Bui Tien Dung

Mr. Bui Tien Dung is Co-Founder of BenKon – a startup providing the platform to manage and automate air conditioning systems.

He was a student majoring in Mechatronics – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology before receiving a full scholarship majoring in Industrial Management at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He once held the position of Senior Manager of the production improvement department of Adidas and Nike Group and participated in projects on production automation and building digital transformation strategies, in addition to investing in sustainable development fields such as renewable energy and agricultural production.

BenKon was founded with the goal of developing solutions to improve energy efficiency, help businesses increase management capabilities, increase customer experience while still ensuring optimal costs. Although newly launched in March 2022, BenKon has achieved many impressive milestones and attracted the attention of customers. Currently, the system is monitoring, managing and automatically operating more than 700 locations, with more than 2,000 air conditioners, providing real-time information on the operating status of the equipment, and automatically operating air conditioning systems, helping businesses improve management capabilities, optimize operations and energy consumption, aiming to reduce carbon emissions. 

BenKon has been recognized by the Innovation community with many high awards such as First Prize of the Startup Wheel 2022 startup competition, Top 12 SK Startup Fellowship, Top 3 Qualcomm Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023, Top 5 Green Innovation Fellowship 2023. This startup aims to contribute to reducing the energy consumption of air conditioners worldwide from 37% to 25% by 2050.