Core Team & Advisor Network

Zayn Talap

Principal Consultant

PMP®

Zayn leads Aucupence’s consulting practice and methodology development. Through Aucupence, he helps delivery teams make execution credible by turning real capability into evaluation-ready bid materials and practical delivery governance, and he also offers highly tailored one-on-one coaching for professionals. Previously, he served as a PMO Strategic Project Manager at Home Credit, leading large-scale digital transformation across China and Europe.

Yali Liu

Strategic Advisor

MBA, CFA® , FRM®

Yali offers an international perspective on bid economics, risk framing, and executive-level storytelling. Her background adds a disciplined finance approach to proposal positioning and stakeholder expectations, especially when explaining pricing logic and risk trade-offs clearly. She holds an MBA from McGill University and is both a CFA charterholder and a certified FRM.

Lina Yang

Co-Founder, Career Development Coach, Senior Project Manager

Lina supports professional coaching and enhances communication readiness. She collaborates with PMs and senior contributors on role transitions, stakeholder alignment, and structured storytelling for interviews and senior-level discussions. She also provides advice on practical Agile and project delivery practices that boost client-facing clarity and execution credibility.

She is currently pursuing her MBA at Rice University, further deepening her expertise in cross-functional management and strategic leadership.

Tao Wang

Technical Advisor

Wang Tao is a trusted technical expert within Aucupence’s advisor network. Tao supports architecture planning and technical validation of proposal layers for complex enterprise bids. His expertise includes cloud-native delivery, CI/CD and platform practices, and turning technical constraints into clear, defensible client-facing narratives.

Victor Liang