John DeCleene

  • Whilst having spent a lot of his life in Asia, John DeCleene has lived and studied all over the world - including spells in Hong Kong, Mexico, The U.S. and China. He graduated with a BA in Political Science from Tulane University in 2016. Fluent in English and proficient in Mandarin and Spanish, he can communicate and connect with most of the world’s population too, and this certainly helped John as he gained work experience interning for the U.S.-Taiwan Business counsel in Washington D.C. as an investment analyst and then working alongside U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey of Pennsylvania as a legislative intern. He subsequently worked as a business analyst for a mutual fund in Singapore, where his passion for travel and aptitude for creating connections between opportunities and ideas was the perfect intersection of natural ability and experience, spending his time travelling between Cambodia, Hong Kong, and China investigating and discovering untapped investment opportunities. John is a fund manager for OCIM’s fintech fund, and currently progressing towards becoming a CFA charter holder. He loves to travel for business and pleasure, having visited 38 countries (including North Korea); he represents the new breed of global citizen for the 21st century.

   



49 Stories by John DeCleene

An Introduction to Hadoop for Noobs

The client-server model transformed the data industry because it helped break apart overloaded systems, however, client-server models of the 1980s wouldn’t be able to...
June 8, 2018 1 min read

How is Bitcoin Mining Affecting the Environment and What are Some Solutions?

Bitcoin may be a hot topic for techies and investors, but its actual usage remains minimal. The high-tech currency requires the expenditure of large...
June 5, 2018 2 min read 225

The 1960s Hippie Movement and How It Gave Rise to Silicon Valley

There’s probably not a person in the world that doesn’t associate Silicon Valley with major technological enterprise – most of us associate the area...
May 28, 2018 3 min read

5 Things Every Developer Must Know about Intellectual Property Rights

Anyone involved in software development today must have a keen understanding of the ins and outs of intellectual property rights, including copyright laws and...
May 17, 2018 2 min read

Top Reasons Tech Startups are Leaving Silicon Valley and Where They are Going

When you think about Silicon Valley in California, it conjures up images of many of the global heavyweights in the tech industry. Giants like...
April 30, 2018 2 min read 593

5 Popular Technologies from the World of RegTech

It’s becoming clear these days that a sizeable chunk of the most disruptive innovations being applied within the financial sphere is coming from RegTech....
April 27, 2018 3 min read 217

Will AI Replace Your Job?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the technology industry by empowering machines with effective ways to replace manual tasks. Organizations of all sizes and industry...
April 16, 2018 3 min read 569

6 Ways to Spot an ICO Scam

Earlier this year in February, cryptocurrency news site Bitcoin.com announced the findings of its study of ICOs that were held during 2017. The most...
April 14, 2018 3 min read 125

How Blockchain Will Change the World

“I am usually busy trying to decentralize defences and after digging deeper into Blockchain and decentralized systems, I’m excited to join SIRIN LABS as...
April 10, 2018 7 min read 659

5 Ways to Earn from Cryptocurrencies Besides HODLing

Many of you might believe that the only way to make money in the cryptosphere is to simply buy a coin at a suitably...
April 7, 2018 3 min read 102

5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Investing in a Cryptocurrency Project

There are now at least 1,560 cryptocurrencies (as of writing) in circulation, according to CoinMarketCap. And while most of us know the basics when it...
April 5, 2018 2 min read 329

How Big Data is Disrupting the Financial Industry

The financial industry is experiencing a technological transformation like it has not seen since the emergence of the Internet. Mobile banking and payments, instant...
March 28, 2018 3 min read 970
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