Entrepreneur at heart
Bio
Wesley is a Mauritian-born entrepreneur who founded, bootstrapped and led his first start-up to acquisition in 3 years. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2008. In 2012 Ebay acquired his company, and he moved to Silicon Valley where he joined the Stubhub Ebay team.
During his time at eBay, Wesley received 2 Recognition Awards and 6 Patent awards, including 3 patents in Australia and 2 patents granted in the United States. He also formed and managed a new development team in Stubhub's Shanghai office.
Wesley was featured in The Strait Times Singapore, The Business Times, Sunday Times, Techcrunch, Ebay Official Blog, National University of Singapore publication, L'express and Business Magazine Mauritius. He has lived on 3 different continents and after spending 12 years away from his homeland, Wesley came back in 2016 to set up Farmcity, a social enterprise, to build the next wave of agripreneurs that will help create a more just food system.
Experience
Farmcity
Co-founder and CEO Farmcity Mauritius (Apr 2016 - Present)
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Setting up of a modern off-grid sustainable farm in Mauritius
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Education of Children, junior youths and young adults in farming, food systems and fair trade
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Setup of a direct-to-consumer sales of organic potting mix, seedlings
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Setting up of Agri-incubator in Mauritius
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Yr 2020 Expansion of Farmcity in Singapore to cater to city dwellers
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Development of education app for urban growers
Mauritius, Singapore
Stubhub - Ebay Inc
Creative Maps Engineer (2012- 2015)
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Led design on StubHub’s mobile event page (m.stubhub.com) from ground up - site representing over 33% of StubHub traffic.
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Increased conversion up to represent $1m incremental GMS per month with a redesigned event page.
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Managed production of 6000+ interactive stadium maps and 800+ 3D views on desktop, native and mobile web.
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Trained designers working on interactive maps and design team located in Shanghai.
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Led design of StubHub Center launch page.
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Led the design for the winning entry of StubHub's Hackathon 2013.
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6 patent awards, 2 recognition awards.
United States
Peekspy Pte Ltd.
Co-founder and COO (2008 - 2012)
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Acquired by StubHub-eBay inc in 2012
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Led all designs for fanvenues products, including website and mobile products.
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Managed production of 200+ interactive stadium maps and 100+ 3D stadium models.
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Led a team of 15 contractors in two locations, Ukraine and Mauritius.
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Led the company's expansion strategy into Europe and US. Customers included: NFL, Seatwave, Seatgeek, Tiqiq, Ticketevolution, StubHub and Ticketcity.
Singapore
Faculty of Architecture, National University of Singapore
Research Assistant (2007 - 2008)
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Assisted Assoc Prof. S.K.Wittkopf on three dimensional (3D) building visualization, 3D energy model simulations and BIPV design proposals.
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Designed eco-friendly features with 3D visualisation for the Ministry of Environment building.
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Translated 2D proposals into 3D conceptual ideas
Singapore
Education
Bachelors of Arts in Architecture
National University of Singapore
(2004 - 2008)
In The Media
National University of Singapore Publication
From city slickers to tech farmers - Read article
Singapore
NUS Enterprise - Featured Success Story
Creating a better view: Peekspy Success Story - Read article
Singapore
L'express
La presse singapourienne évoque l’achat par eBay d’un logiciel conçu par deux Mauriciens - Read article
Mauritius
Awards
GlobalGiving Awards
Top Ranked Organisation Award 2019
Staff Favorite Organisation 2019
Most Effective Organisation 2019
Mauritius
US Embassy Public Policy Award
Awarded to Farmcity by US Embassy of Mauritius - Read article
Mauritius