Global lead for AI solutions. Leading business value realisation and innovation through AI solutions for the Product Engineering Operations organisation.Portfolio lead for System level test solutions for strategic silicon products.

Product Manager and Product Management lead for the Game console business.Lead a Product Development team of 22 Product, Test Engineers, program mgmt and Sr Managers to deliver product engineering solutions for gaming products

Lead a team of 25 engineers to deliver ATE/SLT solutions for AMD semi-custom business unit products

Lead a team of 15 Engineers to deliver SLT solutions for AMDSLT Architect- Define AMD System Level Test strategies for optimal coverage, quality, yield & cost for gaming, data centre, client gpu, cpu, APU, SOC products- Determine strategic initiatives for the SLT domain improvements and standardisation across AMD- Determine SLT equipment and software strategiesAchievements:- Delivered system level test (SLT) solutions for the next generation Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 Game console APU for volume production- Developed a new SLT One language global content tracking system for optimising test coverage and cost across AMD

Roles & ResponsibilitiesManager, product development, semi-custom business unit- Lead & manage a team of 11 Product Development Engineers delivering System Level Test (SLT) solutions for Gaming products- Manage team operations, administration, performance, career development & coaching, human resource planning.- Manage organizational change, issue resolution, dispute resolution, process improvement. - Oversee SLT Program management leads for SLT deliverables from planning to design, development, implementation and handover to sustaining.SLT Architect and domain lead- Define System Level Test strategies for optimal coverage, quality, yield & cost for gaming, data centre, client gpu, cpu, APU, SOC products- Determine strategic initiatives for the SLT domain improvements and standardisation across AMD- Determine SLT equipment and software strategies- Review and support Product SLT plans- Consultant to Product Managers and Directors during pre-silicon planning.Achievements - Established a new Diagnostics development team of 9 engineers and 1 Manager at AMD Singapore responsible for developing and delivering system Diags for AMD graphics visualisation and compute products used for validation and production (2019/2020)- Established a joint NTU/AMD data science and AI lab at Nanyang technological University equipped with 1 Petaflop GPU compute cluster comprising AMD Rome and MI50 accelerators.

Managed a team of 24 Product Development Engineers delivering end-to-end system level test solutions for AMD Client and Gaming products.Past Accomplishments- Delivered SLT solutions for PS4, PS4 Pro and XboxOneX gaming products- Delivered SLT solutions for Bristol Ridge and Stoney Ridge SOCs at 30% reduced test costs (2016)-Successfully delivered the first System level test (SLT) solutions on the new SLT Client software infrastructure and reference platform SLT systems for the Carrizo-Lite & Carrizo SOC programs. (2015)- Successfully delivered SLT solutions for the Mullins and Beema SOC programs significantly driving down test times by 20-30 percent while maintaining outgoing quality through strategic test time reduction initiatives (2014)

Team lead, Product development system level test development lead for Mobile, Server, Desktop products

- Technical lead for a team of 9 developers supporting System Level Test (SLT) Server, desktop & mobile Platform firmware delivering 28 solutions- Firmware project management: Requirements Definition, Stakeholder management, Planning & scheduling, Bug & feature tracking. Ensured releases implement features per requirements and schedule.- Drove quality improvement through collaboration with QA & internal customers. - Stepped up as Firmware architect - led firmware architectural improvements across SLT platforms.- Firmware design, development, implementation, testing & debug for x86-architecture platforms using Assembly & C programming languages.- Supported product development teams on debugging & resolving production issues.Past rolesMar 2009 – Jun 2010 (software tester & lead developer)- AMD software verification team member - AGESA memory module test design - Source-level white box code verification & testing for AMD memory initialization reference code using Perl scripting, C, C++, code review and automation. - Software development & project lead for Enterprise SLT platforms.

Tech lead in training, Server, desktop, mobile bios owner for multiple AMD platforms and products. Learnt more through more hard knocks, working with global teams and under pressure

Trained bios engineer, after taking on more than 3 bring-up assignments in Austin Texas. Loved the work, challenge, people and bbq!

Bios engineer in training. Learnt the trade through the school of hard knocks and a supportive team lead, manager and coach

- Hardware and firmware design of an ARM 7 microcontroller based embedded system board- Windows and Linux development environment- Schematic and PCB design using Protel- Wide use of surface mount technology. (soldered a 244-pin ARM7 processor onto the PCB using a soldering iron)- 802.3 ethernet interface for TFTP boot.- Infra-red and serial communication capabilities- On board flash memory- Ported eCOS embedded Linux real-time operating system (RTOS) onto the board

Internship as an IT Analyst- Developed a file sharing application making use of an Oracle Database as storage.- Enhanced the HR management system for regional usage- Developed and enhanced the ASP/SQL based HR management system.- Provided on-site IT support.- Received the "Excellent Support Award" at the end of the Internship

- Investigated the feasibility of implementing a web-browser based corporate data retrieval interface.- Investigated security and efficiency aspects of a web-browser based corporate data retrieval interface