Jul 2011 – Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Led financial & legal due diligence during acquisition
• Modelled & negotiated valuation of company for acquisition
• Dealt with all legal work pertaining to the business, contracts & acquisition
• Secured & managed Lead Generation strategy (including Call Center in the Philippines)
• Created New Product Development strategy - Developed Collaterals for Sales & all PR Channels (online & print)
• Started & Managed "SoLoMo Thursday" event to develop company as leading industry expert
• Developed lean process & documentation across all departments for improved effectiveness
• Hired and trained 10+ middle managers to expand business capacity
• Introduced Associate Performance Review mechanics & bonus system
• Interviewed all prospective employees & introduced effective system of interviewing

Jul 2010 – Oct 2010 · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• RESPONSIBILITIES
• Developed Tier-3 online shop globally through data warehousing, data mining, IP Geolocation, SEO, direct email marketing & web promotion.
• Hired & directly managed technical team of 3 associates & several outsourced developers; matrix-managed 4 cross-departmental associates.
• Designed and executed Business Marketing, New Product Development, New Market Entry & e-Marketing strategy.
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• Developed Online Shop within 1.5 months, including writing the Functional Specifications, hiring a full development team to execute, testing with partners & going live, which normally would have taken 4-6 months. Excellent project management enabling delivering 1 week before deadline. Well-written functional specification providing for future expansion & data mining, tied into back-end intranet systems.

Jun 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 10 mos · Singapore · On-site

• NUS Enterprise 2025: Post-Grad Lecturer - Professional Certificate in Venture Paradigm. Includes courses on "Effective Networking & Team Management in Entrepreneurship" and "New Venture/Product Marketing"
• SUSS Lecturer: Venture Builder Program - "Mindful Professional Networking"
• NOC Bootcamp Lead from 2009-2015.
• Mentor Advisor for Entrepreneurship: NES GroundZero 2024, MediPal, MoonBeam, HeartBids, Ashley Mun Candles, etc.
• Guest Judge: N-House Pitch Night 22 Mar 2023 @ NUS; Mock Pitch Mentor at "Reactor School x RMIT Accessibility Design Competition" 21-22 June 2023; Guest Judge at Demo Day 8 Aug 2023 @ SMU for Nagoya University's DII Program
• Freelance Data Consultant to Crowdstar, Inc (Gaming Infrastructure Development for Online Communities) -- Mar-Dec 2009

Jan 2009 – Present · 17 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom · On-site

• Property Owner, Developer & Facility Manager in London
• Accredited Landlord: National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA)
• Project managed between architects, builders, piling companies, council, party wall surveyors, lawyers.

Feb 2006 – Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Prestigious Management Consulting position with Top 3 Asset Management companies in the world. Won “Exceptional Contribution Award” in 2006.
• Marketing & Communications Asia
• Hong Kong, Singapore & London, UK
• Analyzed CGC mutual funds against key competitors operating in the private banking channel in HK & SG
• Developed CGC’s wholesale market positioning by collecting strategic internal information on 14 top-priority private banks & made recommendations on market entry
• Global Institutional Group Investment Systems
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Researched new technologies, services & industry standards in Employee Self-Service Systems to enable effective Global Working
• Corporate Facilities
• Brea, California, USA
• Quantified & qualified the corporate real estate portfolio of CGC & recommended cost-effective change programs to the Board
• Detailed the financial capacity needed to lease office locations globally in a 10-year timescale, catering to international headcount growth
• involvement & approvals required
• Fixed Income Control
• Santa Monica, California, USA
• Designed & implemented a fixed income securities training program
• Proposed & formed an implementation team to develop a data mining system for recording and reporting trade issues, errors & exceptions identification, investigation & remedial action
• IT Technology & Operations
• Brea, California, USA
• Identified internal control lapses, & their associated risks, through interviews & test plans, based on the Sarbanes-Oxley (SoX) & the Gramm-Leach Bliley (GLB) Compliance Act. Prioritized a solutions plan & relevant project timeline. Globally trained 500 key IT associates as SMEs on the use of the new system
• Reviewed current processes through business process modeling. Developed more effective approval channels to ensure governance
• Created document control standards & introduced Documentum as the central repository affecting 5,000 IT associates worldwide

Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 · 1 yr

• BitMICRO Networks is a high-tech manufacturer of solid state drives used in critical applications in the military, aerospace & health care sectors.
• Accounting: General bookkeeping & managing both external audit & internal compliance documentation
• Sales & Marketing: Managed marketing at trade shows, executed successful sales via cold call, networking & trade show leads

May 2000 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• sTEP is a new product development house of gel patches that biological cool the body's temperature without the use of thermodynamics. The idea was born out of the need to solve the heat problem prevalent in countries with extremely hot temperatures, such as in the Middle East & Asia.
• Prepared business & product development plan after detailed local market & pricing research, online surveys & industry professional interviews
• Established a core team & a strong advisory committee from top university professors & industry professionals
• Successfully negotiated for SGD 3 million in VC seed funding

Feb 2000 – Apr 2016 · 16 yrs 2 mos · Johore, Malaysia · On-site

• The company manufactures, distributes and repairs Automotive and Industrial Radiators & Exhaust Systems. Its HQ is in Malaysia and branches are in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.
• Enhanced factory output by 4.3 times through careful implementation of lean manufacturing processes
• Led acquisition of factory equipment from Taiwan, from cost negotiations to managing logistics & freight
• Computerized the accounting system in the SG & MY branches, from procurement to training & planning for future maintenance
• Strategized market entry & sizing by researching competitors & current demand. Recommended product portfolio change & e-Commerce trade
• Successfully defended against a very strong competitor via game theory & a mix of offensive-defensive strategy in 2003
• Managed Tax Audit during 2015 IRAS Tax Investigation for owners failing to file tax for 3 years
• Led demerger between co-owners and managed the valuation and paperwork for the split between Singapore & Malaysia operations in 2016
• Period:
• Feb 2000 – Dec 2003
• Feb 2005 – Dec 2005
• May 2015 – Apr 2016