We believe entrepreneurialism is THE solution to the greatest challenges of our time. Great entrepreneurs push societies forward. Their vision, conviction, passion and immense self belief allow them to create their own futures, and in the process, shape the communities around them. Our mission at Skillsapien.com and Sapien Ventures is to provide the two ingredients that entrepreneurs and aspiring-preneurs need most to unleash their full potential: - Experience - Capital.

Founding Partner @ Sapien Ventures is an early-stage Australian technology-focused VC fund. We aim to leverage foreign capital, Silicon Valley knowhow, local market experience, and a deep empathy toward entrepreneurs to help the next generation of Australian tech ventures become more successful. We are heavily focused in fin-tech, marketplaces and other software-driven tech disruptions that will change societies. From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Founder and CEO @ Traditional practices for buying and selling professional and consulting services will soon become OBSOLETE. Skillsapien.com is part of the new wave of transacting consulting services online. A global experts network and online marketplace, we make searching, booking and rating CEO advisors, management consultants, CFO's, CMO's, CIOs, and Chief Legal Counsels as easy as filling out an online form! Our clients range from startups in Sydney and Silicon Valley, to large enterprises and Government departments going through massive transition. Our experts are almost all former F500 C-Suite, or serial entrepreneurs, or ex-Partner level professionals from top firms. Skillsapien.com - experts for your business success. From 2012 to Present (3 years) Consulting Executive - Business Analytics and Optimisation @ Drove growth in the then newly established Big Data consulting division of IBM – Business Analytics and Optimisation GBS practice. Achievements include: - Help grow the practice by over 200% in both headcount and revenue within 12 months, against a saturated and shrinking local market. - Heavy focus on Public and Financial Services sectors - where the practice saw greatest return. From December 2009 to March 2011 (1 year 4 months) Associate Director @ - Led aggressive growth strategy to identify over $35M of new project pipeline within 5 months; leading the Ajilon team to win several major tenders in the process - Led thought leadership in the insurance geospatial risk-analysis area, through publication of a major research whitepaper presented to the Australian Treasury (NDIR Panel) - Turned around critically declining client relationships and won several major channel partners From 2011 to 2011 (less than a year) Sydney, AustraliaPortfolio Manager - Enterprise-Data-Management for Banking & Financial Markets @ - Held revenue responsibility for IBM's second largest enterprise-data-management BU globally (outside of Wall St). - Achieved 410% against target in 2008 - despite the onset of the GFC and major restructuring / downsizing at many key clients. - Achieved 100% in 3 qtrs in 2009 - Built up "trusted-advisor" relationships with key City clients including: Citigroup Nomura / Lehman Bros Goldman Sachs Fidelity Credit Suisse JPMorgan Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch / BoA - Delivered business outcomes that clients were happy to reference publicly. From July 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 5 months) Presales Solution Architect @ - Helped grow Princeton’s Optim product suite as the pre-eminent data-management software market leader in Europe and globally: - Helped EMEA team achieve top-line growth of +60% in 2007 Top-line growth of +40% in 2006 Average sales price growth of +50% Average revenue per head of over US$1M - Helped make Princeton Softech the best-performing software acquisition in IBM up till that point, with 213% YoY revenue growth in its first year of acquisition - Presented keynotes in various industry events and PR engagements to further boost the brand. From February 2006 to June 2008 (2 years 5 months) Peoplesoft ERP / BI Project Manager (contracted through VJPL) @ Project-managed a pan-European implementation of: - a customised BI solution to the client's existing Financials / Supply-Chain enterprise applications - rollout across 9 European countries, with design and build across France & Netherlands - project delivered successfully on-time and on-budget. The project outcome enabled the client's business to have a real-time gross-margin visibility at detailed transactional level - across its entire supply-chain. From January 2005 to December 2005 (1 year) Owner / Project Manager / Architect / ERP consultant @ Consulting partners: - Peoplesoft Consulting UK - Atos Origin UK - IBM GBS UK - IBM GBS France - Sennac (Netherlands) - Logica CMG UK - Accenture France - Accenture Australia Clients: - NEC/Packard Bell (France & Netherlands) - Business Objects (London) - Avis Europe (London) - Safeway UK (London) - Aruba Telecom (Aruba) - Ernst & Young Belgium (Brussels) - Merck Sharpe & Dohme (Brussels) - Gulf International Bank (London) - Carrefour (Paris) - AXA Tech (Paris) - The Economist (London) - Aristocrat Technologies (Sydney) - Virgin Mobile Australia (Sydney) - Ord Minnet JPMorgan Chase (Sydney) From October 2000 to December 2005 (5 years 3 months) Analyst / Developer @ Worked on implementing the then largest Peoplesoft/ERP project in the southern hemisphere, as part of a joint-venture team between Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and AMP. From January 1999 to October 2000 (1 year 10 months) Sydney, Australia

Inaugural Australian class @ Founder Institute From 2012 to 2012 Master Practitioner @ IBM Global Sales School From 2008 to 2008 Bachelor of Commerce, With double Majors in: Information Systems & Accounting @ The Australian National University From 1996 to 1998 Victor Jiang is skilled in: Business Intelligence, Analytics, ERP/CRM, Professional Services, Enterprise Software, Regulatory Compliance, Data privacy, Management Consulting, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Cultural Awareness, Enterprise Data Management, Databases, Business Strategy, Social Media Strategy