William Gilchrist
William Gilchrist, CEO and Founder of Konsyg, began his career within the corporate sector of Shanghai as a Media Relations Manager for Wai White Dragon, a publication for Shanghai's elite.
William then returned to the United States to work in school administration as Director of Admissions and College Planning at Hales Franciscan High School in Chicago Illinois. He was hired to rebuild the admissions department by devising a plan to increase enrollment numbers amongst a unique demographic within the Chicago-land area.
After his time at Hales Franciscan, William decided to re-align his initial aspirations of Asia by working in Business Development in Singapore for TSL Marketing, a lead generation marketing firm. At TSL, WIlliam ran multiple lead generation campaigns in both English and Mandarin for top- tier tech firms throughout J-APAC.
He then moved to a position as Regional New Business Sales Manager for Google, Asia-Pacific. William has also founded and facilitated internal sales training courses for multiple departments. William transitioned to the APAC Knowledge Manager role where he focused on training and quality systems management for regional and global projects.
William then ventured outside of Google to build and direct the Outbound Sales Team for TradeGecko, a Singapore-based startup. At TradeGecko, William built and managed a team of highly skilled sales representatives in both Singapore and Philippines covering a global clientele.
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