# Francis Kong > Leadership Director Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/franciskong ## Work Experience ### Chief Curator @ Miss Asian Global Pageant Jan 2014 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area I manage Imagine Talks to advance the AAPI community in women's empowerment, entrepreneurship, politics, mainstream media, and the celebration of our cultural heritage. ### Leadership Director @ Miss Asian Global Pageant Jan 2014 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Development of leadership for delegates in areas of interview skills, milestone achievements, personal mission, career goals and many other areas of personal and professional growth through mentorship ### Course Advisor and Lecturer @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2017 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States Created a class focused on teaching the next generation of technology, business, and political leaders the impact they can make in repairing our damaged healthcare system. ### Panel Developer and Moderator @ Comic-Con International Jan 2017 – Present | San Diego, California, United States Create and moderate panels at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. ### President @ Edge Interns Jan 2012 – Present | Oakland, CA Edge Interns sources top interns to companies with the potential of becoming valuable team members of their operations. We work to minimize the risk of growing a business and maximize the potential of on-boarding great talent. ### Product Manger & Game Designer/Writer @ Haiku, Inc Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Henderson, Nevada, United States Brought the World of Haiku game from concept to it being sold on the Steam game distribution platform. ### Author & Game Designer @ Nerdcore Learning Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 Game designer - Healing Blade - puts the player into a world of sorcery and creatures, where real-world knowledge of infectious diseases and therapeutics play a pivotal role in the winning strategy. ### Lead Consultant @ CHRISTUS Health Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Consulted in 5, 10 and 15 year technology and business strategy plan. Headed the development of the diabetes project in Southern regions of company's patient populations. ### Business & Research Consultant @ InterMune Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 Focused on key drug developments in stages of FDA approval, go to market strategy, and pricing strategy. ### Associate Game Editor @ Future Publishing Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 Game and Technology writer for Next Generation, Boot, and Maximum PC Magazine. Had an amazing time building up my technology and gaming foundations. ### Game Reviewer Editor @ Future Publishing Jan 1992 – Jan 1995 Researched new game applications, hardware interfaces in the home console and PC platforms markets. Played over 500+ games. One of the best jobs ever! ### Researcher Level 3 @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 1992 – Jan 1995 Help developed early-stage versions of the E6 proteins, which would later serve as one of the key antigens for the current HPV vaccine against cervical cancer in women today. Article of our research can be found in the The Journal of Infectious Diseases: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30129429 ## Education ### Doctor of Medicine (MD) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) ### Master of Science (MS) in Immunology University of San Francisco ### BS in Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/franciskkong - Website: http://www.edgeinterns.com - Website: http://www.edgeoncollege.com - Website: http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2010/11/03/can-we-trust-online-healthcare/read/event-rundown/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/franciskong JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/franciskong/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08