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Kensuke Yodoki

Digital marketing and offshore development consultant with over eight years of hands-on experience spanning gaming media, e-commerce, and manufacturing. After building expertise in SEO and content strategy at a Japanese venture firm, he moved to Vietnam in 2020 to lead the establishment of an in-house web department for a manufacturing company—from scratch. Since joining ALLEXCEED VIETNAM in 2024 as a consultant, he has been working on the front lines of offshore development projects. Having navigated offshore development from both the client and execution sides, he writes about the realities that never make it into vendor brochures.

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Steven Ng

Offshore development strategist and IT project management expert with a track record spanning 100+ delivered software and web applications. A multilingual professional fluent in Malay, English, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese, he brings a uniquely cross-cultural perspective to every engagement. After gaining broad business experience at an IT startup from 2015, he relocated to Vietnam and managed 50+ projects as PMO/PM/PdM at an offshore development firm. In 2019, he founded LLL ASIA, a software development company, serving as CEO. He joined ALLEXCEED VIETNAM as VP in 2024, overseeing business development, consulting, and the sales and marketing organization. A leading authority in Vietnam's offshore development industry, with a career spanning entrepreneur, project manager, and C-suite executive.