Meet our team
Stephen S.Y. Wong
Founder and Lead Curator
Stephen is a leading evangelist, corporate practitioner, and educator of Design Thinking in Asia. Also a frequent speaker and mentor in the startup and innovation communities.
He is the founder of Dory Network Technology. A company that focus on using technology and design to create social impact. Previously CEO of Asia Miles Ltd.
Ann Chan
Executive Director, Strategic Engagement & Partnership
Ann is an experienced consulting executive and practitioner in Design Thinking whom have led various global digital transformation programmes at multiple Fortune 500 companies across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
She is currently the Founder of AnnChant & Company which primarily focus on advising CEOs and business owners on digital innovations and design thinking. She is also an angel investor and entrepreneur within the creative design industry in Asia.
Marcus Lui
Executive Director, Academy & Thought Leadership
Marcus is an experienced Design & Innovation Consultant with extensive experience in practicing Design Thinking around the world, and amongst the first practitioners to introduce Service Design to Greater China.
He currently divides his time operating Quo Vadis Innovation & Design Consulting and developing Design Thinking training and practices for leading organisations and institutions in the region.
Amy Ip
Executive Director, Advisory
Amy is the Co-founder and Managing Director of CaaS (an Innovation Design and Strategy consulting firm). She coaches corporations on digital transformation, and she advocates on the importance of team’s emotional readiness for transformation success. Amy leads venture projects at CaaS to provide turn around solution for startups in times of challenges. Previously, Amy was Head of Fjord Greater China (Part of Accenture Interactive) and she led digital transformation programs to help clients develop experience strategies. She was Senior Director and Design Expert at Tencent, leading design projects for social networking products and cloud platform, and was also alumni of Microsoft (US), and Yahoo!.(HK).
What is DTIA?
Started in 2016, DTIA is Asia’s first platform that brings together thought leaders, educators and practitioners in Design Thinking as a community.
Each year in an invite-only event, DTIA brings together the world’s best design thinkers in personal capacity over a weekend, to discuss critical trends and challenges in the field across multiple dimensions, and envision the future of Design Thinking in Asia.
A DTIA Academy has also been formed in 2018 to support the education of Design Thinking and promotion of its application.
We are a community of Design Thinking practitioners to share, learn, grow, and create value together
Our Mission
To create value for businesses and public services through the promotion, education and application of Design Thinking.