Tony Soekirman is Co-Founder and CTO of MetaPals, the Singapore-based startup on a journey to create your companion in the metaverse. A technology & business-minded software engineer, Tony has helped companies advance their businesses by advising on their tech infrastructure and business models. He was also an instructor at hacktiv8, where he mentored budding engineers to enter software development and helped companies to develop their tech culture.Tony was Integration Developer at Shopback Singapore, Senior Developer at Bobobobo e-commerce Indonesia, and Platform Advisor for Gihon, an Indonesian Telecommunication Infrastructure company.