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Cliffton Lee

Head of Strategy & Partnerships

๐Ÿ“ Singapore

๐ŸŸขAping In

Business development and strategic partnerships leader with 7+ years of experience across AI infrastructure and Web3 ecosystems. Track record of deal-making with protocol foundations (Uniswap, Arbitrum, ZKsync) and institutional partners (BlackRock, Franklin Templeton). Currently building an agentic-led capital formation platform at Tally. Singapore-based, fluent in English and Mandarin.

Work Preferences

Desired role

Head of BD, Head of Growth, BD Lead, Partnerships

Work type

Hybrid

Location

Singapore, Australia, London

Salary

USD 170,000

Skills

Web3 / DeFi Ecosystem Development10/10
Business Development10/10
DAO Governance10/10
DeFi Protocols10/10
Ecosystem Incentive Programme Design10/10
Executive Relationship Management (10/10)Go-to-Market Strategy (10/10)Layer 2 / Ethereum Ecosystem (10/10)Strategic Partnerships & Deal Structuring (10/10)Tokenomics & Token Sales (10/10)APAC Market Coverage (9/10)Revenue Operations (8/10)Real World Assets (RWA) (8/10)Salesforce / CRM Systems (8/10)Agentic AI / Autonomous Agents (8/10)Cross-Functional Team Leadership (8/10)Negotiation & Commercial Frameworks (8/10)Product Management (8/10)AI Infrastructure (7/10)Dune Analytics / Onchain Analytics (7/10)

Work Experience

Head of Strategy

Tally (tally.xyz)

Jul 2025 โ€” Present

Leading outreach and deal-making with partners across Web3 and AI infrastructure. Structuring partnerships with major Web3 organisations (Uniswap, Arbitrum, ZKsync, Compound, ENS, Wormhole). Leading strategy for Tally's agentic-led capital formation platform. Designing scalable BD systems and representing Tally as Asia representative at industry forums.

Strategic Governance Lead

Arbitrum Foundation

Jul 2023 โ€” Jul 2025

Led institutional partnerships with BlackRock/Securitize, Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, and Robinhood. Directed the $70M STEP programme and $225M Gaming Catalyst Programme. Led $96M+ in ecosystem incentive programmes (STIP, LTIPP). Established Arbitrum OpCo and served as primary relationship manager for senior ecosystem stakeholders.

Governance & SEA Growth Lead

dYdX Foundation

May 2022 โ€” Jul 2023

Owned Southeast Asia growth and BD strategy across Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and broader APAC. Led governance strategy for dYdX v4 including token migration and validator onboarding. Built growth analytics infrastructure using Dune Analytics, Etherscan, Google Analytics, and Amplitude.

Product Manager / Senior Product Analyst

Twilio, Inc.

Jul 2019 โ€” May 2023

Led product development at a leading cloud communications platform (NYSE: TWLO). Built an automated B2C product contributing US$2.1M in revenue per quarter and managed a US$16M annual revenue product across 5 countries. Built integrated enterprise workflows across Salesforce, ServiceNow, Zendesk, and JIRA, reducing operational lead time by 22%.

Global SD Lead | Revenue Operations

Pymetrics, Inc.

Sept 2017 โ€” Jun 2019

Led global sales development and BD operations across New York, London, and Singapore. Managed pipeline generation, partner engagement, and regional marketing campaigns across APAC.

Education

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Bachelor ยท Accountancy