CATCHPLAY executive team consists of successful veterans from media, entertainment and technology industries.
Timothy Chen
Founder & Chairman, CATCHPLAY Inc.
Timothy is the founder of CATCHPLAY Inc., the distribution arm of the CATCHPLAY group. Timothy began his career at VIA’s Taiwan headquarters in 1996. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of California Berkeley.
Also a board and advisory member at a number of technology companies, Timothy is involved in social ventures, social media, premium content providers, hardware companies at the semiconductor & system level, and is a hobbyist angel investor. He is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
Timothy is also responsible for VIA worldwide business development and strategic partnerships for VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator of PC silicon and platform technologies. In addition to presiding over VIA’s Global Sales & Marketing, he serves as the CEO of VIA China.
Timothy Chen
Founder & Chairman, CATCHPLAY Inc.
Daphne Yang
Chief Executive Officer
Daphne joined CATCHPLAY in 2012 as Executive Director. She oversees the full array of businesses at CATCHPLAY starting from content acquisition, cinematic distribution and licensing. Observing growing opportunities in the digital world, Daphne took the initiatives and led CATCHPLAY to embark on its expansion into the digital content industry in 2015 and successfully launched the CATCHPLAY On Demand service in Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia in 2016. Daphne has also extended the company’s reach upstream into co-production and investments. The recent projects include The Revenant (2016) and Assassin’s Creed (2016) with Hollywood Studio New Regency and Silence (2016), director Martin Scorsese’s passion project shot completely in Taiwan.
Prior to joining CATCHPLAY, Daphne had extensive experience in international advertising agencies followed by nearly 8 years in the telecom industry as the Vice President of Marketing at Taiwan Mobile.
Daphne Yang
Chief Executive Officer
Karen Tang
CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, TAIWAN/SINGAPORE
Karen Tang is the Chief Business Officer of Singapore and Taiwan at CATCHPLAY , focusing on regional marketing and building strategic partnerships. Karen had multiple roles prior to CBO and has extensive experience in all aspects of the business from film acquisition, licensing, TV channel, to OTT platform management. Prior to CATCHPLAY, Karen worked at Taiwanmobile, one of Taiwan’s biggest telecommunication companies for 10 years as the leader of Customer Acquisition and Price Plan, which brings her solid perspective as to how an OTT service could collaborate with telcos.
Karen Tang
CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, TAIWAN/SINGAPORE
Shaoyi Chen
General Manager, Production
Shao-Yi Chen is the General Manager of Production at Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of CATCHPLAY, a joint venture with the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) founded in 2020 to fuel the production of premium content, including films, series and fact-based entertainment from Taiwan targeting international audiences. A passionate professional with roughly 20 years of experience in the entertainment business and trained in various disciplines, Shai-Yi has a comprehensive knowledge of and proven track record ranging from distribution, licensing, acquisition, and financing to OTT platform service, including CATCHPLAY’s slate financing on New Regency’s three Academy Awards winners: The Revenant (2015), Assassin’s Creed (2016), and Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2016). Shao-Yi co-executive produced 20 Once Again (2015), the Chinese remake of the Korean heartfelt comedy hit Miss Granny (2014) and the Thai horror Cracked (2022) and produced the series The Making of An Ordinary Woman 2 (2021) and Twisted Strings (2022) and the TV show Dee’s Talk (2021).
Shaoyi Chen
General Manager, Production
Dhini W Prayogo
COUNTRY MANAGER, INDONESIA
Dhini joined CATCHPLAY+ in 2022 as Country Manager for the Indonesian market. She is responsible for managing the market, focusing on expansion through customer acquisition, retention, key partnership and business development, while managing all operations within the country.
Dhini is a distinguished executive leader in Indonesia’s media industry with more than 15 years’ experience and also extensive participation in international advertising agencies for more than a decade.
Prior to CATCHPLAY, she worked as the Managing Director of PayTV and the OTT business of MNC MEDIA, the leading and biggest integrated media group in Indonesia. During her time at MNC MEDIA – thanks to her substantial role regarding commercials, content, marketing, products and sales – MNC held the largest market share in the Indonesian PayTV industry. Moreover, the company earned prestigious marketing and corporate awards and also successfully transformed into digital by launching its first OTT platform in Indonesia.