AmCham Singapore is the largest and most active international business association in Singapore and Southeast Asia with over 6,000 members representing more than 650 diverse companies from all sectors and industries.Become a member of the AmCham business community: https://amchamsg.glueup.com/organization/1244/memberships/

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Advisory Board was established in 1981 to provide a dialogue between external audiences and the School's Dean and faculty. The activities and interests of the Board include all areas of the School's work.The mission of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Advisory Board is fourfold:- To bring diverse insights and expertise to bear on issues critical to the success of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health;- To increase the School’s resources and base of support;- To serve as an advocacy arm for the School, apprising the private and public sectors of the School’s educational, research, service and consultative capacities; and- To present the School’s interests and concerns to the University’s Board of Trustees.

Chair, Fundraising Committee

MNC Committee, 2021

Created the Asia Pacific (APAC) Medtronic Innovation Platform (MDT.IP) with launch projects that include the APAC Medtronic Innovation Center Network, Eureka Physician Ideas Portal, and Employee Ideas Incubator.Lead the Medtronic Innovation Centers in Japan and Korea that train and educate thousands of physicians and employees from around the world each year in addition to partnering with government and local stakeholders in creating training and education technology.Represent Medtronic at external events as speaker and panelist -- presenting a unified voice to communicate the company’s medical and scientific value proposition in a balanced and evidence-based manner. Events include Raffles Dialogue, Asian Development Bank, APAC MedTech Forum, Singapore Cardiac Society, Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists Forum Asia, Medical Technology Association of Australia, Prince Mahidol Award Conference, American Chamber of Commerce Singapore, among othersOversee the APAC Office of Medical Affairs, encompassing KOL engagement, clinical affairs, and medical information disseminationDrive training and education for health care professionals across all businesses; executive sponsor of the APAC Training & Education CouncilCoordinate non-clinical sales force soft skills training across the Asia Pacific regionLead Medtronic's value-based healthcare (VBHC) strategy in the region, including health policy and reimbursement; APAC representative on the Medtronic Global VBHC Council

Responsible for Medtronic internal and external communications across Asia Pacific (APAC excluding China) -- Korea, Japan, India, Australia & New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Member of the Global Communications Leadership team as well as the the first Medtronic Asia Pacific Leadership Team formed following the acquisition of Covidien. Chair of the Medtronic APAC Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) Council and member of the Global VBHC Council.Rolled out new global brand and branding guidelines across APAC following the acquisition of Covidien. Led the migration of legacy content and creation of new content from Oracle to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).Restructured the regional Communications function. Recruited leaders for each sub-region and built teams capable of delivering on internal and external communications with emphasis on change management during the Medtronic-Covidien integration and external thought leadership on VBHC.Communications Partner to President, APAC -- supporting him on internal and external messaging, speaking and media engagements, change management, crisis management, and strategic planning.Developed strategies and execution plans to engage internal and external stakeholders in meaningful, actionable relationships and conversations that enhance and grow Medtronic’s reputation and business results in the region. Partnered with the Global and Asia Pacific Communications Teams to ensure consistent branding and communications, manage issues and crises, provide consistent and compelling employee communication and lead the conversion to a strong digital and social media enterprise.

To bring the APACMed Mission to life focusing on Access, Innovation and CollaborationThe Communications Committee works with the APACMed Secretariat to:- Develop the Communications strategy- Ensure consistency of positioning and messaging across all content and promotional materials- Raise the profile and reputation of APACMed - Educate target audiences about the value the medtech industry brings to healthcare and how medtech improves patient outcomes

Ogilvy CommonHealth Asia Pacific—the health behavior experts of Ogilvy & Mather (www.ogilvy.com)—committed to creativity and effectiveness in healthcare communications, everywhere. With 60 offices across 33 countries, Ogilvy CommonHealth provides marketing services including brand identity and development, scientific communications and publications services, digital/interactive services, direct-to-consumer, direct-to-patient, global integration, market research and analytics, medical advertising and promotion, medical education, public affairs and relations, relationship marketing, and strategic consulting.

Integrated agency training for up-and-coming leaders.

~ Develop digital healthcare and health promotion strategies.~ Execute core medical education, promotional, and public relations programs and tactics. ~ Contribute to publication strategies, professional development and accredited educational programs for physicians. ~ Identify client business needs and opportunities.

Soho Square is a specialist marketing services company that is part of the WPP global group of marketing communications agencies. Developed the following for Danone Infant Nutrition and PayPal Southeast Asia:~ Social media strategy~ Corporate blogging and other social network content ~ Internal corporate communications~ SMS marketing~ Direct mailers, online and offline~ Photo gallery/sharing~ CopywritingAlso experienced in event planning, client servicing, and presentations.

HUGO is an international organization that is at the forefront of genomic sciences, medicine, and social policy. I was the editor of HUGO Matters, the official HUGO blog (http://www.hugo-international.org/blog/), and also managed HUGO on Facebook (http://facebook.com/humangenomeorg) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/humangenomeorg).

Keeping an eye on the genome revolution.

Web content, business development

Managed over 20 blogs and bloggers provided writing guidance and technical support. Hired and trained new bloggers. Acted as liaison between bloggers and management. Promoted blogs and channels. Developed channel branding, reach, and advertising strategy.

Managed over 15 blogs and bloggers providing writing guidance and technical support. Hired and trained new bloggers. Acted as liaison between bloggers and management. Promoted blogs and channels. Developed channel branding, reach, and advertising strategy.

Data analysis on study of the familial aggregation of benign prostate hyperplasia. Pearson JD, Lei HH, Beaty TH, Wiley KE, Isaacs SD, Isaacs WB, Stoner E, Walsh PC. Familial aggregation of bothersome benign prostatic hyperplasia symptoms. Urology. 2003 Apr;61(4):781-5.

Wu YM, Sifri CD, Lei HH, Su XZ, Wellems TE. Transfection of Plasmodium falciparum within human red blood cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92:973-977, 1995.