Experience

Rome2rio

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

• Head of Data Science (post-acquisition by Omio group)

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  As a member of the Rome2rio leadership team, responsible for defining and executing the data & analytics strategy in a growing web-based travel startup, with the goal of enabling everybody at Rome2rio to quickly and confidently use data to support decision-making at all levels. Responsible for hiring and professional development of a team of data scientists, data analysts and data engineers, and providing coaching and guidance to maximize their impact.

• Head of Data Science (pre-acquisition)

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2019

  Providing company-wide leadership in Data Science by driving the collection and dissemination of data and insights across all areas of the business, with a particular focus on user acquisition, retention and revenue. Managing and developing a team of data scientists and software engineers. Supervising analysis, experimentation and data infrastructure projects.

• Data Science Lead

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2018

  Managing a growing team consisting of data scientists with strong research backgrounds and engineering skills. Responsible for analysis, monitoring and optimisation of user acquisition and revenue within Rome2rio.

• Data Scientist / Software Engineer

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2017

  Data-driven optimization of all aspects of the business, including but not limited to core systems such as Rome2rio's transit search and geocoder, as well as supporting processes such as advertising, SEO and SEM. Some machine learning, complemented by statistical analysis and visualization.

• Senior Software Developer

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2016

  Designing and implementing improvements to Rome2rio's core product, including data-driven components such as the geocoder and maintaining and extending machine learning systems to cope with steadily increasing volumes of data. Working closely with a team of over 20 talented engineers, designers and content managers.



University of Melbourne

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • 2010 - Sep 2014

  Research student carrying out research in Language Identification, with interests in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Web Data. Research student carrying out research in Language Identification, with interests in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Web Data.



Microsoft Research Asia

• China
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

  Web Search and Data Mining • Supervised by Dr. Chin-Yew Lin • Competition Graphs for User Expertise Estimation Web Search and Data Mining • Supervised by Dr. Chin-Yew Lin • Competition Graphs for User Expertise Estimation



RMIT University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer

  • Jul 2006 - Jun 2011

  WebLearn is a Course Management System designed and deployed at RMIT • Supervised by A/Prof George Fernandez WebLearn is a Course Management System designed and deployed at RMIT • Supervised by A/Prof George Fernandez



Singapore Armed Forces

• Defense & Space
• 700 & Above Employee

• Platoon Commander

  • Feb 2010 - May 2010

  National Service served in Singapore. National Service served in Singapore.



The University of Melbourne

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2008 - Dec 2009

  Working for Dr. Timothy Baldwin • Supervised Machine Learning Techniques for Language Identification Working for Dr. Timothy Baldwin • Supervised Machine Learning Techniques for Language Identification

• Platoon Commander

  • Mar 2005 - Dec 2005

  National Service served in Singapore. National Service served in Singapore.