Oct 2025 – Present · 6 mos

• Building a marketplace for AI agentic automation with n8n workflows and servicing. Check out www.supern8n.com

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Kuala Lumpur · Remote

• Konsortium AI Negara (KAIN) is a collective of the top AI startups in Malaysia with the goal of pushing the national AI agenda with appropriate policies, programs and investments by the government and other stakeholders.

Nov 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Pixlr is Inmagine Group's creative SaaS business comprising www.pixlr.com, www.designs.ai, www.inabit.ai and www.vectr.com driven by AI technology and used by 10m active users per month.

Jan 2021 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Inmagine is a global creative ecosystem which aims to make design accessible to everybody.
• Our two distinct businesses are content: www.123rf.com, www.thehungryjpeg.com, www.lovesvg.com and creative software tools: www.pixlr.com, www.designs.ai and www.vectr.com.
• If you are interested in how your organization would like to have a SMARTER, FASTER and EASIER creative process, please do get in touch.

Feb 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• Interested in corp dev, biz dev, cross-selling, partnerships and API-related queries across all of our platforms:
• 1) 123RF.com is the 4th largest stock image business in the world; after iStock (Getty), Shutterstock (NYSE), Fotolia (Adobe)
• 2) 30m visitors a month. 200m stock content
• 3) 300+ staff, 26+ offices
• 4) 100% bootstrapped
• 5) 9 assets (www.123rf.com, www.pixlr.com, www.designs.ai, www.thehungryjpeg.com, www.craftbundles.com, www.lovesvg.com, www.stockunlimited.com, www.vectr.com, www.easydesign.com)
• 6) We have stock images, video, audio, vectors, fonts and design templates
• Helped to source, negotiate and close 4 acquisitions

Jan 2019 – Nov 2023 · 4 yrs 10 mos

• A suite of tools powered by A.I. with creative resources, templates and services catering to the design community.
• We have logomaker, videomaker, speechmaker, copywriter and designmaker.

Jun 2018 – Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• We publish and sell personalized books for children at www.amazingfables.com. 100% bootstrapped and have books translated into 10 different languages.

Aug 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Malaysia

• Led a team of 18. Responsible for several core programs:
• 1) Education- MaGIC Academy trains hundreds of people in technical and non-technical skills across part time and full time courses as well as short form workshops.
• 2) Acceleration- MaGIC runs the largest accelerator program in Asia, with 50 startups, of which 60% are from Malaysia and 40% are from the rest of the world, targeting the SEA market. This program has multiple levels of support from 80+ world class mentors, 20+ startup benefit partners, 15+ route to market partners, and 5 different government agencies.
• 3) Exposure- MaGIC sends entrepreneurs at scale to more mature ecosystems for exposure and market expansion. E.g. We send 40 entrepreneurs a year to Silicon Valley, 40+ entrepreneurs to exhibitions in Singapore etc.
• 4) Investor relations- MaGIC matches relevant startups with relevant investors to maximise the chances of fund-raising; we have built up relationships with 600+ investors to position Malaysia as a place to look for SEA deals.
• 5) Strategic partnerships- MaGIC brings private sector participants, investors, government agencies, industry players and startups together to create a more vibrant ecosystem- within Malaysia and the entire SEA.

Mar 2011 – Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Experiences include:
• Upstream/LNG strategy
• Shipping
• Country/surface risks
• Finance operational separation
• Talent supply/demand modelling
• Change management
• Co-founder of BainTech.

Jan 2010 – Jun 2015 · 5 yrs 5 mos

• Bootstrapped a mobile first social network based on localised education called Guru-App. Have two Flappy Clones.
• Tried building an online-dating site targeting the Southeast Asian market but failed. Note that the founders of Facebook, King, Fab, Hailo have also tried online dating at one point or another.
• Other banked ideas in untapped e-commerce markets (e.g. religious goods), sports betting. Look east, not west. That's where the risk/reward ratio is.

Nov 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

• 60,000 members social network with focus on language exchange and social volunteering.
• Managed contractors from Brazil, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Spain, Romania, Germany, Italy, Singapore. Mentored and coached eight interns and project analysts in different areas of research and delivery.

Sep 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Commercial understanding of structured gas trading within Europe (UK, TTF, ZBR, EGT & other less liquid hubs) with regards to location arbs, hedging, wheeling, indexed & cross-commodity sales + virtual storage & capacity swaps.

Sep 2008 – Sep 2009 · 1 yr

• Supported prop and flow emissions trading and origination, helped shape market calls for EUAs, CERs and linkages with other cross-commodities.

Sep 2007 – Aug 2008 · 11 mos

• Part of two man asset-based, cross-bench team focusing on trading related capex projects & regional optimisation strategies. E.g. gasoline pool optimisation for West Med and ARA, Italian crude tankage strategy, sulphur trading strategy.

Sep 2006 – Sep 2007 · 1 yr

• Managed relationships with Total, Shell, Exxon, Chevron & other customers (hypermarkets, wholesale customers) on operational matters concerning regional supply optimisation.

Aug 2006 – Sep 2006 · 1 mo

• Worked on SAP rollout for Petronas

Jun 2005 – Oct 2005 · 4 mos

Jun 2004 – Aug 2004 · 2 mos