
YC Chen
@ycchen
Implementation and project delivery professional at Deel who delivered 15–25 concurrent SaaS implementations with 100% on-time delivery.
What I'm looking for
At Deel, I drove end-to-end, multi-product SaaS implementations for customers across APAC and EMEA, managing 15–25 concurrent projects from discovery through go-live and adoption. I delivered a 100% on-time record while partnering across teams to resolve implementation challenges.
At Microgaming, I led customer operations for enterprise operators and took an automation program from concept to production, reducing manual workload by 15%. Earlier, at Expedia Group, I increased property listings by 35% through hotel acquisitions and managed top-performing Taipei hotels that grew revenue by 62% year over year.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Health and well-being
Career Break
Sep 2025 - Feb 2026 (5 months)
▪ Took a planned break to focus on health recovery. Fully recovered and ready to return to full-time work.
▪ Drove end-to-end, multi-product SaaS implementations for global customers across APAC and EMEA, leading projects from discovery and solution alignment through go-live and adoption.
▪ Managed 15–25 concurrent implementation and customer onboarding projects, ensuring successful go-lives, timely revenue activation, and a 100% on-time delivery record.
▪ Led customer discovery sessions, strategic kic
▪ Led customer operations and service delivery for highest-priority enterprise operators, ensuring business continuity through timely communication of product, API, back-office, and operational changes.
▪ Managed high-impact incidents and critical escalations by coordinating Support and Engineering teams, minimizing customer impact through effective operational judgment.
▪ Standardized operational
▪ Responded to commercial inquiries from operators, providing timely guidance and support.
▪ Designed and recommended promotional incentives and campaigns to drive revenue growth.
▪ Delivered on clients’ custom requests, ensuring satisfaction and alignment with business objectives.
▪ Built and maintained long-term merchant relationships to expand product offerings and drive revenue growth.
▪ Negotiated and closed high-value hotel partnerships, including flash sale packages and promotional campaigns.
▪ Partnered with marketing teams to optimize campaign exposure and maximize bookings.
▪ Analyzed booking data to provide consultancy to hotels and recommend product adjustments.
▪ Increased Expedia property listings by 35% through strategic acquisitions of chain hotels, independent hotels, hostels, and Bed & Breakfasts.
▪ Exceeded acquisition targets, achieving 130% of quarterly quota.
▪ Identified and prioritized high-value prospects through market analysis and competitor research.
▪ Generated new partnerships via seminars, industry events, cold outreach, and Salesforce
▪ Managed top-performing hotels in the Taipei market, driving 62% YoY revenue growth and 148% YoY booking growth.
▪ Identified and grew lower-tier accounts into top-tier partners, achieving up to 10x revenue per account.
▪ Re-activated stop-sell accounts and restored partnerships through market visits and data-driven performance recommendations.
▪ Negotiated competitive rates and inventory a
▪ Worked with PM and the factory to ensure delivery time.
▪ Negotiated components’ prices with suppliers and quoted to existing and potential customers.
▪ Liaised on between customers and factory to solve production issues.
▪ Contracts review with upper management.
▪ Liaised with government ministries and maintained legal online database and intranet content.
▪ Administered corporate documents.
▪ Secretarial duties for VP and LT team visits.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration
Soochow University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature, General
Getting Started as a Technical Project Manager
Jul 2026
Hybrid Project Management: Do What Works
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Notion: Build a Project Management Dashboard
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Project Charters That Work
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Project Management Foundations
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Project Management: Technical Projects
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Tech Career Skills: Effective Technical Communication
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Agile Foundations
Jul 2026
Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools
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Agile Project Management: Continuous Improvement
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Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories
Jul 2026
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