Visionary strategy. Pragmatic execution.

25+ years building, scaling, and exiting technology ventures across Southeast Asia.

Operator-advisor for Boards, CEOs, and investors who need local execution, not remote-control strategy.

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The operating thesis

Don’t just launch.

Scale to exit.

Deploy institutional-grade execution to turn speculative innovation into independent, revenue-generating businesses that return capital.

Most corporate innovation labs become cost centers. Most market entrants get stuck at the line between product promise and local reality. The work is to close that gap.

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Proven execution at scale

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The proof is operational

Built and operated where the consequences land.

>100B
Gross transaction value
Scaled UBX from zero into the Philippines’ leading embedded-finance platform.
22%
Market share
Reached in six years through execution, distribution, and regulatory work.
3.0x
TVPI
Corporate venture returns paired with disciplined capital allocation and liquidity.
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The Venture Operating System

Four stages. One execution system.

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Feasibility
Validate the business model against commercial, regulatory, and operating realities before capital is committed.
02
Market entry
Turn regulator engagement, licensing, and entity structuring into a defensible route to market.
03
Build
Recruit the net-new venture DNA, ship product, and build an operating cadence that can carry accountability.
04
Scale / Exit
Structure capital, partnerships, and governance to create strategic liquidity and durable returns.
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Execution versus theory

A strategy deck is not the work.

Traditional consultant

Reports and recommendations

Fees for time, observed trends, and a handoff that leaves the client to work out local execution.

Operator-advisor

Entities, licenses, and teams

Reputation tied to outcomes, direct regulator and operator access, and a plan that holds up after the meeting ends.

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Market entry in Southeast Asia

Local reality decides whether the model works.

Market entry is not a regional slide map. It is entity structure, regulator engagement, distribution access, local leadership, and the commercial incentives of the people who control the next step.

  • Test the model with market participants before the burn rate accelerates.
  • Build with local operating authority, not a remote steering committee.
  • Create partnerships around incentives, control points, and execution risk.
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Built from the operator’s seat

Experience that changes the conversation.

UBXFormer President & CEO of UnionBank’s fintech and venture-capital arm.
ManulifeFormer Chief Operating Officer, accountable for execution inside a regulated incumbent.
Regulatory firstsBuilt stablecoin and open-finance infrastructure in a market where permission is part of the product.
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Where I engage

Work with people who intend to execute.

I work at the intersection of cross-border expansion, corporate innovation, venture building, and strategic transactions.

  • Boards and CEOs making a consequential Southeast Asia bet.
  • Investors who need real diligence, local context, and accountable operating support.
  • Corporate ventures that need to become independent businesses, not permanent innovation theatre.
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Build the thing that survives contact with the market.

John Januszczak

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