Pieter-Paul Walraven

Serial product founder and operator focused on consumer social products: Pieter‑Paul has co‑founded multiple consumer/social apps (Pie, Drigmo, Yolk) and repeatedly takes products from early concept to launch. His recent work emphasizes expressive, media‑rich social experiences (e.g., Yolk's live stickers) and restaurant discovery/sharing (Drigmo). techcrunch+2

Product leadership with engineering and platform experience from an acqui‑hire at Google: Pie's 2016 acqui‑hire into Google and subsequent product manager roles at Google show experience integrating startup teams into large product organizations and shipping consumer/payment products at scale. techcrunch+1

Community builder and ecosystem connector in Southeast Asia: active organizer/host for Product Hunt Singapore, author of Medium posts about local product community initiatives, and a board member at Product Management Festival — signaling a consistent role as a connector and public organizer in the product community. producthunt+2

Academic / research background on China and new media: MA New Media work (masters blog posts) and early field research in China inform a long‑running interest and domain knowledge in Chinese internet firms, Web 2.0 trends, and international expansion strategies. uva+1