How I landed on 3D Printing & Hardware Products? Why Hong Kong?

Many of whom familiar with me know that I come from a software, infrastructure, security, and networking background with bachelor degrees in both Informatics and Economics. I spent over 20 years in those areas while I was running around between the US and the Greater China Region (GCR). So why did I not continue to pursue something within the realm of my expertise after I started spending a majority of my time in Hong Kong? To answer that, I will have to take you all the way back to when I first returned.

In 2012, I finally made a huge decision to pursue something that has been on the back of my mind since 1999; which is to spend much more of my time in Asia, the place where I was born and raised in the formative years of my life. After having explored the markets upon my return via multiple channels such as helping at a good friend’s recruitment firm and meeting with various experts in the industry, I derived the following conclusions:

• The predominantly finance and real estate driven economy does not drive its top talents towards software development as a profession
• World class hardware design & engineering talents however are abundant
• This talent pool is also much more manufacturing process aware than talents from other parts of the world