Jian Zhou

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Founder & CEO · AI agents for operations teams · LLMs

Heron Energy
Singapore · SGT (UTC+8)
15+ years experience
National University of Singapore
English, Mandarin
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Overview

Founder & CEO of Heron Energy, working on AI agents for operations teams. Signed 38 paying customers, 12 of them enterprises. Grew the team to 72 people across 4 countries. Before that: CIMB and Ayala Corporation. Most at home with LLMs and product. I read too many books about cities.

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Skills
fundraisingLLMsproductB2B SaaS
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Hiring our first account executive at Heron Energy - Singapore or remote

Role
Account executive
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Compensation
$121k-$154k
Team
Founding team, 6 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
A record of closing B2B deals Experience selling to the buyers we sell to Clear written communication
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp S$154k-S$178k. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Singapore · remote OKllmsfundraisingproduct
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Nov 2023 - Present
    Heron Energy · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Raised $21 million across 2 rounds.
    • Signed 348 paying customers, 22 of them enterprises.
    • Grew the team to 15 people across 3 countries.
  2. FP&A Manager
    Feb 2021 - Nov 2023
    CIMB · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Ran diligence on 11 acquisitions.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Mar 2018 - Feb 2021
    Ayala Corporation · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $265 million raise.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 4% for 4 straight quarters.
  4. Finance Director
    Jan 2015 - Mar 2018
    Atlassian · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Closed the books in 5 days, down from 10.
  5. Finance Manager
    Oct 2011 - Jan 2015
    Coupang · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Singapore
    • Saved $5 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 9 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. National University of Singapore
    BComp, Computer Science
    2004 - 2008

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