Innovation and mentoring
A source-backed view of Tern Poh's AI adoption, venture-building, and startup mentoring work across AI Singapore, NUS GRIP, Duke-NUS, Google for Startups, 500 Global, and Antler.
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AI Singapore and enterprise adoption work that connects strategy, readiness, standards, and practical deployment.
2018-2022
Associate Director (Strategy and Special Projects) and Principal AI Consultant
Led AI adoption and product work linked to AI readiness, enterprise demand, AI standards, AI security, and applied AI delivery.
2019
Senior AI Engineer
Worked with teammates to scope the problem, explore the data, select features, and train a model with a one-week prediction window. After seven months, its performance was comparable with the RenalTeam medical team.
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Mentoring and venture ecosystem roles focused on AI-first founders, product direction, and go-to-market choices.
Past-Present
Startup Mentor
Startup mentor for AI-first founders through Google for Startups and 500 Global programs, advising on AI strategy, product direction, and go-to-market adoption.
NUS GRIP, Duke-NUS, and Antler work that shows applied innovation without overstating clinical or funding status.
2024
Founder-in-Residence
Joined Antler Singapore's startup incubator while completing the NUS-PKU MBA and worked on early-stage AI startup ideas and business validation.
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2023
Business Fellow, Health Innovator Programme
Worked in a multidisciplinary Duke-NUS team and co-developed a cervical cancer screening innovation with clinicians. The project led to a Singapore patent application filed in March 2024, and NUS reports that it secured S$50,000 in innovation grant funding.
2020
COO
Served as COO for Wise/WiSeCue in NUS GRIP. The venture worked on a wireless sensing platform for implant monitoring.