Cheryl Sew Hoy

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/texas-nutrition-advisory-committee Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee The Texas Legislature added Health and Safety Code, Chapter 119B, to establish the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee (TNAC) in 2025. Statute tasks TNAC with: 1. Examining the impact of nutrition on human health and the connection between ultra-processed foods and the prevalence of chronic diseases;Providing an independent review of scientific studies analyzing the effects of ultra-processed foods on human health; 2. Providing education on the effects of ultra-processed foods on human health; and 3. Developing and maintaining dietary and nutritional guidelines.

Tiny Health is the leading at-home microbiome health platform built for every stage of life, from pregnancy and infancy to adulthood and healthy aging. We power the most advanced gut and vaginal microbiome testing available, helping people and practitioners manage chronic conditions and optimize long-term health, performance, and longevity. Our partners include Mayo Clinic’s Longevity & Executive Health Clinic, LifespanMD, Superpower, Mito Health, Pritikin Longevity, and other leading innovators in preventative health. We also work with CROs on microbiome clinical trials. Trusted by nearly 200,000 people and +6,000 practitioners, Tiny Health delivers insights using shotgun metagenomic sequencing and AI-driven analysis to uncover early signs of inflammaging, chronic disease risk, and healthspan-related markers. Our tests are used by top clinicians, including Dr. Emeran Mayer and Dr. Elisa Song. In 2025, we published a keystone clinical study showing our testing reduced the odds of babies developing atopic conditions by 83% 📄 Read more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pai.70182 Learn more at tinyhealth.com and poweredbytiny.com

Was Interim CMO from Sept 2018 - April 2019. Set up the Developer Relations and Marketing teams, and led key activities towards the Cosmos Hub mainnet launch in March 2019. Tendermint Core is the first and most advanced implementation of Byzantine Fault-Tolerant blockchain consensus algorithm and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) crypto economics to date called. The product addresses the speed, scalability, and environmental issues associated with Bitcoin and Ethereum’s “Proof of Work” (PoW). https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint The team is focused on building Cosmos Network, the “Internet of Blockchains,” which is a secure and scalable blockchain ecosystem where thousands of decentralized applications interoperate to create the foundation for a new token economy. If you're a developer, you can use the Cosmos SDK (a user-friendly, modular framework) to fully customize your dApp, powered by Tendermint Core’s BFT protocol. https://cosmos.network/

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Launched on March 8 2018, #MovingForward is a non-profit open-source directory to highlight VCs' discrimination and harassment policies and reporting contacts. As of Sept 2020, >175 VC firms in the US, Europe and Australia have committed as full participants, including top tier firms like a16z, Accel, Benchmark, First Round, Greylock, Kapor Capital, Sequoia, and others.

Advisor / consultant / angel investor: Function Health, Superpeer, Headspin, LTSE, AbstractOps, Vouch Insurance, Akash Systems, Culture Summit, Tendermint, Kenzie Academy, BloomThis, NEXT Academy, SunSuria, etc. LP at Kearny Jackson Fund. Venture Partner at Antler.

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Flexiroam is a public listed company on the ASX, the Australian securities exchange and is the leading telecommunications company offering a globally unified voice and data service for mobile users around the world. Its flagship data roaming product, FLEXIROAM X allows users to purchase data which is usable in over 100 countries without ever having to change SIM cards.

Acquired by Galvanize Hack Reactor is a 12-week immersive school for software engineers with locations in California, Texas and New York. Provided executive leadership advisory to CEO and Board of Directors. Helped create and implement the company’s core values, corporate identity & branding, OKR performance management system and internal brown bag knowledge sessions. As CMO, managed a USD$1.6M per annum marketing budget and 20 person team on digital marketing, branding & PR, engineering and product development. Executed a team restructuring to merge the sales & enrollment team into marketing. Led a company-wide rebranding and change management effort for a network of schools acquired through M&A. Created and launched Hack Reactor’s USD$1.3M Scholarship Fund where 50% of the seats are reserved for underrepresented groups in support of diversity in technology. Worked on partnerships with Facebook, Twilio, Dockers, Capital One, JP Morgan and The Muse.

Was head-hunted to run a USD$30M government-funded innovation program, that was launched by President Obama on April 27, 2014. Accomplishments: As Founding CEO, created all programs from scratch and built a team of 75 FTEs and 25 interns in <2 years. (Read MaGIC’s 2-Year Impact Report -http://bit.ly/magicimpact2 & Culture Book - http://bit.ly/magicculture) Accelerators: Created MaGIC’s Global Accelerator Program (GAP), which accelerates >100 early-stage companies in a 4-month program annually, making it the largest in Asia. GAP's Demo Day is attended by 200+ investors globally. Cohort 1 and 2 collectively raised USD$7.9M and is valued at USD$195M Spearheaded Distro Dojo with 500Startups, a growth-stage accelerator that funds USD$100-250K. The 26 startups in Cohort 1 raised 700% more money, and increased user growth by 350% Venture Capital: Created educational and networking programs to build the angel and VC community, bringing in funds and investors from China, Japan, Singapore and Australia, and connecting family funds, institutional investors, government funds, etc to the ecosystem. From only a handful of VCs in 2014, through MaGIC’s efforts, there are now 160+ VC firms that invest in the ASEAN market Education: Set up MaGIC Academy which trained 20,000+ people on various skills such as coding, digital marketing, data analytics, UX, etc. Spearheaded the largest startup career fair and startup education symposium, bringing prominent speakers from Silicon Valley and Asia like Arielle Zuckerberg and Neil Patel Exposure: Pioneered a global and regional exposure program for entrepreneurs. Executed on a 3-year partnership with Stanford University for a 2-week immersion Silicon Valley program. MaGIC also leads exposure programs to ASEAN countries Community: Created a vibrant co-working space that houses 100+ entrepreneurs at MaGIC’s 115,000 sqft building. Initiated the most comprehensive database of startups and investors in the region