Alan Lam
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Viveik Mohan Saigal
My friend and colleague Alan has been a source of amazement and inspiration as he has developed from a fresh PhD with no business experience to a seasoned, well connected and respected industry leader, a very diverse individual and a dependable friend.
Joe Wong
Dr. Alan Lam is my senior whom I have worked with for more than 10 years. He has very strong and professional technical background. It can be demonstrated by different projects of which I have worked with him. Those projects are related to different areas such as sensing device, medical devices, wireless communication technology, etc. He is diligent and has great depth of understanding of innovation. Equipped with his marketing sense and management experience in the industry, it is an honor for me to recommend and endorse him.
Viveik Mohan Saigal
My friend and colleague Alan has been a source of amazement and inspiration as he has developed from a fresh PhD with no business experience to a seasoned, well connected and respected industry leader, a very diverse individual and a dependable friend.
Joe Wong
Dr. Alan Lam is my senior whom I have worked with for more than 10 years. He has very strong and professional technical background. It can be demonstrated by different projects of which I have worked with him. Those projects are related to different areas such as sensing device, medical devices, wireless communication technology, etc. He is diligent and has great depth of understanding of innovation. Equipped with his marketing sense and management experience in the industry, it is an honor for me to recommend and endorse him.
Viveik Mohan Saigal
My friend and colleague Alan has been a source of amazement and inspiration as he has developed from a fresh PhD with no business experience to a seasoned, well connected and respected industry leader, a very diverse individual and a dependable friend.
Joe Wong
Dr. Alan Lam is my senior whom I have worked with for more than 10 years. He has very strong and professional technical background. It can be demonstrated by different projects of which I have worked with him. Those projects are related to different areas such as sensing device, medical devices, wireless communication technology, etc. He is diligent and has great depth of understanding of innovation. Equipped with his marketing sense and management experience in the industry, it is an honor for me to recommend and endorse him.
Viveik Mohan Saigal
My friend and colleague Alan has been a source of amazement and inspiration as he has developed from a fresh PhD with no business experience to a seasoned, well connected and respected industry leader, a very diverse individual and a dependable friend.
Joe Wong
Dr. Alan Lam is my senior whom I have worked with for more than 10 years. He has very strong and professional technical background. It can be demonstrated by different projects of which I have worked with him. Those projects are related to different areas such as sensing device, medical devices, wireless communication technology, etc. He is diligent and has great depth of understanding of innovation. Equipped with his marketing sense and management experience in the industry, it is an honor for me to recommend and endorse him.
Experience
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HKSTP Startups Alumni Association (SAA)
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Hong Kong
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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President
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Feb 2022 - Present
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Chairman
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Jan 2021 - Present
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Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education
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Hong Kong
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chairman
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Nov 2019 - Present
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Adjunct Professor
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Apr 2016 - Present
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Sengital Limited
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Hong Kong
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO
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Apr 2011 - Present
Dr. LAM worked in Sengital as CTO after he obtained his Ph.D. degree from CUHK in August 2004, specializing systems design and integration with focus in MEMS sensing systems. He is the inventor of MIDS (Micro Input Device Systems) using MEMS motion sensing technology. Then he become company CEO in April 2011. He leads the Sengital team to apply the motion sensing technology to develop many products and solutions and guides the R&D team to further develop wireless technology (including ZigBee applications), the E-Certificate applications, embedded system, Android and iOS applications. With the strong technical background, Sengital obtained many industrial awards.
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CTO
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Aug 2004 - Mar 2011
Dr. LAM obtained his Ph.D. degree from CUHK in August 2004, specializing systems design and integration with focus in MEMS sensing systems. He is the inventor of MIDS (Micro Input Device Systems) using MEMS motion sensing technology. Dr. Lam leaded the Sengital team as CTO since 2004 to apply the motion sensing technology to develop many products and solutions and guides the R&D team to further develop wireless technology (including ZigBee applications) and the E-Certificate applications. With the strong technical background, Sengital obtained many industrial awards. During the time as company CTO, Dr. Lam is the person in charge of Sengital R&D team and manage the operation of Sengital .
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City University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Adjuct Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering
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Jan 2011 - Present
Teach one course about industrial project. Students can learn how to design a product from project planning; product structure and design; hardware, firmware, and software; practical skill; testing and debug, report and presentation and etc.
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Advisory Board Member, Department of Electronic Engineering
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Jan 2011 - Present
Share idea and feedback to EE department from industry point of view. Provide support and internship to department and students.
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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PhD Candidate and Tutor
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Aug 2001 - Jul 2004
Alan Hiu-Fung LAM received his B. Eng. and M. Phil. degrees in Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999 and 2001, respectively. Alan received his Ph.D. in Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering in 2004. His industrial experience includes New World First Bus Services Ltd and Exxon Chemical International Services Ltd. He was a teaching assistant of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering and Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1999 to 2004. His research interests include Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Computer Input Devices, Smart Materials, Vibration Control, Virtual Reality and Robotics. His Ph.D. research project is "Micro Input Devices System (MIDS) using MEMS sensors". This invention is a novel multi-functional interface input and sensing system, which could potentially replace the mouse, the pen, and the keyboard as input devices to the computer as well as sensing human motion and control robots/toys. This work had been published 8 academic papers and got the US Provisional Patent, Application No.: 60/442,118. Moreover, he won the 1st Runner-Up of IEE Hong Kong Younger Members Section Paper Contest 2002, the First Prize of IEEE Hong Kong Section 2003 Postgraduate Student Paper Contest and finalist of IEEE Region 10 Students Paper Contest 2003 - Postgraduate Section based on this work. On the other hand, he won 3 local and world business plan competitions including the First prize of 2004 CUHK venture business plan competition; the Second prize of the division 5 of 2004 Moot corp business plan competition in Texas; and the First prize of 2004 YDC E-Challenge business plan competition.
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M.Phil Candidate and Tutor
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Aug 1999 - Jul 2001
Alan Hiu-Fung LAM received his B. Eng. in Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999. His industrial experience includes New World First Bus Services Ltd and Exxon Chemical International Services Ltd. He was a teaching assistant of the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1999 to 2001. His research interests include Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Computer Input Devices, Smart Materials, Vibration Control, Virtual Reality and Robotics. His M. Phil research project was to develop an effective automotive suspension system and he won a Gold Award of the Best Automobile Project of the Year 2000 from The Institute of The Motor Industry Hong Kong. He was External Vice-Chairman of The Society of Automotive Engineers - Hong Kong Student Club (SAE-HKSCC) from year 2001 to 2002 and received recognition Award from SAE. He has published some conference and journal papers regarding this work. He was a helper for “The International Symposium on Smart Structures and Microsystems (IS3M) 2000” and “International Auto parts, Accessories, Maintenance and Inspection Equipment Exhibition 2001” and he was Chair of Website Coordination Committee of “The International Conference on Micro and Nano Systems (ICMNS) 2002”.
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Education
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香港中文大學
PhD, Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering -
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
M.Phil, Mechanical and Automation Engineering -
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.Eng, Mechanical and Automation Engineering