Joseph Koc

Joseph Koc has been serving as an Exco Member of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist Group, Hong Kong Computer Society, through which he has developed mentorship and coaching initiatives for various incubation and acceleration programmes in HK.

Joseph is an active member in the start-up and social enterprise ecosystems in HK since early 2010. He is currently a domain expert | entrepreneur-in-residence of LEAP and an advisor to the Strategic Partnership Programme of HKSTP, contributing his experience in the area of sales and marketing strategy, business and regional development.

Prior to his involvement with the start-up ecosystems, Joseph was a Senior Executive of Jardine OneSolution (“JOS”), a division of Jardine Matheson and one of the largest regional IT distributors and system integrators in Asia after attaining his Master of Business Administration from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1988.

During his tenure with JOS, Joseph has championed various operations at business unit level as well as strategic initiatives at the Group level. Such includes developing one of the largest IT distribution businesses in the Asian Pacific region, multi-brand IT retail chain store, system integration function and the strategic marketing and planning unit at the JOS Group Head Office. His last position with JOS as Board Member and Group Director, Strategic Marketing held the responsibilities of sales and marketing strategy development, development of new technology partnership, services and solutions, best practices and process management, and corporate branding & communication strategy covering the various Asian regional offices of JOS.

Joseph was also a certified Executive Coach of the Jardine Matheson Group and has been involved in the conducting of various senior executive development programmes designed for the development of senior management within the Jardine Matheson group of companies. Joseph is actively involved in the education sector. As an Adjunct Associate Professor of the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University and Science and Technology. Since his appointment, Joseph has designed courses for the Global Business Programs and School of Management covers entrepreneurship and management leadership development. He is also a mentor to students from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The latest venture founded by Joseph, the STEM+E Consortium. With support from and in collaboration with principals from 6 secondary schools, the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, STEM+E is an initiative established to foster and nurture entrepreneurship skillsets and mindsets as well as life skills necessary for our students to take up challenges in their future career development.

Education

• Master of Business Administration Indiana University, Bloomington (1986 — 1988)
• Bachelor of Arts Indiana University Bloomington (1983 — 1986)

Companies

• Member, Expert Panel, ELITE Programme HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (2022)
• Committee Member | Entrepreneurship Committee Advisory Group Cyberport Hong Kong (2020)
• Advisor | Partner GreenSafety Technology Limited (2019)
• Adjunct Associate Professor HKUST Business School (2018)
• Partner Film Players Limited (2018)
• Domain Expert, Entrepreneur In Residence | LEAP HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (2017)
• Advisor | Global Acceleration Academy HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (2017)
• Mentor Beyond Ventures (2018 — 2019)
• Advisor Acquaintance Enterprises Limited (2018 — 2019)