Douglas Gan, Founder and CEO
Douglas Gan is the founder and CEO of ShowNearby, Singapore’s leading location-based service provider. At 27, he already has over a decade of experience in business and entrepreneurship in the Internet Industry.
He founded PureHostings.net, one of the pioneer webhosting companies in Singapore when he was just 16. The Ngee Ann Polytechnic IT graduate has also founded GlobalWiz.com.sg, Sunnypost.com, WithinBudget.net and LiveDNRS.com. All these businesses were sold to Skydio in 2005.
Douglas founded OhGenki.com, a top youth-based web forum, in 2002. The forum was among the top 2,000 websites globally in 2003 according to ALEXA. OhGenki diversified into aggregating movie information with the launch of OhGenki Movies late 2005. StreetDirectory.com later bought OhGenki in 2006.
With experience and contacts gained from 7 years of doing business in the information technology sector, Douglas became the web consultant for StreetDirectory.com, GARENA.com, PropertyGuru.com.sg, COMPANEDIA and various Southeast Asian forums and entertainment portals. StreetDirectory.com was acquired by JobsDB in August 2008. COMPANEDIA was bought by Global Yellow Pages in July 2010.
In March 2008, Douglas founded ShowNearby with good friend Lee Changjin. The company is now 20-staff strong. Global Yellow Pages invested SGD3.5 million in the start-up. ShowNearby exists as both a web and mobile location-based service that furnishes users with information on points of interest.
The ShowNearby application is free for download on the Android, BlackBerry and iPhone platforms, and has garnered many awards and accolades. Not only is it popular among users, the app has become an avenue for business owners to run deals, discounts, and connect with their customers.
His leadership, business insight and boundless energy have helped developed ShowNearby into the top location-based service provider in the country. Always having a keen eye for opportunity, he is looking expand the brand into other countries.
Douglas is also a grassroots leader, having been part of the Siglap South CCMC and Joo Chiat constituency publicity committee since 2008.
Lee Changjin, Co-Founder and Developer
Lee Changjin is both the co-founder and developer for ShowNearby. Changjin is responsible for designing ShowNearby’s products, services, core technology and infrastructure. He holds a Computer Science bachelors honours degree from Singapore’s SIM University (UniSIM).
