Value
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AI advisory
AI advice on adoption and oversight
My advisory perspective draws on AIRI framework design and contributions to AI security, transparency and healthcare decision support. I welcome AI advisory and expert-panel work with boards, councils and leadership teams.
Experience behind the advice
One of AIRI’s architects; contributed to TR 99:2021 as a member of the Technical Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the AI Security Working Group.
Readiness
Check readiness to proceed
Examine data, team capability and delivery ownership, drawing on AIRI experience.
Security
Examine AI security risks
Discuss threats to AI systems and proposed controls, drawing on TR 99:2021 work.
Oversight
Clarify decisions and review
Clarify who decides, when people review AI outputs and what users need to understand.
Governance approach and contributions
Governance approach
Address risk in AI design and use
He contributed to TR 99:2021 through its technical committee and AI Security Working Group, and to work on AI transparency and decision support.
Discussion topics
Trusted AI governance and risk
Risk, security, transparency, and governance topics for leaders who need responsible AI systems.
- Trusted AI governance and TR 99 lessons for executives
- AI transparency, explainability, and healthcare decision support
- AI and human security in emerging technology governance
- Model risk and AI security for business leaders
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.
national-ai
AI Readiness Index
Was one of the architects of AIRI, Singapore's AI readiness framework for organizations.
Contributed standards, reports, and guides
Contributions span AI security, transparency, healthcare decision support, and the human impact of emerging technology.
Contributed technical reference
TR 99:2021 - Artificial intelligence (AI) security
Singapore Standards Council · 2022
Contributed to TR 99:2021 as a Technical Committee member representing AI Singapore and an AI Security Working Group member.
View sourceTechnical partner contribution
AI Transparency & Explainability: A Policy Prototyping Experiment
Open Loop · 2022
Named among AI Singapore’s technical partners for a policy experiment on AI transparency and explainability.
View sourceProject team contribution
Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Healthcare Decisions: A Guide for Society
IPUR / Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk · 2021
Project team contributor to a public guide on using AI to support healthcare decisions.
View sourceContributed article
Unlocking the Impact of AI on Human Security
Commonwealth Security Group / CWSRG · 2021
Contributed the article Unlocking the Impact of AI on Human Security to Emerging Technology Insight 2021.
View sourceRelevant experience
AI Singapore work on readiness and security, with public-sector AI support during secondments to GovTech and the National AI Office.
2024-Present
Manager, AI & Data
Deloitte
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, highlights and sources
- 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
Enterprise AI Deployment · Team Leadership · GenAI · Google Cloud · Data Governance
2021-2022
Associate Director (Strategy and Special Projects)
AI Singapore
Worked on national AI readiness, advisory, and product initiatives that connected enterprise needs with practical AI choices.
Scope, highlights and sources
- 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
AIRI · AI Strategy · Product · Go-to-Market · Enterprise AI
2018-2021
Principal AI Consultant; Assistant Head (AI Standards and Advisory)
AI Singapore
Progressed from applied AI engineering into enterprise AI consulting, AI standards, AI security guidance, and open source AI tools.
Scope, highlights and sources
- 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
AI Governance · AI Standards · AI Security · AI Bricks · Enterprise AI
2019-2020
Data Science and AI Programme Manager; AI policy and standards support
GovTech Singapore and National AI Office
Supported whole-of-government data, analytics, and AI work through secondments while at AI Singapore.
Scope, highlights and sources
- Worked on public-sector AI and analytics programs
- Supported national AI strategy, standards, and governance work
Public Sector · AI Governance · Analytics · National AI
AI and data governance credentials
Professional credentials in AI governance and data management, including AIGP and CDMP.
Sources and background
Original publications and records supporting the work above.
Browse full source records
AI Governance, Standards, And Reports
Source details: TR 99:2021 Artificial intelligence (AI) security Singapore Standards eShop individual contributor
standards page
Supports: TR 99:2021, AI security threats, model security, trusted AI governance, Lim Tern Poh Technical Committee member, AI Singapore representation, AI Security Working Group member, individual contributor
Original
https://www.singaporestandardseshop.sg/Product/SSPdtDetail/553b4562-ef85-4ebb-bfeb-2b35beb1d29c
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.singaporestandardseshop.sg/Product/SSPdtDetail/553b4562-ef85-4ebb-bfeb-2b35beb1d29c
Evidence note
evidence/sources/singapore_standards_tr99.md
Accessed
Source details: Industry 4.0 and AI and Innovation for Engineers Institution of Engineers Singapore
public pdf
Supports: Assistant Head of AI Standards, AI Technical Committee, AI audit framework, minimum viable AI models
Original
https://www.ies.org.sg/Tenant/C0000005/PDF%20File/TC/Infrastructure%20Cluster/280521.pdf
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.ies.org.sg/Tenant/C0000005/PDF%20File/TC/Infrastructure%20Cluster/280521.pdf
Evidence note
evidence/sources/ies_ai_industry_4_pdf.md
Accessed
Source details: AI Transparency & Explainability: A Policy Prototyping Experiment Open Loop contributed report
public pdf
Supports: contributed report, AI Singapore technical partner, AI transparency, AI explainability, policy prototyping
Original
https://openloop.org/reports/2022/07/openloop-asia-pacific-fullreport-2022.pdf.pdf
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://openloop.org/reports/2022/07/openloop-asia-pacific-fullreport-2022.pdf.pdf
Evidence note
evidence/sources/openloop_apac_ai_transparency.md
Accessed
Source details: Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Healthcare Decisions: A Guide for Society IPUR / Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk contributed guide
public pdf
Supports: contributed guide, AI Singapore project team contributor, healthcare AI decision support, public understanding of AI risk
Original
https://ipur.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Using-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Support-Healthcare-Decision-Web.pdf
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://ipur.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Using-Artificial-Intelligence-to-Support-Healthcare-Decision-Web.pdf
Evidence note
evidence/sources/ipur_healthcare_ai_decisions.md
Accessed
Source details: Unlocking the Impact of AI on Human Security Commonwealth Security Group / CWSRG contributed article
report page
Supports: contributed article, Unlocking the Impact of AI on Human Security, pages 22-23, Commonwealth Security Group, emerging technology, AI and human security
Original
https://www.cwsrg.org/emerging-technology-insight-2021
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.cwsrg.org/emerging-technology-insight-2021
Evidence note
evidence/sources/cwsrg_emerging_technology_2021.md
Accessed
Credential Verification
Source details: Tern Poh Lim's Credentials wallet DAMA CDMP Certification / Accredible
credential wallet
Supports: CDMP Certification - Associate, Tern Poh Lim, DAMA CDMP Certification, credential issue date, credential expiry date, credential ID 16451097, verified issuer, Data Management Fundamentals Badge
Original
https://certificates.cdmp.info/profile/eu-ternpohlim330857/wallet
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://certificates.cdmp.info/profile/eu-ternpohlim330857/wallet
Evidence note
evidence/sources/dama_cdmp_wallet_ternpohlim330857.md
Accessed
Source details: Tern Poh Lim - Credential.net wallet Accredible / Credential.net
credential wallet
Supports: Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), Product Manager Certificate, Chartered AI Engineer Level 1, TensorFlow Developer Certificate, AI Certified Engineer Level I, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Certificate of Completion, credential issue dates, credential expiry status, user-uploaded credential status
Original
https://www.credential.net/profile/ternpohlim919580/wallet
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.credential.net/profile/ternpohlim919580/wallet
Evidence note
evidence/sources/credential_net_wallet_ternpohlim919580.md
Accessed
Role and achievement sources
Further references for the roles and contributions on this page.
Education, Awards, And Academic Profile
Source details: Lim Tern Poh - The NUS MBA NUS Business School
institutional profile
Supports: MBA degrees from NUS and Peking University, NUS MComp AI, NUS MBA Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Mandarin Alumni Gold Medal, perfect 5/5 GPA, AI Singapore, Yoozoo, Duke-NUS innovation and reported S$50,000 grant, Outstanding Graduating Student Prize, NUS MBA instruction and panel moderation, NUS MBA Entrepreneurship Club, AI Professionals Association, INSEAD Product Game, NUS VCIC, speaking and mentoring
Original
https://mba.nus.edu.sg/student_stories/lim-tern-poh/
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://mba.nus.edu.sg/student_stories/lim-tern-poh/
Evidence note
evidence/sources/nus_profile.md
Accessed
Career, AI Leadership, And Public Roles
Source details: Tern Poh Lim - Deloitte | LinkedIn LinkedIn SegmentFault / ONES.com PKU MBA practicum dates and team contribution
first person professional profile
Supports: Tern Poh Lim public profile name, TR 99 AI security, ASME Digitalization & AI Action Group, INSEAD Product Game, NUS VCIC, 500 Global mentoring, AI product and ecosystem roles, First-person account of Deloitte APAC AI deployment, 20-person delivery team, cloud operating model and data governance responsibilities, First-person account of Yoozoo Slick.AI product work and 10-person team responsibility, Arthur D. Little MBA internship and Southeast Asian logistics analysis, SegmentFault / ONES.com PKU MBA practicum dates and team contribution, NUS Computing course projects: FaceSpeaks cloud computer-vision prototype and multi-agent trading-system architecture
Original
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ternpohlim/
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ternpohlim/
Evidence note
evidence/sources/linkedin_public_profile.md
Accessed
Source details: GITEX AI Asia Speakers 2025 GITEX Asia
conference speaker page
Supports: Deloitte Manager, AI & Data, AIRI, enterprise AI
Original
https://gitexasia.com/speakers-2025
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://gitexasia.com/speakers-2025
Evidence note
evidence/sources/gitex_asia_2025.md
Accessed
Source details: AI Readiness Index - Where Are You on the AI Journey? AI Singapore
institutional article
Supports: AI Readiness Index, AIRI, Tern Poh from AI Advisory Team, architect of AIRI framework, four pillars, nine dimensions, AI readiness levels
Original
https://aisingapore.org/ai-readiness-index-where-are-you-on-the-ai-journey/
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://aisingapore.org/ai-readiness-index-where-are-you-on-the-ai-journey/
Evidence note
evidence/sources/aisingapore_airi.md
Accessed
Source details: From AI Apprentice to Beyond: My Career Transformation with AI Apprenticeship Program (AIAP) AI Singapore
institutional article
Supports: AI Apprenticeship Programme, AIAP Batch 2, P&G career transition, Senior AI Engineer, Principal AI Consultant, Assistant Head of AI Standards and Advisory, Associate Director Strategy and Special Projects, dual MBA
Original
https://aisingapore.org/from-ai-apprentice-to-beyond-my-career-transformation-with-ai-apprenticeship-program-aiap/
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://aisingapore.org/from-ai-apprentice-to-beyond-my-career-transformation-with-ai-apprenticeship-program-aiap/
Evidence note
evidence/sources/aisingapore_aiap_career_transformation.md
Accessed
Source details: FOSSASIA Summit 2020 FOSSASIA
conference archive
Supports: AI Singapore, GovTech, National AI Office, Bunge, Procter & Gamble, AI Bricks, FOSSASIA 2020 talk, AI Singapore representation, Advanced Diploma in Biomedical Sciences from Republic Polytechnic
Original
https://2020.fossasia.org/event/tracks.html
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://2020.fossasia.org/event/tracks.html
Evidence note
evidence/sources/fossasia_2020.md
Accessed
Source details: Open Source Solutions at FOSSASIA Summit 2020 AI Singapore
institutional article
Supports: AI Singapore, Principal AI Consultant, Tern Poh, AI Bricks, open source AI, FOSSASIA 2020 talk, AI Singapore representation
Original
https://aisingapore.org/open-source-solutions-at-fossasia-summit-2020/
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://aisingapore.org/open-source-solutions-at-fossasia-summit-2020/
Evidence note
evidence/sources/aisingapore_fossasia_2020.md
Accessed
Source details: Supporting Our Healthcare Workers and Kidney Disease Patients AI Singapore
institutional article
Supports: AI Singapore and RenalTeam project, Lim Tern Poh, AIAP apprentice, Senior AI Engineer, problem scoping, data exploration, feature selection, one-week prediction window, seven-month delivery, performance comparable with the medical team
Original
https://aisingapore.org/supporting-our-healthcare-workers-and-kidney-disease-patients/
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://aisingapore.org/supporting-our-healthcare-workers-and-kidney-disease-patients/
Evidence note
evidence/sources/aisingapore_renalteam_2019.md
Accessed
Source details: 协助达到精进技能目标 明年推出人工智能工程师技术认证 Lianhe Zaobao
media article
Supports: Chinese name 林腾宝, AI Singapore, AI Apprenticeship Programme, Senior AI Engineer, career transition from trading and finance to AI, AI engineer certification context
Original
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/sme/news/story20191030-1001019
Archive
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/sme/news/story20191030-1001019
Evidence note
evidence/sources/zaobao_ai_engineer_certification_2019.md
Accessed
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