Experience

CSI Interfusion

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Director

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Led a project team to implement smart cities platform for Kuching city, as part of the Sarawak Digital Economy Initiatives Programme to develop a Sarawak Integrated Operational Centre (SIOC). Deployed agile methodology and implemented best practices of software development life cycle approach in to develop SIOC platform and CitizenApp that includes integrating video surveillance, reporting, geographic information system (GIS) and data analytics capabilities augmented with artificial… Show more Led a project team to implement smart cities platform for Kuching city, as part of the Sarawak Digital Economy Initiatives Programme to develop a Sarawak Integrated Operational Centre (SIOC). Deployed agile methodology and implemented best practices of software development life cycle approach in to develop SIOC platform and CitizenApp that includes integrating video surveillance, reporting, geographic information system (GIS) and data analytics capabilities augmented with artificial intelligence (AI), IoT and cybersecurity measures to monitor and manage disasters, citizen safety, public security, and urban development for the city. Providing AIA’s Global Application Services Centre in the upgrade of its SAP HANA database, SWIFT 7.6 and ISO20022 FINplus implementation, GLMS migration to Azure Cloud, Power Platform development of Enterprise GRC and private equity / assets investment process digitization. Show less



Castwell Industries S/B

• Head Of Operations

  • Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

  Selangor, Malaysia Senior leader of a local manufacturer with advanced building technology, accountable for its operational activities, including business development, product design, engineering, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing, project delivery and after-sales service. During the period, the company expanded its manufacturing capability to Sabah state and established a branch office in Indonesia. Developed several real estate projects in driving strategic move of Castwell to upstream business… Show more Senior leader of a local manufacturer with advanced building technology, accountable for its operational activities, including business development, product design, engineering, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing, project delivery and after-sales service. During the period, the company expanded its manufacturing capability to Sabah state and established a branch office in Indonesia. Developed several real estate projects in driving strategic move of Castwell to upstream business opportunities.  Streamlined business operations of order to cash (OTC) process by focusing on lead time reduction, containing the cost of poor quality and improving customer satisfaction.  Established a high performing team that delivered projects ahead of schedule and on budget.  Grew revenue from RM69 mil to RM90 mil and days receivables or DSO from 43 to 38 days. Show less



GE Digital

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. IT Management Leader

  • Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Led a multi-functional team in planning, and testing through Proof of Concept in the process to re-platform GE Power's BI solution onto SAP HANA technology. This global program targeted to bring productivity gain, improve cash position such as inventory turnaround and process simplification, impacting the $25 billion GE Power business through realisation of innovative data analytics solutions/application platform. Managed 6 MVP projects in concurrent to meet stakeholders’ expectations and… Show more Led a multi-functional team in planning, and testing through Proof of Concept in the process to re-platform GE Power's BI solution onto SAP HANA technology. This global program targeted to bring productivity gain, improve cash position such as inventory turnaround and process simplification, impacting the $25 billion GE Power business through realisation of innovative data analytics solutions/application platform. Managed 6 MVP projects in concurrent to meet stakeholders’ expectations and technology vision of the organization.  Responsible for managing a virtual team with members from different time zones to run agile projects and adopted lean startup’s “fail fast, learn fast” approach.  Collaborated with other corporate functions to ensure compliance with internal control/governance (particularly, information security guidelines) and regulatory (e.g. SOX) requirements.  Managed and collaborated with external vendor / consulting partners on staffing, KPI and scope management matters to ensure smooth project implementation. Show less



Alstom Power, S.a.

• Spain
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SAP ERP Process Director & Master Data Management Hub Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Feb 2016

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Accountable for providing business solutions, management advisory supports enabling process changes to business units of APAC region to achieve operational excellence. Managed regional stakeholders/business leaders to extract values by optimizing business processes, drove cost-effectiveness (e.g. reduce delivery time), and lead time reduction (through MES & MRP), while standardizing and institutionalizing best practices, performance metrics and quality improvement efforts. Also led a team of… Show more Accountable for providing business solutions, management advisory supports enabling process changes to business units of APAC region to achieve operational excellence. Managed regional stakeholders/business leaders to extract values by optimizing business processes, drove cost-effectiveness (e.g. reduce delivery time), and lead time reduction (through MES & MRP), while standardizing and institutionalizing best practices, performance metrics and quality improvement efforts. Also led a team of analysts to provide data stewardship in managing enterprise-wide master data, to enhance the analytics capability of the organization.  Conducted value stream mapping workshops to streamline and optimize processes such as Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) with set objective of >10% productivity gain and strategic alignment for the units.  Managed key users/subject matter experts (SMEs) community for the region ERP users (Level 1) while responsible for Level 2 support quality of APAC region that has 15,000 users.  Successfully turned the entire data management team to become Lean Six Sigma certified and undertook several continuous improvement projects that had brought data quality to above 95%.  Adopted lean deployment methodology by completing projects in 3 months (instead of the usual 6~12 months) to cut down deployment resources. 3 system carved out projects (about EUR300k each) had realized savings of >20%.

• Regional SAP ERP Director

  • Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Drove business transformation efforts with ERP software implementation across the APAC region, where regional PMO and project teams had delivered projects successfully with high customer satisfaction rating. Engaged respective countries senior business leaders to gain buy-in and sponsorships through active expectation management in driving digital transformation to meet organisation strategic goals.  The project teams completed the roll-out of SAP ERP in Australia, Japan, UAE, Saudi… Show more Drove business transformation efforts with ERP software implementation across the APAC region, where regional PMO and project teams had delivered projects successfully with high customer satisfaction rating. Engaged respective countries senior business leaders to gain buy-in and sponsorships through active expectation management in driving digital transformation to meet organisation strategic goals.  The project teams completed the roll-out of SAP ERP in Australia, Japan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam, all on time, below budget (5%~10%) with high user engagement and satisfaction rating (>70%).

• Head of Business Transformation APAC

  • Dec 2009 - Mar 2013

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Directed a team of business transformation experts to drive organizational change through standardizing business processes on a single ERP platform. Responsible to lead the initial scoping process, carried out stakeholder analysis, project team set up, planned and managed execution strategy and budget (a regional PMO function).  Successfully implemented 2 highly complex SAP ERP deployment projects i.e. China and India, covering more than 15 sites within 1 ½ year, both within the… Show more Directed a team of business transformation experts to drive organizational change through standardizing business processes on a single ERP platform. Responsible to lead the initial scoping process, carried out stakeholder analysis, project team set up, planned and managed execution strategy and budget (a regional PMO function).  Successfully implemented 2 highly complex SAP ERP deployment projects i.e. China and India, covering more than 15 sites within 1 ½ year, both within the defined time, cost, scope and expected outcomes.  Piloted a lean deployment methodology project in Singapore that saw the completion of 4 months (instead of the usual 6~10 months), with a cost-saving of >25%.

• Head of Project Management Tendering APAC

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2009

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Led a team of multi-disciplinary engineering staffs to carry out risk assessments and formulate risk mitigation measures, performed design and engineering, cost estimation, cashflow forecasts in bidding for gas-fired power plant EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) projects for the Asia (incl. Australia) region. Sharpen decision-making skills, and applied creative and innovative ideas in the bidding process while exercising situational leadership technique in collaboration with indirect… Show more Led a team of multi-disciplinary engineering staffs to carry out risk assessments and formulate risk mitigation measures, performed design and engineering, cost estimation, cashflow forecasts in bidding for gas-fired power plant EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) projects for the Asia (incl. Australia) region. Sharpen decision-making skills, and applied creative and innovative ideas in the bidding process while exercising situational leadership technique in collaboration with indirect reports from various supporting functions.

• Project Director – SAP ERP Malaysia

  • Dec 2008 - Jun 2009

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Project leader of SAP ERP deployment in Malaysia. Accountable to deliver the project with a team of cross-functional key users, data owners, solution specialists and change management experts. Key responsibilities include people management, plan and manage budgets. The project was completed on time and 8% below budget.

• Head of Project Planning, Plant Business - APAC

  • May 2007 - Apr 2009

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia With a team of 4 project planners, supported power plant EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) projects for East Asia and Oceania regions. Led and supervised the master schedule preparations and monthly project reporting for 2 gas-fired power plants in Australia (667MW at Colongra) and Indonesia (350MW at Muara Tawar 5) respectively. Successfully ideated completing a gas-fired power plant in >20 months through intense data analytics, identify trends and collected expert feedbacks, a… Show more With a team of 4 project planners, supported power plant EPC (engineering-procurement-construction) projects for East Asia and Oceania regions. Led and supervised the master schedule preparations and monthly project reporting for 2 gas-fired power plants in Australia (667MW at Colongra) and Indonesia (350MW at Muara Tawar 5) respectively. Successfully ideated completing a gas-fired power plant in >20 months through intense data analytics, identify trends and collected expert feedbacks, a significant improvement from the usual 30+ months of project duration.



WorleyParsons

• Australia
• Construction

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2004 - Mar 2007

  Beijing City, China Served as consulting project leader for Mondelez and Procter & Gamble to execute industrial projects in China. Responsible for the planning, execution, and control of Kraft Foods (now Mondelez) confectionary plant in Beijing, incorporating supply chain and operational process flow considerations, product quality and safety/risk management (HACCP & GMP compliance) requirements to the design. Led a multi-disciplinary team to carry out feasibility studies, process/production facilities design… Show more Served as consulting project leader for Mondelez and Procter & Gamble to execute industrial projects in China. Responsible for the planning, execution, and control of Kraft Foods (now Mondelez) confectionary plant in Beijing, incorporating supply chain and operational process flow considerations, product quality and safety/risk management (HACCP & GMP compliance) requirements to the design. Led a multi-disciplinary team to carry out feasibility studies, process/production facilities design, space programming, development planning, selection of contractors, construction, and commissioning for Procter & Gamble’s new research centre in Beijing. Show less



Permasteelisa Group

• Italy
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2000 - Mar 2004

  Malaysia, Hong Kong & China Responsible for the design, manufacturing and installation of façade engineering projects of Class A office towers across the region. Job scope covered design innovation and management, budgeting, cost control, cost-benefit analysis, procurement & supplier negotiation, production & logistics, contracts administration, on-site installation, EHS / safety management, and relationship building with clients. Headed the Project Management Office of the Shanghai office. The role required business… Show more Responsible for the design, manufacturing and installation of façade engineering projects of Class A office towers across the region. Job scope covered design innovation and management, budgeting, cost control, cost-benefit analysis, procurement & supplier negotiation, production & logistics, contracts administration, on-site installation, EHS / safety management, and relationship building with clients. Headed the Project Management Office of the Shanghai office. The role required business networking, governmental liaison, and collaboration with vendors and contractors, which had enhanced problem-solving skills. Completed the 30 stories Azia Center in Shanghai, 88 storeys International Financial Center 2 in Hong Kong, and 28 stories Sentral Plaza in Kuala Lumpur. Show less



Builder Enterprise

• Mexico
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Oct 1997 - Mar 2000

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia In-charge of the overall project planning, execution and control of 2 luxury residential building construction projects in Kuala Lumpur, both designed by award-winning architects (i.e. Mirzan House by Kerry Hill and CSC Residence by ZLG Design). Learned meticulous construction detailing and the application of premium quality materials in building projects.



Kejora Harta Bhd & Metro Health S/B

• Project Manager

  • Feb 1995 - Sep 1997

  Malaysia Crafted the master development plan for Amanjaya new township development in Kedah. Responsible for project programming/scheduling and design management matters of 2 regional Level-III hospitals’ development project by Ministry of Health Malaysia. Worked with international architectural and engineering consultant teams in the development of design concept and its subsequent implementation strategy.



Sunway Construction Group Berhad

• Malaysia
• Construction
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Planning Engineer

  • May 1993 - Feb 1995

  Selangor, Malaysia Assisted in the implementation of Project Management Operational Control System including project master schedule formulation, system support, reports tracking, and planning & control related user training. Mastered critical path method of project scheduling and involved in construction planning of residential, hotel and airport projects. A junior member of tendering “SWAT” team.