Speaker

Chok Ooi is the CEO of Kenzie Academy, an online synchronous school that trains software engineers & UX designers for rewarding, in-demand jobs. Kenzie's one-year, project-based training programs are a new alternative to traditional colleges and short-term coding bootcamps. 

Chok is also Chairman of Agility.io, an Andela for Southeast Asia that trains and places developers on projects with US-based tech firms such as Google, NerdWallet and Meetup.com. Prior to this, Chok built trading systems for top investment banks including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Bank of America. Chok also worked for Silicon Valley startup Loopt and was previously CTO of AZAP Mobile and Head of Web and Mobile Solutions at Selerity.