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Tech Able (20 Lengkok Bahru Singapore 159053)

• Provide technology foresight and consultancy on assistive technology and accessibility• Improve persons with disabilities' and their caregivers' access to knowledge on assistive technology and accessibility• Drive adoption of assistive technology and accessibility amongst end users, multipliers such as therapists and allied educators, and inclusive employers etc.• Establish alliances with local partners e.g. IHLs, research institutes, corporate innovation offices, SMEs, startups, social innovation organisations to drive innovation in assistive technology and accessibility• Mentor innovators in the development of assistive technology and accessibility solutions• Make assistive technology accessible and affordable for all, and make accessibility a key design consideration in Singapore.

Conducting market research on emerging infocomm technologies• Filter through extensive data sources and identify trends with potential impact on the infocomm industry• Analyse findings and present insights to the senior management team within IDA and other agencies• Establish contacts with both local and global industry players to gain insights on products and servicesSupported formulation of national level report on ICT R&D (December 2012 – January 2014)• Tracked related development in local/global technology scene• Researched on start-up ecosystems and innovation systems, and identified learning points for Singapore• Interviewed domain experts and solicit insightsLed research efforts on Social Media under the Infocomm Technology Roadmap (ITR) (August 2011 – December 2012)• Tracked developments in the domain• Analysed and provided insights on potential opportunities and implications to internal and external stakeholders• Engaged practitioners and established contacts within the local social media scene• Published roadmap on social media and presented findings at ITR Symposium

Strategising approach for transformation of organisations within the people sector• Engaging organisations to understand landscape and infocomm needs of the social services, grassroots and labour unions segments• Deriving solutions to meet needs of organisations• Securing partnerships with sector champions to drive the transformationImplementing strategy for transformational use of infocomm technologies• Engaging strategic partners to drive projects• Organising infocomm industry exchanges for information sharing and networking Formulating roadmap for Social Media theme under the Infocomm Technology Roadmap• Identifying key focus areas• Leading discussion in roundtable sessions• Engaging industry players in discussionsProviding consultancy for transformational projects• Assisted in conceptualisation and evaluation of Web 2.0 portal

Technology scanning• Surveying the infocomm landscape to stay up to date on emerging infocomm technologies • Identifying trends in infocomm technologies through analysis of data points• Technology sharing of identified trends with external agenciesAnalysis and evaluation• Formulation of evaluation reports Preliminary – quick assessment of emerging infocomm technologies Intermediate – in-depth analysis of technologies with recommendations for potential implementation• Editing and publishing of weekly e-bulletin on near term technology trends• Ad hoc analysis of disruptive events in infocomm arenaTechnology trend update to pre-Cabinet• Assisted in research and presentation

Storage Security Project (July 2006 – August 2007)• Part of the team in the R&D of a new key management system for tiered network storage.- Assisted in the project management and implementation of key management system- Involved in the conceptualization and design of principal component of key management system- Researched and evaluated on the present key management technologies• Part of the team in the R&D of a new network storage based intrusion detection and prevention system using honeynet technologies- Assisted in the project management and implementation of the project- Involved in network bridging and network traffic analysis- Responsible for modelling data for data mining- Integrated intrusion detection applications with backend database support for logging- Assisted in the GUI implementation of management console- Completed a working prototype of the storage based intrusion detection and prevention system.RAID Simulator Project (Dec 2005 – July 2006)• Collaboration with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Forward Integration Lab (HGST FIL)• Part of a team to develop a discrete event simulation for a RAID system in C++ using OMNEST • Responsible for developing the disk interface and integrating the disk module• Completed a working prototype of the RAID simulator

1St Class Honours In B.Eng (Computer Engineering), Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: NTU Symphonic BandChairman and Student Conductor, NTUSB

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