Suzanne Ma
In my former life, I was a journalist. I wrote a lot of breaking news; I loved writing about Chinatown and the Chinese immigrant experience.
I've worked as a reporter for four different newspapers, three different news agencies, and two broadcasters. Freelancing is hard. But I managed to land stories in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Salon, among others.
I graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where I was awarded the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. The Pulitzer helped fund my fieldwork in China for my book, Meet Me in Venice.
I was born in Toronto, Canada. My parents insisted I attend Chinese school every Saturday morning. I hated it at the time but 15 years later, when I moved to Beijing to study Mandarin, it was a different story. That's where I met my husband, Marc. His family’s story of migration from China to Europe sparked the idea for my book.
Marc and I now live in beautiful Vancouver, Canada with our two young children. In 2015, we co-founded Routific, an intelligent route optimization platform that helps local delivery businesses save time and fuel.
Life as a tech entrepreneur is a dream. It’s been an incredible journey and privilege to start a business from scratch and have the chance to help it grow and thrive. Today, we have an amazing team of 30+ employees who inspire and challenge me every day.
Questions about journalism, book writing, or my life in tech? Drop me a line!