Jared joined the Singapore Economic Development Board in 2018, and currently serves as Regional Director, Americas based in San Francisco. He is responsible for facilitating business partnerships and investment promotion activity for the tech sector across the US West Coast. Previously, Jared was part of Digital Industry Singapore (DISG), a joint office between EDB, Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) that was in charged with attracting and fostering globally competitive technology companies to create new products and services from Singapore, for Asia and beyond. Jared was also part of EDB’s Regional Partnerships team, where he had helped to foster collaborations between Singapore and Southeast Asian government leaders and businesses to enable international companies to grow better in the region. Prior to joining EDB, Jared had served as a diplomat under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore.