99designs, the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace, connects businesses looking for design work with more than 225,000 graphic designers from around the world. Founded in 2008, 99designs has hosted more than 210,000 design contests for customers and has paid out $53,000,000 USD to its design community. The company secured $35M in first-round funding in 2011 from Silicon-Valley based Accel Partners and several angel investors

An early member of 99designs, Jason has been instrumental in the company's rapid 5-year growth and global expansion. As Chief Operating Officer and Asia-Pacific General Manager, he is passionate about product strategy, user experience, internationalisation and creating a high-performance product development team.

Born in New Zealand, Jason holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Otago. His previous roles include general management, business development, account management and service delivery positions with tech companies and multinationals.