Experience

Jiva

• Singapore
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Head of Design

  • May 2021 - Present

  Singapore



University of Bergen (UiB)

• Norway
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer

  • Mar 2022 - Present



AGENCY (Singapore)

• Singapore
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Design Lead

  • Aug 2019 - Jan 2021

  Singapore Led multi-disciplinary projects for the ex-IDEO team in Singapore. Delivering on service & ecosystem design projects such as re-envisioning the future of healthcare for Singapore; designing long term care for Diabetes; setting up new educational curriculums and designing for org level service transformation in the public sector.



Buuuk

• Singapore
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director (Design)

  • May 2016 - Jul 2019

  Singapore Leading the studio to grow beyond the existing markets & capabilities. Expanded the business with an office in Vietnam and set up a fully in-house development team. Re-positioned the business in a more strategic direction, supported by strong sales & marketing. Focussing on our strengths — growing the Design team to deliver better solutions through more research and quality interfaces.

• Head of Design

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2019

  Singapore Set up the Design practice at Buuuk and evolved it into the main Business growth stream for the studio. Working with clients like Daimler, Scoot, National Environment Agency, NTUC, Straits Times, Tupperware and more to create solutions that have transformed business & delivered growth.



Bubbly

• Singapore
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Product Management

  • Sep 2012 - Jan 2013

  Singapore Leading product management for Bubbly with focus on Interaction Design.

• Sr. Product Manager (Consumer Apps)

  • May 2011 - Sep 2012

  Singapore Creating new consumer facing products to be launched soon.



Extra Thought

• Singapore
• Design Services

• Co Founder

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2012

  Singapore Extra Thought is a user experience design consultancy providing services for organisations working with products that need help within the fields of Interaction Design, User Experience, Usability or User Research.



Buuuk

• Singapore
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Product Manager

  • Oct 2010 - Apr 2011

  Singapore Incharge of new delivering new in-house mobile products and also mobile applications for some of the biggest businesses in Singapore. Managing products on all major mobile platforms including Apple iOS, Android, Blackberry & Windows Phone 7. - Weatherlah: Created the UI and managed development. App has stayed at the top of it's category since launch, with around 50,000 active daily users. - Other clients: Straits Times & The New Paper (Singapore Press Holdings), National Environment… Show more Incharge of new delivering new in-house mobile products and also mobile applications for some of the biggest businesses in Singapore. Managing products on all major mobile platforms including Apple iOS, Android, Blackberry & Windows Phone 7. - Weatherlah: Created the UI and managed development. App has stayed at the top of it's category since launch, with around 50,000 active daily users. - Other clients: Straits Times & The New Paper (Singapore Press Holdings), National Environment Agency (NEA), NTUC & Singtel. Show less



Opera

• Norway
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager

  • Aug 2007 - Apr 2010

  Oslo Area, Norway Incharge of managing consumer products at Opera. Accountable for how some of our consumer products shape up before they go out to the public and their growth from thereon. Key responsibilies include co-ordinating between Engineering, Marketing, Q/A and various Business Partners.

• Web Evangelist

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2008

  Chandigarh Area, India My key responsibilities involve establishing and maintaining contacts with the community, external sites, partners and different technical organisations to help them work towards web standards compliance. Also incharge of community outreach, growing and maintaining developer relations and representing the company at various national/international forums.



Cue Blocks Technologies

• India
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President Web Development/Engineering

  • Jun 2005 - Apr 2006

  Chandigarh Area, India Was a part of the core team since the company´s inception. Responsible for evaluating, consulting, implementing and taking decisions on the use of evolving Internet technologies for all projects. Supervised projects and recommended solutions to ensure the best results keeping in mind standards compliant work and scalability of the projects.