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Singapore

London, England, GB

• Technical Manager – Central Capabilities, overseeing technical and people management of multiple technical services in Hardware and Software Embedded Design, Mechanical Engineering, Electrochemistry, PMO, Quality.
• Cultivate and led multiple collaborative projects on technology development with industry partners, research collaboration agreements, service level agreements with IHLs, SOWs, business case evaluations, ROIs and IP.
• Provide leadership as export control point of contact, working closely with legal on agreements and technology transfers between sites and entities.
• Responsible lead for CSO (contractor supervisor officer), HSE and Mental Health Champion in the department.Achievements
• Employed cross functional Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, Sprints with tools like Jira, Confluence, Polarion to improve project communication, efficiency and outcomes.
• Managed project team to building MVP systems to gather feedback, surface issues and mitigate early. This helped to de-risk and accelerate development by up to 30%.

London, England, GB

• Technical Program Manager managing cross functional teams in project management and engineering development of complex systems for aerospace, defense, land applications.Responsibilities
• Technical Program Manager for multiple R&D and complex system projects (Energy Storage Systems, Electrical Propulsion Systems, BESS, embedded system controllers).Achievements
• Led PMO team to implemented project execution methodologies on scope, cost, budget, CAPEX, OPEX, resources, schedule, milestones, KPIs, risks and regular reporting to stakeholders for all projects. This led to.
• Directed a high-performing engineering team in a $80 mil complex aerospace electrification project. Delivered aerospace certification (DO-178, DO-254) compliant energy storage and electrical propulsion systems on time.
• Successfully led team to bid for and delivered containerised battery storage systems (BESS) which were installed into customer’s petrol stations for EV charging. The system also contains a novel panel deflagration.
• Managed a cross functional and global task force to successfully deliver an RFP package to MNC aerospace customer within three months, eventually achieving orders for demonstrator platforms.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Project management, development and delivery of industrial automation systems.Achievements
• Successfully led the launch to market NPI projects: o $20 mil project to develop and launch multiple industrial PLCs and IOs systems with TUV Function Safety SIL3/PLe certification (IEC 61508) o Intrinsically Safe PLCs.
• Led widespread adoption of Lean Six sigma engineering methodologies (SWOT, risk assessments, FMEAs, root cause analysis and mitigations, capability analysis) to design out and resolve complex technical issues on.

Milwaukee, WI, US

Engineering and program manager for Industrial Drives business.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• PMP and Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Project Manager leading cross functional global teams and deep experience in launching multiple successful Industrial NPI systems.Responsibilities
• Project management, development and delivery of industrial drives systems.Achievements
• Led project and ODM team to successfully launch (staggered) three major projects for the Industrial Drives business on time, within 95% of budget and timeline.
• Won company-wide Team of the Year (2013) award for successful launch of the Power Flex 520 VFD drives systems. This innovative product range also went on to win the Asian Manufacturing Awards’ Best Technology.
• Successfully attained PMP certification (1966308) in 2011

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Responsibilities
• Technical lead, development and delivery of industrial drives systems.Achievements
• Successfully led the launch to market NPI projects: o $36 mil project to develop and launch Power Flex 520 family of VFD drives systems.
• Led task force to improve controller hardware and software user interface which achieved $1 mil in cost savings (materials, manufacturing and software simplification) for 1st year of launch.
• Led Six Sigma Black Belt task force to successfully improve design, quality and manufacturability of control to power systems and interface, achieving zero defects.
• Established and commissioned dynamometer laboratory enabling drive, motor and system integration testing across business units.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Technical leadership in end-to-end design and manufacturing of disruptive electrical systems for Automotive and EVs.Responsibilities
• Team Project Leader in cross functional global team developing Mild Hybrid and Micro Hybrid automotive power electronic systems.
• Product testing, certification and type approval.
• Field technical support with customers during RFP and development stages.Achievements
• As technical lead, successfully delivered to OEM customer power electronics systems utilising IGBTs, Power MOSFETs, Embedded hardware and software controller systems.
• Successfully completed and delivered energy storage battery systems for Hybrid Electric vehicle applications.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Product development in fast paced consumer electronics industry.Achievements
• Joined Philips in high potential management program - Training of Industrial and Development Engineers (TIDE) Program.
• Successfully launched multiple mass production consumer electronic products into market.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Science - Msc, Management Of Technology