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Was one of the architects of AIRI, Singapore's AI readiness framework for organizations.
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AI leadership across strategy and delivery
Manager, AI & Data at Deloitte; former AI Singapore Associate Director (Strategy and Special Projects).
I have led a 20-person regional delivery team at Deloitte and a 10-person AI product team at Yoozoo. My work spans enterprise AI deployment, product decisions and data governance.
Achievements and contributions
AI governance contribution
TR 99:2021 AI security
Contributed to TR 99:2021 as a member of Singapore's Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the AI Security Working Group that prepared the standard.
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SegmentFault International GTM Project
Led a multicultural PKU consulting team on SegmentFault's international go-to-market strategy and won Best Presentation Award.
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AI Transformation and Innovation
Highlights across AI readiness, product and venture work, cross-border strategy, and startup mentoring.
innovation
Patent Application and S$50,000 MedTech Grant
Co-developed a cervical cancer screening innovation. The project led to a Singapore patent application and, according to NUS, S$50,000 in grant funding.
competition
INSEAD Product Game and NUS VCIC
Reached the INSEAD Product Game 2023 final and placed runner-up in the NUS Venture Capital Investment Competition 2024.
ecosystem
Startup Mentor
Mentored AI-first startups through past Google for Startups and 500 Global programs.
Governance and Public Contribution
Contributions to AI standards, industry service, public speaking, and media commentary.
ecosystem
AI Professionals Association Executive Committee
Served on the executive committee of the AI Professionals Association in Singapore.
ecosystem
ASME Digitalization & AI Action Group
Supported SME digitalization and AI discussions through ASME's Digitalization & AI Action Group.
thought leadership
AI Speaker and Media Commentator
Spoke at AI events and commented on enterprise AI, AI agents, DeepSeek, and China-US AI dynamics.
Education and Awards
Academic results, scholarships, and competition awards.
academic
NUS MBA Valedictorian
Named Valedictorian of the NUS MBA Class of 2024 and received the Outstanding Graduating Student Prize.
academic
Mandarin Alumni Gold Medalist
Received the Mandarin Alumni Gold Medal during the NUS MBA journey.
academic
PKU Guanghua MBA Distinctions
Received the 2022 ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship, Horizon Scholarship, and Sanhao Student Award during the PKU Guanghua MBA journey.
competition
Global Commodity Trading Challenge
Led an SMU team that placed 7th globally and was the top Asian team in the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge.
Career experience
Roles in consulting, national AI programmes, product teams and ventures.
2024-Present
Manager, AI & Data
Deloitte · Singapore
Leads enterprise AI deployment and data modernisation work across APAC. Led a 20-person regional team on an Oracle-to-Google Cloud reporting migration.
Scope and highlights
- Supports enterprise Claude rollout and API implementation, helping client teams build agent workflows and AI-enabled products
- Designed a Google Cloud operating model covering data ownership, governance and platform workflows
- Advised on agent product design and harness engineering for operations-planning use cases
- Led a team updating a regional data governance framework, including value measurement and lifecycle controls
2022
Senior AI Product Manager
Yoozoo Games AI Innovation Lab (AI2Labs) · Singapore
Led a cross-functional team of 10 on Slick.AI, an AI platform for game studios and external developers.
Scope and highlights
- Set the product roadmap, connecting machine-learning capabilities with business goals and user needs
- Worked on user experience and introduced no-code interfaces for non-technical users
- Developed the go-to-market approach for internal game studios and external developers
2021-2022
Associate Director (Strategy and Special Projects)
AI Singapore · Singapore
Worked on national AI readiness, advisory, and product initiatives that connected enterprise needs with practical AI choices.
Scope and highlights
- Was one of the architects of Singapore's AI Readiness Index (AIRI)
- Progressed from AIAP Batch 2 apprentice and Senior AI Engineer into advisory and leadership roles
- Connected AI Singapore programs with enterprise AI readiness needs
- Helped leaders structure practical AI use cases
2018-2021
Principal AI Consultant; Assistant Head (AI Standards and Advisory)
AI Singapore · Singapore
Progressed from applied AI engineering into enterprise AI consulting, AI standards, AI security guidance, and open source AI tools.
Scope and highlights
- Helped enterprises scope and build minimum viable AI models
- Scoped the RenalTeam problem, explored data, selected features, and helped train a model with a one-week prediction window
- After seven months of work, the RenalTeam model reached performance comparable with the medical team for a one-week prediction window
- Contributed to TR 99:2021 through Singapore's Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and AI Security Working Group
- Spoke at FOSSASIA 2020 on AI Singapore's open source AI Bricks
2019-2020
Data Science and AI Programme Manager; AI policy and standards support
GovTech Singapore and National AI Office · Singapore
Supported whole-of-government data, analytics, and AI work through secondments while at AI Singapore.
Scope and highlights
- Worked on public-sector AI and analytics programs
- Supported national AI strategy, standards, and governance work
Earlier roles and wider experience
Venture, Mentoring, and Ecosystem (5)
Startup, mentoring, MedTech, and ecosystem work beyond one employer.
Past programs
Startup Mentor
Google for Startups and 500 Global · Singapore
Mentored founders on AI strategy, product direction, go-to-market, and business model choices through past programs.
- Mentored AI-first startups through Google and 500 Global programs
- Advised founders on product-market fit, AI use cases, and commercial strategy
2024-2025
Digitalization & AI Action Group Member
Association of Small & Medium Enterprises · Singapore
Supported SME-focused AI and digitalization work through ASME's Digitalization & AI Action Group.
- Supported discussions on practical AI use for small and medium enterprises
- Contributed to ecosystem work on digitalization and AI awareness
2024
Founder-in-Residence
Antler Singapore · Singapore
Joined Antler Singapore's startup incubator while completing the NUS-PKU MBA.
- Worked on early-stage AI startup ideas and business validation
- Combined AI product experience with startup incubation and business validation
2023
Business Fellow, Health Innovator Programme
Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme · Singapore
Worked in a cross-functional Duke-NUS team and co-developed a cervical cancer screening innovation with clinicians during the NUS MBA journey.
- Served as a Business Fellow in the Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme
- The screening project led to a Singapore patent application filed in March 2024
- NUS reports that the project secured S$50,000 in innovation grant funding
2020
COO
Wise / WiSeCue · Singapore
Served as COO for Wise/WiSeCue in the NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme. The venture worked on a wireless sensing platform for implant monitoring.
- Served as COO for the Wise/WiSeCue NUS GRIP venture team
- Worked on venture-building for a healthcare sensing platform
Commercial and Regional Strategy (4)
MBA consulting work and earlier trading and procurement roles, covering international expansion, Southeast Asian logistics and APAC business operations.
May–Aug 2023
Management Consultant (MBA Internship)
Arthur D. Little · Singapore
Supported a strategy engagement on downstream bio- and e-methanol logistics in Southeast Asia.
- Mapped regional production hubs, demand centres, trade flows and route constraints
- Evaluated shipping options, freight economics and supply-chain resilience to inform network scenarios
Mar–May 2023
MBA Consulting Practicum
SegmentFault / ONES.com · Beijing, China
Led a multicultural team on an international go-to-market project for SegmentFault / ONES.com during the PKU Guanghua MBA.
- Developed an international expansion strategy as part of the Guanghua MBA Integrated Practicum Project
2016-2017
APAC Purchasing Manager, IT Innovation
Procter & Gamble · Singapore
Worked on IT innovation procurement across APAC before moving into AI full time.
- Managed IT innovation purchasing work across APAC
- Built the business base that later shaped his AI strategy work
2014-2016
Trainee Trader (Palm Oil)
Bunge · Singapore
Started in physical commodity markets and supply chain work.
- Built early experience in commodity markets, supply, demand, and trade flows
- Carried a practical market lens into later AI cost and infrastructure analysis
Career arc
From trading and procurement to applied AI, product management and enterprise consulting.
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Commercial foundations
Earlier roles in commodity trading and APAC purchasing.
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Applied AI and product management
Model development and readiness work at AI Singapore, followed by AI product management at Yoozoo.
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Enterprise AI and data delivery
Current work at Deloitte covers enterprise AI deployment, cloud migration and data governance across APAC.
Education
MBA degrees from NUS and Peking University (Double Degree MBA programme)
National University of Singapore and Peking University
2022-2024
NUS MBA Valedictorian, Class of 2024. Instructor and moderator in the NUS MBA Tech Club’s AI for Business Leaders workshop series.
Awards and study details
- Valedictorian of the NUS MBA Class of 2024
- Mandarin Alumni Gold Medalist
- Outstanding Graduating Student Prize
- Maintained a perfect 5/5 GPA at NUS
- 2022 ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship recipient
- Horizon Scholarship and Sanhao Student Award at Peking University
- Guanghua MBA Student Ambassador
- Executive Committee Member, NUS MBA Tech Club and Entrepreneurship Club
- INSEAD Product Game 2023 finalist and NUS VCIC 2024 runner-up
- Instructor and moderator in the NUS MBA Tech Club’s three-part AI for Business Leaders workshop series
Master of Computing, Artificial Intelligence Specialization
National University of Singapore
2020-2022
Specialised in AI, with course projects in cloud-based computer vision and multi-agent system design.
Awards and study details
- Completed in May 2022
- Cloud Computing course project: FaceSpeaks, an AWS-based computer-vision prototype exploring video-call use cases
- Course project: architecture for a multi-agent trading system
Bachelor of Business Management, Finance and International Trading
Singapore Management University
2010-2014
Studied finance and international trading, and led an SMU team to seventh place globally in the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge.
Awards and study details
- Dean's List
- President, SMU Merchants' Club
- Led SMU team to 7th place globally in the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge
Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Biomedical Sciences
Republic Polytechnic
2005–2008
Biomedical sciences training before later work in finance, AI and healthcare innovation.
Awards and study details
- Completed both credentials in Biomedical Sciences
Selected credentials
Selected certifications in AI architecture, governance, machine learning and data management.
Anthropic
Claude Certified Architect - Professional
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Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP)
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Professional Machine Learning Engineer Certification
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CDMP Certification - Associate
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Generative AI Leader Certification
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Grouped by area of work.
AI Strategy and Governance
Enterprise AI strategy · AI transformation strategy · Generative AI adoption · AI readiness assessment · Trusted AI governance · AI transparency and explainability · AI security threat assessment · Model risk and AI security · AI governance and standards · AI risk and ethics · AI operating models
AI Delivery and Product
Agentic AI delivery · Enterprise AI deployment · AI product management · Minimum viable AI models · Data science program management · Machine learning translation · AI use case design
Business and Leadership
Management consulting · Business transformation · Deployment strategy · Business-to-technical translation · Executive advisory · PMO and delivery governance · Cross-border GTM strategy · Stakeholder management · Cross-functional team leadership
Speaking, Writing and Commentary
AI public speaking · AI policy commentary · AI and human security · Emerging technology governance · AI market and localisation analysis · AI cost and infrastructure analysis · LLM cost inflection analysis · Culturally fit AI systems · Helping business users build AI applications · Media commentary
Venture and Ecosystem
Startup mentoring · Go-to-market strategy · Product-market fit · MedTech venture building · Grant funding · Founder coaching
Industry Exposure
Financial services and banking · Healthcare and MedTech · Healthcare AI decision support · Telecommunications · Public sector · Technology and startups · Consumer goods and commodities
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