Dai-Kyu Kim

Current

Principal & Investor at Oryx Principal Investors Limited

Past

Turnaround CEO at Zylotech Limited (Sydney)
CEO & Co-Founder at Zapr (Shanghai & Seoul)
CEO & Co-Founder at Zingee (Singapore & Sydney)

CEO & Co-Founder at Quicken.com Austral-Asia (Sydney)
Director at Hi-Image Asia-Pacific (Singapore & Tokyo)
Principal & Founder at Pegasus System (KL & Singapore)
Finance Industry Business Development Manager at Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
Finance IT Consultant at Price Waterhouse Management Consultants (Hong Kong)
Assistant Manager, Artificial Intelligence Project at National Australia Bank (Melbourne)
Management Trainee Program at Citibank Australia (Sydney > Melbourne)

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Education

University of Newcastle
Canberra Grammar School

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Dai-Kyu Kim’s Experience

Principal & Investor

Oryx Principal Investors Limited

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — Present (8 years )

Creation, Investment and Management Participation in Technology Driven Businesses in Asia Pacific.
Turnaround CEO

Zylotech Limited (Sydney)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2009 — September 2009 (6 months)

Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, Zylotech Limited was a provider of end-to-end digital surveillance systems. Zylotech delivered software, hardware and custom engineering solutions to meet the unique needs of enterprise customers and systems integrators. After attempted turnaround, liabilities were deemed too great and company was placed into voluntary administration.
CEO & Co-Founder

Zapr (Shanghai & Seoul)

(Internet industry)

2005 — 2009 (4 years )

Web 2.0 Content Sharing Application using Peer-To-Web Desktop Web Hosting Technology. Product development, networking & marketing teams built in Shanghai. Secured Series-A funding from Singaporean fund Spectrum.
CEO & Co-Founder

Zingee (Singapore & Sydney)

(Internet industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )

Created and prototyped innovative online linking technology to link any "Information Object" (record, file, folder, disk, PC, network, person or organisation) with any other Information Object. This technology led to the Peer-To-Web engine behind Zapr. Built technical & product development teams in Singapore and Sydney.
CEO & Co-Founder

Quicken.com Austral-Asia (Sydney)

(Financial Services industry)

July 1997 — July 2000 (3 years 1 month)

Online Financial Portal with investment information, online stock brokerage, portfolio managment service, mutual fund sales, mortgage sales and insurance brokerage. Secured VC funding from Investec in 1998. Merger-IPO (same day) on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1999 (ASX Code RKN) by Merrill Lynch & UBS Warburg Dillion Reed.
Director

Hi-Image Asia-Pacific (Singapore & Tokyo)

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Launched Asia-Pacific operations for French-Korean Photo-Imagery Software start-up (unit of Hyundai Information Technology)
Principal & Founder

Pegasus System (KL & Singapore)

(Computer Software industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )

Banking software distributor covering Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Thailand and Australia.
Finance Industry Business Development Manager

Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)

(Computer Hardware industry)

1988 — 1993 (5 years )

Executed Business Development program across Asia Pacific.
Responsible for Market Analysis, Business Strategy, Product Positioning, Marketing, Partnerships & Sales Development.
Achieved 700% sales growth from USD 5m to 35m in 5 years.
Finance IT Consultant

Price Waterhouse Management Consultants (Hong Kong)

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1987 — 1988 (1 year )

Advised banks on their Treasury technology strategy
Assistant Manager, Artificial Intelligence Project

National Australia Bank (Melbourne)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

1986 — October 1987 (1 year )

Developed Artificial Intelligence Foreign Exchange and Bond Trading systems
Management Trainee Program

Citibank Australia (Sydney > Melbourne)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

1984 — 1986 (2 years )

- Product Development, Consumer Finance
- Derivatives Desk, Capital Markets Group
- Operations, Private Banking Group

Dai-Kyu Kim’s Education

University of Newcastle

B.Commerce , Economics , 1979 — 1983

Activities and Societies:

Head of the Overseas Students' Union
Canberra Grammar School

1971 — 1978