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She Shapes AI is an international award celebrating female trailblazers in developing and using AI responsibly.

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Zzazz

Kunato uses deep learning algorithms and neural networks to dynamically price internet content in real-time. Our vision is to change the way people create, consume, buy and sell information online.

I'm on the executive team, building a world-class AI-first organization.

Advisor

DN Capital

DN Capital is a global early-stage venture firm, with an experienced team passionate about technology and working with exceptional entrepreneurs.

AI Advisor

RLDatix

Allocate Software, later acquired by RLDatix, is the leading provider of complex workforce management software. It has an international footprint serving 800 businesses and 2 million end users.

Scaling engineering, sales and entering into new markets.

Strategic Operations Director

HgCapital

Hg Capital is one of the leading private equity firms with $55bn AUM.
My specialisation was investments in growth-stage technology companies.
As the technical expert on the team, I led initiatives to elevate technical understanding of all the investment professionals at the fund.

Investor

Seed, Series A and growth stage investor in internet and software businesses. 

Award: Exit of the Year by Unquote / Mergermarket

Deutsche Bank

Advised blue-chip technology companies on M&A, IPO and fund raising.

Award: Renewable IPO of the Year by Euromoney

Investment Banking - Technology, Media & Telecoms

Microsoft

Software Engineer

Christina Chen is the results-driven CEO of First AI Group, who has taken on the mission to make Artificial Intelligence accessible. As a leader in enterprise AI adoption, she advises governments, businesses and educators on strategy, AI talent development and innovation.

Her background includes over 20 years of experience in technology, uniquely combining deep technical expertise as a former Microsoft software engineer with business leadership in scaling high-growth technology companies.

She founded First AI Group for her younger self—to create a pathway for young people, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, to access cutting-edge AI opportunities.

Championing a human-centred approach to AI adoption, she teaches that AI is only as powerful as the people who use it, which helps businesses move beyond AI hype to real-world AI application to ensure tangible results.

Christina Chen

Jeavio

Jeavio Venture Services accelerate product development while reducing R&D spending for early and growth-stage companies looking to stretch their funds. We provide product architecture, management, and development services in a unique skin-in-the-game delivery model explicitly designed for startups.

- I work with Jeavio's portfolio companies in an advisory capacity to help with processes, communication, and technology strategy
- I am responsible for the technology, product and process strategy, and engineering practices for Jeavio
- I helped scale our engineering practice from 30 to 200+ engineers (and we are still growing!)

Chief Technology Officer

eCare Vault, Inc.

eCare Vault is a mission driven company building a secure collaboration platform for our clients in healthcare and education.
At eCare Vault:
- I define the product and technology strategy 
- Hire, manage and mentor the product and technology teams on and off shore

SentiSum

SentiSum is a technology startup which is leveraging Artifical Intelligence and Big Data to help enterprises gain competitive advantage.
- I helped design and build SentiSum's data ingestion and machine learning infrastructure. 
- I defined and executed the technology strategy for the company as we raised seed funding
- I grew, managed and mentored the software engineering and data science teams as we built and scaled our MVP

RBC Capital Markets

Team Lead & Engineering Manager - FX Pricing & FX Algorithmic Execution
Over my time at RBC I:
- Built FX market data adapters for EBS, HotSpot, etc.
- Led FX pricing re-architecture & re-build project that reduced end to end latency by a factor of 20
- Integrated vendor systems to RBC's eTrading platform
- Designed and implemented client facing FIX APIs

Engineering Manager

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

Design, development and support of BTMU's proprietary eFX platform.  
I worked on FX trading floor in Tokyo and  in the Global Markets Sales and Trading Group in London.
My responsibilities included implementing trading and risk management applications for BTMU's eFX platform, and providing support to the global eFX business.  Over my time at BTMU, I implemented and delivered applications that are used across BTMU's main FX trading centres.

In Tokyo, I was the team lead for the eFX front office development team based on the FX trading floor.

The key platforms I used included Progress Software's Apama CEP engine, core Java and KDB+.

Senior Developer

Morgan Stanley

Technical lead - Middleware tier of a high throughput trade processing application.  Managed a team of 4 developers in London and offshore in India.

Associate

Citgroup

Programmer in the eFX team.  Technologies used mainly Java.

Analyst

Supporting Jeavio's startup portfolio with product and technology strategy. CTO at eCare Vault (via Jeavio). Previously CTO at SentiSum. 

I understand that technology is a competitive advantage and is key to reducing costs and increasing revenue while minimizing risk. I am conscientious, result-oriented and enjoy working in high-pressure and multicultural environments.

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