Bernard Ong Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore

• Responsible for consulting and services business of healthcare solutions• Successfully implemented remote patient monitoring project in Australia that captured patient’s vital signs and transmitted to portal for viewing and analysis by healthcare providers and next of kin.• Spoke in a webinar consisting 500 students in an internship and recruitment drive on the topic of “How innovation improves patient care”• Increased working efficiency and effectiveness between onshore… Show more • Responsible for consulting and services business of healthcare solutions• Successfully implemented remote patient monitoring project in Australia that captured patient’s vital signs and transmitted to portal for viewing and analysis by healthcare providers and next of kin.• Spoke in a webinar consisting 500 students in an internship and recruitment drive on the topic of “How innovation improves patient care”• Increased working efficiency and effectiveness between onshore (Singapore) and offshore (India) teams by structuring communication and deliverables with accountability in a matrix organization• Managing several hospital information systems implementation, while growing potential business through new business acquisition and change requests. Show less

• Independent IT consultant: ongoing consultant with eVantage Technology Pte Ltd• Program Management, Project Management and Large Bid Management services• Strategic IT consulting: sales strategy and business mix for profitability, business strategy (short and medium term) for stability and growth, business turnaround strategy• Advisory/guidance in project management to avoid detrimental lapses in projects, and turnaround of projects• Conducts "Personal Effectiveness… Show more • Independent IT consultant: ongoing consultant with eVantage Technology Pte Ltd• Program Management, Project Management and Large Bid Management services• Strategic IT consulting: sales strategy and business mix for profitability, business strategy (short and medium term) for stability and growth, business turnaround strategy• Advisory/guidance in project management to avoid detrimental lapses in projects, and turnaround of projects• Conducts "Personal Effectiveness through Mindfulness" training to increase individual and group performance and reduce stress Show less

• Responsible for all business functions and P&L of 10 companies, focusing on cloud solutions, software, systems integration, professional services, data and voice, unified communications and IT infrastructure. • Achieved increased revenue within 1 year and turned around company from losses into profitability within 1 year. • Built and strengthened relationships with key suppliers and partners. • Created innovative strategies and executed plans to change mix of business to achieve… Show more • Responsible for all business functions and P&L of 10 companies, focusing on cloud solutions, software, systems integration, professional services, data and voice, unified communications and IT infrastructure. • Achieved increased revenue within 1 year and turned around company from losses into profitability within 1 year. • Built and strengthened relationships with key suppliers and partners. • Created innovative strategies and executed plans to change mix of business to achieve profitability and growth. Show less

Responsible for P&L, professional services metrics and led a team of up to 150 staff across 9 locations in Asia Pacific.• Overachieved a challenging revenue target in the first full quarter after joining Avaya by improving inspection and review processes. Achieved financial growth through deal and project inspection, resulted in growth of backlog by 10% for the first quarter and fewer project escalations resulted in earlier revenue recognition.• Successfully negotiated closure of a… Show more Responsible for P&L, professional services metrics and led a team of up to 150 staff across 9 locations in Asia Pacific.• Overachieved a challenging revenue target in the first full quarter after joining Avaya by improving inspection and review processes. Achieved financial growth through deal and project inspection, resulted in growth of backlog by 10% for the first quarter and fewer project escalations resulted in earlier revenue recognition.• Successfully negotiated closure of a long outstanding maintenance issue, resulted in extension of maintenance contract• Streamlined processes that resulted in 4 hours savings in operational work per week.• Guided and advised project teams, which resulted in a successful turnaround of troubled projects. Projects were successfully deployed for very large contact centres with leading telecommunication companies and banks in ASEAN. Show less

Led P&L (orders, revenue, cost, gross margin), professional services metrics and a team of 144 staff, focused on Financial services, Retail and Travel industry solutions. • Successfully achieved financial (P&L) and non-financial targets.• Provided strategic direction, review and successful development and deployment of Thailand’s national mission critical cheque truncation system nationwide involving 16 banks going live simultaneously.• Led the successful development and… Show more Led P&L (orders, revenue, cost, gross margin), professional services metrics and a team of 144 staff, focused on Financial services, Retail and Travel industry solutions. • Successfully achieved financial (P&L) and non-financial targets.• Provided strategic direction, review and successful development and deployment of Thailand’s national mission critical cheque truncation system nationwide involving 16 banks going live simultaneously.• Led the successful development and deployment of India’s national mission critical cheque truncation system nationwide. Show less

Director, Software Professional Services, Asia Pacific (2007-2009)Evangelist for Sun’s software products and expertise. Spoke to press, analysts and at conferences about Sun’s software direction on topics ranging from the myth of web services to the role of services-oriented architectures and its benefits to organizations.Partner Director, Software Practice, Asia South (2006-2007)Engaged over 10 business partners consisting of System Integrators and Software resellers to sell… Show more Director, Software Professional Services, Asia Pacific (2007-2009)Evangelist for Sun’s software products and expertise. Spoke to press, analysts and at conferences about Sun’s software direction on topics ranging from the myth of web services to the role of services-oriented architectures and its benefits to organizations.Partner Director, Software Practice, Asia South (2006-2007)Engaged over 10 business partners consisting of System Integrators and Software resellers to sell Sun’s software stack, worth US$2m annually. Practice Director, Software Practice, Asia South (2001-2006)Led the software practice – revenues, technical and sales management, and resource utilization in South East Asia and India. Turned around the Java Centre consulting practice business, from revenue base of zero to US$100k in 4 months. Introduced Java Centre of Excellence service to customers in Asia South that led to further hardware and software sales. Successfully negotiated with Korean customer to stop a project due to many non-technical issues, thus minimizing further legal and business risks. Show less

Intiqua was a local start-up professional services company, focusing on custom software development solutions. Successfully turned around ailing software projects successfully, services contracts worth over S$700,000 per project.

Organic was a global Internet Professional Services start-up company that built online businesses. Led a team of 10, focused on creating mobile apps using Palm technology that was explored by a global softdrink company for their delivery order information capture.

Advised use of Internet technologies to create a flexible process for Retail and Logistics customers’ current technological infrastructure.

Project managed the first successful Internet Banking solution in Singapore. Assumed additional roles of security consultant and solutions architect for the Internet bank project. Implemented HTTP proxy needed for use with a public key infrastructure (PKI) solution. Technical consultant in a second Internet Banking project in Singapore.Technical consultant in the first Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) project in Singapore. Designed and implemented a highly flexible model for… Show more Project managed the first successful Internet Banking solution in Singapore. Assumed additional roles of security consultant and solutions architect for the Internet bank project. Implemented HTTP proxy needed for use with a public key infrastructure (PKI) solution. Technical consultant in a second Internet Banking project in Singapore.Technical consultant in the first Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) project in Singapore. Designed and implemented a highly flexible model for integrating merchant stores with SET to enable secure payment with credit cards over the Internet. Developed and implemented a near real-time port monitoring system for Port of Singapore Authority. Created workshops on how to build viable Internet Commerce Payment Systems, organized by the Asian Business Forum. Show less

Masters Degree In Computer Studies (Artifical Intelligence), Artificial Intelligence

Education record

Education record