Dowson leads Tencent's efforts to serve industries pursuing digital transformation since October 2018. He is responsible for cloud business and enterprise-facing services, as well as co-leads social advertising business. Previously, Dowson was the president of Social Network Group (SNG), and responsible for the development strategy of QQ communication, social networking platforms, value-added services, and open platforms. Before joining Tencent, he worked at Sendmail Inc., where he led the development of operator-scale email and messaging systems. He also worked at Oracle, where he managed the development and testing of its servers and applications. Dowson earned a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.