Experience

AquaEasy (A Bosch Company)

• AquaEasy

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Singapore When AI meets Aquaculture - Innovative technology meeting global population growth and food demands - increasing Farmers Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability - developing new generations of farmers - engage and grow AquaEasy team to realize full potential



Seagarden Asia/Norway Fresh Foods SEA

• Director

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  Singapore The Seagarden Group is one of the world’s major marine ingredients companies producing 100 % natural ingredients for use in savoury, nutritional, personal care, cosmetics and pharmaceutical markets. Seagarden uses only high quality marine raw materials in its production and offers more than 50 unique ingredients used in thousands of food and cosmetic products around the world. The Company has three production sites along the Norwegian coast. 100% Sustainably sourced raw materials



Norway Fresh AS

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2020

  Singapore NorwayFresh is a Biomarine division within the Glastad Group. Responsible for integrated Sustainable aquaculture and Seafood processing business, Business turnaround, operations excellence and building the organization.



Trapia

• Brazil
• Restaurants

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2014 - Jan 2020

  Malaysia Trapia is an ASC certified integrated sustainable aquaculture farm and processing operation producing chemical free fish globally for export and local customers. Trapia employs people with passion and purpose. Our purpose is delivering chemical free healthy fish to customers around the world to satisfy their protein and culinary needs and protecting the environment in the process. I build and develop the team to continuously improve and deliver Trapia's purpose and business… Show more Trapia is an ASC certified integrated sustainable aquaculture farm and processing operation producing chemical free fish globally for export and local customers. Trapia employs people with passion and purpose. Our purpose is delivering chemical free healthy fish to customers around the world to satisfy their protein and culinary needs and protecting the environment in the process. I build and develop the team to continuously improve and deliver Trapia's purpose and business objectives. Linking business turnaround and transformation from building the team's commitment to Trapia's purpose and personal development.  People developer - Hands on people engagement with facts and figures, leading by example and role model - Development of local organization in Asia (ASC, BSCI, BRC certified etc) - Coach and mentor to direct and indirect reporting staff (operators, engineers, managers and directors within and outside company) - Organization development and coaching (Feed management, Farm management, Quality culture)- build and instill culture of continuous improvement based on fact/figures, data analysis and discussion/collaboration among ground level teams  Operation transformation - Optimized/Developed manpower in continuous improvement for best in class FCR and Processing yield, Cost optimization Show less



Republic Polytechnic

• Singapore
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Distinguished Professional

  • Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

  North West, Singapore Academic benchmarking, School of Applied Science, Diploma in Marine Science and Aquaculture (DMAC)



GenoMar Genetics

• Norway
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Apr 2014 - Feb 2017

  Norway GenoMar is the world’s leading tilapia breeding company. For the past 15 years, we have assembled a unique combination of aquatic breeding resources and expertise to supply tilapia markets with unique products. Our brand is among the most recognized and respected names in the industry today.



REC ASA

• France
• Construction

• Vice President

  • Nov 2008 - Mar 2014

  Singapore REC Group is a leading European brand of solar panels and a vertically integrated solar energy company. REC manufactures silicon, wafers, cells, high-quality solar photovoltaic panels, and also provides turnkey Engineering, Procurement and Construction solutions  Business transformation - Building culture of long term growth to company stakeholders and team members.  People developer - Building Quality products through development of Quality People, instilling the… Show more REC Group is a leading European brand of solar panels and a vertically integrated solar energy company. REC manufactures silicon, wafers, cells, high-quality solar photovoltaic panels, and also provides turnkey Engineering, Procurement and Construction solutions  Business transformation - Building culture of long term growth to company stakeholders and team members.  People developer - Building Quality products through development of Quality People, instilling the lifelong learning and curious mindset  Operations excellence - Driving continuous improvement in our processes, ourselves and our product to serve society. - Record startup of Solar module production plant within 6 months. - Leadership of teams in successful start-up/turnaround projects from technology development to volume production - Hands on people engagement with facts and figures, leading by example and role model - Invited by plant management for Operational excellence sharing visits to Norway and US sites, invited by OEM management to share and coach their companies Show less



Trina Solar

• China
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President, Technology Development

  • Apr 2007 - Oct 2008

  Changzhou, Jiangsu, China Trina Solar Limited is a Chinese company located in the province of Jiangsu, with numerous branches in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America, which is listed on the PPVX solar share index and on the NYSE. Founded in 1997 by Jifan Gao the company develops and produces ingots, wafers, solar cells and solar modules. Commercialize Mono & Multi-crystalline module product from process development to production ramp through vertically integrated value streams from Feedstock treatment to ingot… Show more Trina Solar Limited is a Chinese company located in the province of Jiangsu, with numerous branches in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America, which is listed on the PPVX solar share index and on the NYSE. Founded in 1997 by Jifan Gao the company develops and produces ingots, wafers, solar cells and solar modules. Commercialize Mono & Multi-crystalline module product from process development to production ramp through vertically integrated value streams from Feedstock treatment to ingot growing, Wafering, Cell processing and Module for global market.  Leadership - Technology development and Product Commercialisation, Develop and build Patent portfolio - Initiate and establish international certified R&D and testing center in China (Trina solar) - Develop plan and Setup JiangSu Photovoltaic Engineering Center with 5 national-scale laboratories and collaboration with local government and schools  Operations excellence - Technology transfer to production and building up the production and operations team - Streamlined production flow to improve production run rate by 50%  Business transformation - diversify from single value stream (ingots) to fully integrated value stream (Ingots to wafer to solar cells to solar panels)  People developer - Hands on people engagement with facts and figures, leading by example and role model - invited by OEM management to share and coach their companies - Experienced in project management in cross-functional and multi-nationality leadership (Singapore, Spain, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, India, USA) Show less



SMIC

• China
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director

  • Jul 2004 - Mar 2007

  Beijing Suburb, China Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation is a publicly held semiconductor foundry company, and the largest in China. SMIC has wafer fabrication sites throughout mainland China, offices in the United States, Italy, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in Hong Kong.  Leadership - Responsible for Fab operations and P&L in 12" fab  Operations excellence - Continuous improvements and Yield enhancements  People developer - build up semiconductor professionals… Show more Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation is a publicly held semiconductor foundry company, and the largest in China. SMIC has wafer fabrication sites throughout mainland China, offices in the United States, Italy, Japan, and Taiwan, and a representative office in Hong Kong.  Leadership - Responsible for Fab operations and P&L in 12" fab  Operations excellence - Continuous improvements and Yield enhancements  People developer - build up semiconductor professionals and supporting industry teams  Business Operations : Startup, Ramp-up to full Production, Operations excellence  Startup and ramp up of first 12” Cu technology fab in China, production qualification completed within 8 months (industry first)  Experience of leading teams in successful start-up/turnaround projects from technology development to volume production  Proven experience in developing and implementing Operational excellence Business system o Optimized/Developed manpower in continuous improvement for best in class o Cost reductions of 63% through Operational excellence initiatives o Developed team members for Continuous improvement culture and mindset

• Senior Manager

  • Jan 2003 - Jun 2004

  Shanghai Operations excellence and People developer - - Lead team to achieve USD$400k cost savings in 2004 (2nd prize award in CIT 2004) - Leading teams to drive cost reduction and achieved USD$1.2mil per month cost savings in 2003 (1st prize award in CIT 2003) Business leadership - - Engage and won overseas customer loading for full ramp loading - Developing processes for Customer, Engineering, Operations

• Principal Engineer

  • May 2002 - Jan 2003

  Shanghai Technology leader - Research & Development, - Cu line start-up and ramp-up, - Achieve customer qualification in record time A few years after graduation and post 2 start-ups, I was headhunted to China to start up plants and the opportunity to work with international experts in the semiconductor industry. The fast pace growth in China provided invaluable training and practical experiences working with international teams and engaging with customers, establishing my career in… Show more Technology leader - Research & Development, - Cu line start-up and ramp-up, - Achieve customer qualification in record time A few years after graduation and post 2 start-ups, I was headhunted to China to start up plants and the opportunity to work with international experts in the semiconductor industry. The fast pace growth in China provided invaluable training and practical experiences working with international teams and engaging with customers, establishing my career in Operations and Business leadership. Being a hand-on leader, I implemented operations excellence through people development and engagement. I conducted both in-house and external training/workshops and gave talks to build the organization and supporting companies.



Denselight Semiconductors Pte Ltd,Singapore

• Singapore
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • Feb 2001 - Apr 2002

  Singapore Startup Pioneer Lead Process development for Optoelectronics, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMICs), Heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) on III-V compound substrate



Chartered Semiconductor

• Semiconductors
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Jul 1996 - Jan 2001

  Singapore  Operations - Equipment layout, move-in/startup, process development and troubleshooting for 0.25um, 0.18um, 0.15um & 0.13um technology nodes  Technology - Process characterization and development, Test chip design, Integration, Design for Manufacturing, Reliability testing