Benedict Lee Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore, Singapore

Singapore, Singapore

Dual appointments in Strategy, and Manufacturing, Trade & Connectivity Directorates

Prague, Czechia

• Optimized Doosan Bobcat's sales portfolio using a mixed-integer optimization algorithm, resulting in an approximate 67% reduction in manufacturing and sales complexity
• Created a customizable framework in Julia to take into account future business constraints, inputs from product managers, and new data
• Presented findings to Executive VP (Head of Corporate Digital Strategy) and data scientists at Doosan, and supply chain team at Bobcat

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Facilitated customer negotiation by analyzing customer order patterns using descriptive analytics and data visualization
• Improved labor scheduling by predicting case-picking volume using a SARIMAX time-series model, reducing mean-squared error by about 70%
• Provided a framework for the roll-out of automation at warehouses using a custom mixed-integer optimization algorithm, leading to potential cost savings of $11M

London, England, United Kingdom

• Conducted research into multi-national companies operating in the Baltic Sea region and assessed their commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals
• Mapped financial flows for key pharmaceutical companies by analysing stakeholder reports

Singapore

• Analysed long-term demographic and fiscal trends in 9 economies/jurisdictions to derive key recommendations for Singapore’s fiscal policy
• Conducted research into key fiscal challenges, public communication tools, and stakeholder reception to improve government-citizenry communications
• Represented MOF as part of the Singapore delegation in a bilateral meeting with the Australian Intergenerational Report Taskforce
• Presented findings to Dir(FP), DD(FP) and Head(Fiscal Planning) - paper was subsequently adapted to an Occasional Paper published by MOF and the Straits Times

Singapore

• Developed a text classifier for custom NER using the flair library and tuned parameters such as embedding type and learning rate to optimize f1-scores
• Presented findings to Director, DSAI

Singapore

• Used self-taught R programming skills to run linear regression models to analyse the economic and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic in Singapore, and generate summary statistics
• Presented findings to the Economics Division (MTI), NEA, and Director, RFPD

Singapore

• Assisted a research fellow in his work involving the synthesis of copper-diffusion barriers at the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM)
• Completed a self-initiated lab report on the electrical characterization of diffusion barriers

Singapore

• Assisted in implementing the Research, Innovation and Entreprise 2020 (RIE 2020) plan to increase Singapore’s scientific capabilities
• Assisted in organizing the NRF Scientific Advisory Board meeting and inaugural RIE Industry Day for Temasek Holdings

Singapore

• Armourer, 160 SQN, ADOC, RSAF
• Was responsible for the maintenance, servicing and daily safeguarding of a large inventory of weapons
• Obtained an ES logistics license to manage the indent and return of weapon spares
• Implemented a barcode tracking system for the weapons to increase security and accuracy of stock-takes

Mban, Business Analytics, 5.0/5.0

Fall: - Analytics Edge - Analytics Lab - Analytics to Action - Machine Learning under a Modern Optimization Lens - Optimization Methods.

Cross-Registered Student, Harvard Kennedy School

Summer School: - Role of Government in the Economy; Taxation; Social Insurance & Redistribution Spring: - Public Finance in International.

Beng, Materials Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: Data Science Society (Advanced Team); Consultancy Society; Imperial Consulting Group; Bridge; Singapore Society•.

Pre-University

Activities and Societies: Chess, Bridge and Othello Club (Vice-President & Treasurer), French Language and Culture Club (President &.