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Duong Tong

Entrepreneur and Founder at Homage
Singapore
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joinhomage.com
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ceo@joinhomage.com
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+65 90025489
Highly motivated, decisive and results-oriented individual seeking a full-time position as an Aerospace Engineer in the areas of Design, Structural Analysis, and Propulsion. I am captured by the creativity and energy of startups; seeing how things come together and working with entrepreneurs to make ideas come to life.
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Work Experience

Homage

Founder
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Feb 2015 - Current

Homage is a trusted marketplace for home caregivers (who are heavily screened, and then paid significantly more than average) that will provide flexibility to families. We ensure the visibility of care through a single platform that connects the caregiver, the senior, and the family through an in-home, custom tablet device and companion mobile software.

  • Won the “Best Use of Technology to Navigate Singapore’s Healthcare System Prize” at the prestigious health hackathon, MIT Hacking Medicine@SG 2015 (HackMed) (Co-organized by MIT Hacking Medicine and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), and supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.)
  • Selected as Semi-final in global Verizon Powerful Answers Award (1,400 startups from around the world entered the competition)-Category: Internet of Things (Sub-category: Connected Health)
  • Selected as one of Singapore's top 10 tech start-ups to be part of IDA Singapore venture capital arm Infocomm Investments' pre-accelerator program TAG.PASS
  • Incubated under SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Selected as one of 15 senior care solution providers for technology showcase at Industry Networking Session for the Care-at-Home Innovation Grant organised by Ministry of Health. 15 Showcased companies include brand names like Phillips and IBM
  • Top 17 teams shortlisted for Geo Innovation Grant Award by Singapore Land Authority
  • Shortlisted for the Shell LiveWIRE Awards 2015
  • Top 10 teams Singtel Innov8

Education

Singapore Management University

Bachelor of Science (Information System Management) Information Systems & Finance
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Aug 2011 - Current

Gary Kunis Scholarship In Entrepreneurship And Technopreneurship 2015/16

SMU-School of Information Systems Scholarship

Projects

Snapback

Founder
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Jun 2014 - Current

Snapback is a mobile app that allows shoppers to get cash back simply by taking photos of their receipts. Snapback works at any grocery store or supermarket, and the cash back amount automatically gets added to the shopper's account. Big data captured from receipts allow the brands to hyper-target consumers based on their past purchasing behaviors. With Snapback, brands move from a very broad-based demographic targeting to very specific purchase behavior targeting.

Asian Youth Entrepreneurship Programme - Winner (1st Place)

Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Singapore Management University
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Feb 2015

Regional entrepreneurship competition (with participation of partner universities from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore). Evaluated on the scalability of innovations, clear go-to-market strategies, well identified entry barriers for competitors, good execution plan and strong intellectual protection

SMU-Peeli Rural Entrepreneurship Program - Winner (1st Place)

Singapore Management University (SMU) and Jiangsu Tao Shing Pee Education Foundation (TSPEF)
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Jul 2015

Mr. Tan Yinglan, Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital, Mr. Zhang Xiangdong, Venture Partner at SoftBank and Founder of HiChina Group, and Peeli Ventures are part of the esteemed judging panel.