Experience

Workato

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Manager Business Development

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Workato was founded in 2013 with the goal of helping businesses around the world harness the power of low/no-code integration and automation to transform their work. Today, we are an automation leader with a global presence in the US, Asia Pacific, Japan and EMEA. Workato was founded in 2013 with the goal of helping businesses around the world harness the power of low/no-code integration and automation to transform their work. Today, we are an automation leader with a global presence in the US, Asia Pacific, Japan and EMEA.



PBA Group - Robotics & Automation

• Singapore
• Robotics Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  Leading HR transformation by redesigning Performance Management and Talent Acquisition & Management processes to build sustainable competitive advantage, supervising team of 3.Core responsibilities:- Performance Management Redesign- Talent Acquisition- Talent Management- Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) Design & Implementation- Candidate Sourcing- Interview & Shortlisting- Onboarding- HRIS Implementation- Career Pathway Redesign- Executive Leadership Collaboration- Team Supervision- Coaching & Mentoring Show less

• • Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

  Led RACE's turnaround from a fledgling startup to a self-sustainable training academy (within 1st year), thus catering to the growing demand for agile industry 4.0 talents (>700 talents and >50 corporates impacted within 2 years). RACE's customer-centric ecosystem thrives on win-win partnerships with talents, experts, technology companies and government agencies.

• • Sep 2017 - Dec 2020

  Headhunted to helm global business development projects as part of corporate strategy to expand into new territories and build robust network of partners to serve key customer segments and drive revenue growth. Collaborated with team of ~3 across most projects, while double hatting as a sole in-house legal counsel.Core responsibilities:- Business Development projects- New Market Expansion- Market & Industry Research- Competitor Analysis- IP Strategy- Product Roadmap- Partner Network Expansion- Partner Relationship Building- Cross-Border Partnerships- Foreign Delegation Hosting- Legal Advisory- Deal Negotiation- Legal Playbook Drafting- Public SpeakingAchievements:- Established SEA's 1st collaborative robot manufacturing facility in Singapore by securing joint venture with Fortune 500 Korean chaebol- Negotiated favourable IP licensing and ownership terms for key R&D partnerships with 5-year team- Established Marketing, Business Development and Human Resources function from ground zero- Speaker in local and international industry events involving local and foreign senior leaders, such as Industry Transformation Asia Pacific and German Delegation visit led by President of Lower Saxony Show less



Enterprise Singapore

• Singapore
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Oct 2016 - Jul 2018

  Cultivated robust partnerships with C-level executives of >50 corporate accounts to drive top-line and profit growth, providing advisory on project scoping, securing of relevant grants for landmark projects, and brand positioning.Core responsibilities:- C-level Engagement & Partnerships- Organisation Engagement- Cross-Agency Collaboration- Cross-Border Corporate Engagement- Project Management- Project Scoping- Project Grant & Funding Negotiation- Brand Positioning- Industry Research- Nationwide Industry Study- PresentationAchievements:- Created self-initiated database to provide various technology solution providers and consultants- Research industry 4.0 landscape in collaboration with multiple agencies to design Singapore’s 1st 5-year industry transformation roadmap- Secured multi-million grant for key account through detailed business planning and impact projects for stakeholders’ buy-in- Awarded SPRING’s Executive Development Scholarship Show less

• • Apr 2017 - Sep 2017

  Key projects: 1. Piloted a quadripartite arrangement between a robot maker, local system integrators and agencies, SPRING & EDB, to anchor capabilities in developing standard scalable robotic modules & drive robotic adoption amongst Precision Engineering SMEs.2. Completed a study on Singapore's automation adoption landscape and proposed strategies to augment & accelerate efforts under the National Robotics Programme.3. Contributed inputs as part of the team leading the productivity workgroup of the inter-agency Industry Transformation Roadmap for the Precision Engineering cluster. Show less

• • Jun 2015 - Apr 2017



NUS

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Worked under A/P Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng to publish research on Information and communications technology patents, for an Intellectual Property conference held by the Centre for Law & Business Worked under A/P Elizabeth Siew-Kuan Ng to publish research on Information and communications technology patents, for an Intellectual Property conference held by the Centre for Law & Business



Enterprise Singapore

• Singapore
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  Created a streamlined system to revamp the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), a project intended to overcome the perennial problem of having to dedicate numerous man-hours to collate and analyse data from SPRING's line divisions. Created a streamlined system to revamp the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), a project intended to overcome the perennial problem of having to dedicate numerous man-hours to collate and analyse data from SPRING's line divisions.



THK EIPIC Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children (Special Needs)

• Yew Tee

• Assistant Teacher

  • Nov 2010 - Jun 2011

  Assisted the school's special needs teachers with executing lessons, and gained insight on the various teaching tools used to educate these children. Assisted the school's special needs teachers with executing lessons, and gained insight on the various teaching tools used to educate these children.