Hong Kong, China -- October 19, 2017 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --
Weyland Tech, Inc. (OTCQX: WEYL), a global provider of mobile
business applications, is honored to announce today the addition of
Mr. John Lee to its board of strategic advisors.
Mr. Lee is joining Weyland as a strategic advisor on eSports
initiatives. Mr. Lee currently serves as CEO and Co-founder of kek
eSports, an Asia based company with backing from globally
recognized game investors including Initial Capital and Bitkraft
Ventures. In addition to his role at kek eSports, he currently
serves as Strategic Advisor and Honorary Chairman in Asia for ESL,
the world's largest eSports league.
Mr. Lee previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer at
GigaMedia, which was an early leader in the competitive gaming and
eSports Asia market with select Asia market rights for titles such
as Counter Strike Online, FIFA Online, Freestyle Basketball and
Starcraft II. Earlier in his career, he was a senior associate at
Softbank Venture Capital and an associate consultant at McKinsey
& Company.
Mr. Lee commented, "I am excited to advise Weyland and help
guide them in the growing eSports world, which has the potential to
eclipse many traditional sports in the coming years."
Mr. Brent Suen, Weyland Tech's CEO, also commented on the
addition, "I am thrilled that John has agreed to provide us with
his guidance and insight into how to adapt our offerings for and
engage eSports enthusiasts across the globe. His 15 years of
experience in the games industry and competitive gaming will be
invaluable as we develop tools for the eSports
marketplace.
"John is a great friend and I am looking forward to working with
him on this initiative. eSports enthusiasts, which itself is 191
million people or about half of the global audience of 385 million
people, are a young technically minded audience with high mobile
engagement in a growing marketplace. We need to make sure that our
platforms are as useful to this young growing industry as they are
to the more traditional businesses we already serve, and John has
the expertise to help us navigate the multitude of opportunities
for Weyland in eSports."
We look forward to providing additional updates on our eSports
initiatives in the near future.
About Weyland Tech, Inc.
Weyland Tech's CreateApp platform is focused on the Asia
markets. Our CreateApp platform, offered in 12 languages, enables
small and medium sized businesses ("SMB's") to create native mobile
applications ("APP") for Apple's iOS and Google Android without
technical knowledge or background. Empowering SMB's to increase
sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services
via simple easy to build mobile APPs in an affordable and
cost-effective manner.
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