F&B & hospitality
Whitebeard, then The Ritz-Carlton.
Before university, I worked in food and hospitality to experience the industry. First at Whitebeard Fish & Chips, then at The Ritz-Carlton.
About / Dany Cho · 조영현
A little more
about me.
My work has taken me across various industries, from hospitality to engineering to venture capital, I now focus on building things using technology.
01 / Along the way
From service to science.
The people, places, and experiments behind the work.
Lab work
From hospitality to the lab.
I went on to work part-time in a lab, macerating kratom & ethanol to make supplements for reducing anxiety, before moving into marine research and engineering at Oceanway.
Oceanway / Research Assistant / 2022–23
Lettuce, circuit boards, and coral reefs.
At Oceanway, I helped build underwater blast detectors and went diving to place them at common illegal blast fishing locations. We also worked on a pilot project at SIMCA comparing lettuce growth across hydroponic systems and fertilizers, including Bokashi.
The work moved between physical prototypes, growing experiments, and the water. I also mentored students from CDNIS as they soldered basic circuit boards and built ROVs.
About Oceanway
BrainSTEM / Mentoring & robotics
Helping students take an idea further.
I mentor high school students building remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) and developing research for IEEE HK CT/OES Chapter conferences. That can mean soldering a board, testing a robot, or working out how to turn an experiment into a research paper.
At BrainSTEM, I also worked on the website, advertising, and promotional materials. More recently, I’ve helped first- and second-year Design Engineering and Technology students at SFU work with local AI models and connectors.
Pool photo: BrainSTEM. Field photo: personal archive.
The March Group / VC Fellow / 2024–25
Looking at food and biotech from another angle.
- Research focus
- Food & biotech
- From research to a decision
- Due diligence → investment memos
At The March Group, I worked on due diligence across the food and biotech ecosystem: market research, investment committee memos, one-pagers, and presentations. After working on growing systems at Oceanway, I was looking at companies working in some of those same areas.
I also handled CRM work with private hedge funds, supported marketing and PR, and built the firm’s website and Python scraping scripts. Research, communication, and making things all had a place in the role.
02 / Outside work
Away from the desk.
Flying planes
I started flying at 17 and studied Aviation (Flying) at UNSW for 1 year. Here's a glimpse out of the window.
A view from a light aircraft over fields and trees, with the wing strut in the foreground.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Training and competing in (first ever) tournaments.
Two competitors grappling in gi uniforms on the mats.
Golf
On the course, and in competition.
03 / Community & esports
Cupid Esports
Something to rally around.
I work with Cupid Esports to build their community and produce marketing videos, including this jersey reveal. In 2026, the team won the NACL in their first season in the league.
2026 NACL championsView the original on XA 28-second film introducing Cupid’s pink-and-white jersey, from fabric details to the full design.
Recommendations
01 / 03
“Very smart and quick to learn, he helped me automate some workflows that I use everyday.”
“Never seen someone think from so many different perspectives and understand what a person visually wants. I didn’t even know I wanted that.”
“Thanks to Dany for making our website, after our old IT company were overcharging us.”