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Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, My

Managed Soft Space from inception to its current stage, driving company growth and playing a key role in creating various product suites. My responsibilities include product expansion and development, corporate development, capital raising, and strategic alliances.Capital Raised:Seed and grant from the Malaysian government to expand the core Soft Space platform in 2013.Series A: Secured USD 5 million.Series B: Secured USD 31.5 million.

Fasspay is a subsidiary of Soft Space. Manages and grows a licensed issuing and merchant acquiring business in Malaysia.

Angel invested in DeliverEat. Guided Penang's leading online food delivery company during its infancy in terms of business growth and seed funding. Successfully exited the investment when DeliverEat was acquired by AirAsia’s Teleport for USD 9.8 million.

Cradle Fund specialized in incubating and funding technology startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. Notable companies Cradle assisted during my tenure included CarList (listed on the ASX as iCarAsia), MyTeksi (renamed to Grab), iMoney, and PiktoChart.My responsibilities included:Growth Advisory: Assisted startups in growing their businesses by matching them with the right industrial partners and formulating strategies to accelerate their growth. Contributed to Cradle Fund’s commercialization rate of over 50%—one of the highest in the industry.Ecosystem Building: Lobbied for policies that benefit startups, such as the approval of the Angel Investment Tax Incentive by the Prime Minister in 2012, and partnered with other government agencies to develop relevant programs for startups.Strategy Development: Formulated strategies for Cradle to position itself in the ecosystem as the funder of early-stage innovations.Investor Relations: Matched startups with relevant investors to fund their next stage of growth and formed strong relationships with both angel investors and venture capital firms.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Focused on digital marketing, tech consulting, and pre-sales to boost Microsoft technology adoption among Malaysian developers. Managed Malaysia's largest .NET community, enhancing technology engagement and user base growth.

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Managed and deployed sub-USD 100k projects for ExxonMobil Upstream's global application team. Oversaw project lifecycles, ensured on-budget and timely delivery, aligning with strategic objectives. Demonstrated effective project management in a global context.

Business owner of a brick and mortar business that I started and exited in 2007.

I am a key member of the Global Migration Project (GOUP) that involves migrating 50,000 legacy applications to the new windows XP platform. I work in a cross cultural team that involves team members from Houston, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.

Responsible for developing and customizing Human Resource Management System (HRMS) primary targeting manufacturing companies such as NEC. I have experience in leading the development of small IT applications. The domain knowledge I acquire are on Medical, Leave and Payroll modules of the HRMS.

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Bachelor Of Engineering, Electronics And Computing