Marjorie Leonidas arrived in Hong Kong following her degree at the University of California Berkeley, with a suitcase and a vision. 12 years later and she had grown a successful business, with 60 employees, offices in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, and working with companies such as Esprit and Walmart. Marjorie built her garment agency business from scratch – facing the challenges of working in Asia as a young female, and in penetrating the fashion industry. She since exploited the dot-com boom and has become Managing Director of Taggstar – an innovative e-commerce development, alongside earning the title of 'The Queen of Wi-Fi.'

Marjorie's time in Hong Kong ended following an increase in US protectionism – the extent of quotas limited her garment trade service. Following a move to the UK in 1998, she switched sectors and pioneered some of the first SaaS and cloud technologies.

Marjorie has two current roles – as Chief Commercial Officer of Global Reach Technologies and as Managing Director of Taggstar. Global Reach innovate in the wireless internet sphere and provide service gateways. Marjorie has supported work on delivering Wi-Fi for Virgin and Silicon Valley, as well as global retailers such as Westfield and Value Retail – operating on a SaaS model to ensure quick and smooth implementation of Wi-Fi services. Marjorie has worked on the Hotspot 2.0 industry collaboration – an alliance of over 100 companies aiming to provide their customers with secure roaming services.

Marjorie joined exciting start-up Taggstar in Summer 2014. Taggstar provides layered information on online products, telling the browser about the size of the audience watching that item, how many sold, how fast a product is selling and its stock levels.

As a young female in living and working in Hong Kong, Marjorie speaks of her experiences and success in this arena. Marjorie envisages and appreciates a large business role for women, especially in the technology industry.

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