Solving critical business problems. One sprint at a time.

Approach

Consulting is more than giving advice. In fact, advice is worthless if it is implemented poorly. Having worked with some of the biggest businesses and the smallest startups for the past 20+ years, my approach to consulting leverages agile methodology and design thinking exercises to solve your most critical and complex business problems. Through co-creation, rapid prototyping, qualitative testing, and incremental improvements, we will work together in sprints to maximize velocity and reduce risk to bring new ideas into your business.

What I do

I bring the most value in bridging the gap between sound strategy planning and results-driven tactical execution, while playing these different roles for businesses doing $1M to $50M USD:

  • The counsel - Advise and counsel with the founder/owner/CEO on business strategy

  • The oracle - Provide industry insights to anticipate market & user needs

  • The architect - Design and run strategic planning process with the executive team

  • The facilitator - Lead execution of high-impact initiatives with the production team

  • Named as one of the top startups in the world by LinkedIn, Correlation One needed help improving its suite of learning products and driving new user acquisitions and engagement. Leveraging a series of design sprints, we efficiently streamlined ideation, design, and development, resulting in launching their products in 30% less time and resources than before.

  • Rayse, a real estate technology startup, brought me in to help with their strategic planning with their executive team. In addition, I advise and counsel on product/marketing strategy, and facilitate product design and development with their production team during their initial fundraising and MVP product launch.

  • Once an industry leader in the 1980’s, WOW needed a refresh. Working with the owners, I led their branding and marketing strategy and worked with the production team to a digital ecosystem in tune with their enthusiastic fan base. Leading to WOW securing multi-year, multi-million distribution deals with AXS TV and CBS.

“With the unique ability to decipher technical, creative, marketing, and business problems, Ming is able to see business challenges from multiple directions and dig deep to find core issues.”

Brian Wee, Seminhandmade

“Ming is a master facilitator in design thinking. He was quickly able to tap the creative intelligence of a highly cross-functional team to produce a compelling product vision, foundational direction, and product principles that continue to guide the team’s work.”

Matt Hoffberg, Correlation One

“Ming is an industry leader with a unique combination of expertise and innovative thinking. He dives deep on our business goals and presents well-thought-out proposals that help get us where we need to go and in record speed.”

Alex Rosen, Cisco

About Ming

I got yelled at by Steve Jobs when I was a technical lead working on a project for Apple and that changed the trajectory of my career. His ability to see things other people do not is uncanny, but the way he communicated his ideas left much to be desired. For 20+ years, I have played the role of a software engineer, web developer, technical lead, product manager, digital strategist, CTO, CSO, CEO, and business advisor, and have worked with some of the most brilliant minds in the largest enterprises, and the fastest growing startups. Paving my way in learning all the hard skills I needed to succeed in the creative and technical world of digital, and continuously improving my soft skills to survive in the world of management and business.

I was humbly honored as one of the “Top 10 Asian Entrepreneurs in America” by Inc. Magazine, graciously recognized as a technical leader for an Emmy award in Interactive TV, and grew the digital agency I founded, The1stMovement, to one of “LA Magazine’s Best Places to work in Los Angeles” and “Inc. 5000 America’s fastest growing companies” for multiple years, but my biggest passion lies in solving critical business problems, together with other brilliant minds.

I am based in Los Angeles with my wife, Jennifer, and my son, Lincoln. My other passions are food, travel, and photography.