 companies to create requirements for Japanese regulatory law for LTE.
- Collaborated with test equipment vendors to develop and verify test system for LTE handsets.
Education
MBA - Entrepreneurship & Innovations
MIT Sloan School of Management
Boston 09.2014 - 06.2016
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo 04.2005 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo 04.2001 - 03.2005
Skills
Product development
undefinedTimeline
Director of Strategy Planning & Integration
NTT America
09.2021 - Current
Director of Investment & Business Development
NTT DOCOMO Ventures
07.2018 - 08.2021
Senior Product Manager
NTT DOCOMO
07.2016 - 06.2018
MBA - Entrepreneurship & Innovations
MIT Sloan School of Management
09.2014 - 06.2016
Product Manager
NTT DOCOMO
04.2011 - 06.2014
Wireless & Standards Engineer
NTT DOCOMO
04.2007 - 03.2011
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
04.2005 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
04.2001 - 03.2005
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