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AI leadership across strategy and delivery

Principal Product Director, Enterprise AI Platforms and Products at NCS since October 2026.

My work spans AI product direction at Yoozoo, regional AI and data delivery at Deloitte, and AI readiness and security contributions at AI Singapore.

Current focus

Joined NCS in October 2026 to work on Sunshine.core, its enterprise AI platform for building and operating AI agents. The platform combines reusable components with a shared control plane for governance and monitoring. The role covers product roadmaps, demand prioritisation, packaging and positioning, and adoption.

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Career arc

From biomedical sciences to enterprise AI

My work draws on studies in biomedical sciences, business and computing, and experience in markets, engineering and product management. These perspectives inform how I connect business priorities, technical delivery and governance.

  1. Biomedical foundations

    Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Biomedical Sciences at Republic Polytechnic.

  2. Business and markets

    Finance and international trading at SMU, followed by trading at Bunge and APAC procurement at P&G.

  3. Applied AI and products

    AI engineering and readiness at AI Singapore, an NUS Master of Computing in AI, and product work at Yoozoo.

  4. Enterprise AI and governance

    MBA degrees from NUS and Peking University, regional consulting projects, and AI delivery and data governance at Deloitte. Principal Product Director, Enterprise AI Platforms and Products at NCS since October 2026.

Innovation and mentoring

Selected contributions

Delivery and product contributions

Enterprise AI delivery

Enterprise AI work at Deloitte

Role period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2026

Help client teams adopt Claude and connect it to enterprise workflows and AI-enabled products.

Responsibility: Led four deployment strategists and worked onsite with client teams.

Approach and work covered
Approach
Advised on agent product design and harness engineering for operations-planning use cases.
Work covered
Supported Claude rollout and API implementation, and helped develop agentic workflows and AI-enabled products.

Separate data-delivery work included leading a 20-person regional team on an Oracle-to-Google Cloud reporting migration.

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AI product leadership

Slick.AI product leadership at Yoozoo

Role period: Mar 2022 – Nov 2022

Connect machine-learning capabilities with the needs of game studios and external developers.

Responsibility: Led a cross-functional team of 10 and set the product roadmap.

Approach and work covered
Approach
Introduced no-code interfaces for non-technical users and developed the go-to-market approach.
Work covered
Product-roadmap, user-experience and go-to-market work for internal game studios and external developers.
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Achievements and contributions

AI governance contribution

TR 99:2021 AI security

Served on Singapore’s AI Technical Committee (AITC) from 2020 to 2021, representing AI Singapore. Also contributed to TR 99:2021 as a member of the AI Security Working Group.

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More achievements and contributions

AI Transformation and Innovation

Highlights across AI readiness, product and venture work, cross-border strategy, and startup mentoring.

innovation

Patent Application and S$50,000 MedTech Grant

Co-developed a cervical cancer screening innovation. The project led to a Singapore patent application and, according to NUS, S$50,000 in grant funding.

NUS Business School

Governance and Public Contribution

Contributions to AI standards, industry service, public speaking, and media commentary.

ecosystem

AI Professionals Association Executive Committee

Served on the executive committee of the AI Professionals Association in Singapore.

NUS Business School

ecosystem

ASME Digitalization & AI Action Group

Supported SME digitalization and AI discussions through ASME's Digitalization & AI Action Group.

LinkedInLianhe Zaobao

Education and Awards

Academic results, scholarships, and competition awards.

academic

NUS MBA Valedictorian

Named Valedictorian of the NUS MBA Class of 2024 and received the Outstanding Graduating Student Prize.

NUS Business School

academic

Mandarin Alumni Gold Medalist

Received the Mandarin Alumni Gold Medal during the NUS MBA journey.

NUS Business School

competition

Global Commodity Trading Challenge

Led an SMU team that placed 7th globally and was the top Asian team in the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge.

Singapore Management University

Career experience

Roles in consulting, national AI programmes, product teams, industry advisory and ventures.

Oct 2026 – Present

Principal Product Director, Enterprise AI Platforms and Products

NCS · Singapore

Joined NCS in October 2026 to work on Sunshine.core, its enterprise AI platform for building and operating AI agents. The platform combines reusable components with a shared control plane for governance and monitoring. The role covers product roadmaps, demand prioritisation, packaging and positioning, and adoption.

Scope and highlights
  • Shape a shared product roadmap from business-unit and project-team needs
  • Define how platform capabilities and AI products are packaged and positioned for internal users and external buyers
  • Lead go-to-market campaigns and track adoption and product outcomes
  • Work with architecture and delivery teams to turn demand into reusable products
NCS

Sep 2026 – Present

Industry Advisor

SUSS Academy, Singapore University of Social Sciences · Singapore

Industry advisory appointment supporting the quality and industry relevance of SUSS Academy’s Continuing Education and Training (CET) programme.

Scope and highlights
  • Advise on curriculum, courseware, training materials and assessment
  • Provide an independent industry perspective and facilitate research, strategic and academic collaborations
  • Support learners’ education and career opportunities and pathways

Oct 2024 – Sep 2026

Manager, AI & Data

Deloitte · Singapore

Led four deployment strategists across Japan (2), Taiwan (1) and Singapore (1) for a multinational semiconductor company. Worked onsite with client teams on forward-deployed AI, helping them roll out Claude, integrate its APIs and build agentic workflows and AI-enabled products. Advised on agent product design and harness engineering.

Scope and highlights
  • Worked onsite with client teams to address adoption barriers and support Claude rollout, API implementation and agentic workflow development
  • Advised consulting and client AI teams on agent product design and harness engineering for operations-planning use cases
  • Designed a Google Cloud operating model covering data ownership, governance and platform workflows
  • Led a 20-person regional team on an Oracle-to-Google Cloud reporting migration
  • Led a team updating a regional data governance framework, including value measurement and lifecycle controls
GITEX AsiaLinkedIn

Mar 2022 – Nov 2022

Senior AI Product Manager

Yoozoo Games AI Innovation Lab (AI2Labs) · Singapore

Led a cross-functional team of 10 on Slick.AI, an AI platform for game studios and external developers.

Scope and highlights
  • Set the product roadmap, connecting machine-learning capabilities with business goals and user needs
  • Worked on user experience and introduced no-code interfaces for non-technical users
  • Developed the go-to-market approach for internal game studios and external developers
NUS Business SchoolNUS Business SchoolLinkedIn

Jun 2021 – Mar 2022

Associate Director (Strategy and Special Projects)

AI Singapore · Singapore

Worked on national AI readiness, advisory, and product initiatives that connected enterprise needs with practical AI choices.

Scope and highlights
  • Was one of the architects of Singapore's AI Readiness Index (AIRI)
  • Progressed from AIAP Batch 2 apprentice and Senior AI Engineer into advisory and leadership roles
  • Connected AI Singapore programs with enterprise AI readiness needs
  • Helped leaders structure practical AI use cases
GITEX AsiaAI SingaporeAI SingaporeNUS Business SchoolLinkedIn

Nov 2018 – Jun 2021

AI engineering, consulting and standards roles

AI Singapore · Singapore

Progressed from AIAP apprenticeship to Senior AI Engineer, Principal AI Consultant and Assistant Head (AI Standards and Advisory), working on applied AI, enterprise advice, security guidance and open source tools.

Scope and highlights
  • AIAP apprenticeship: Nov 2018 – Aug 2019
  • Senior AI Engineer: Aug 2019 – Feb 2020
  • Principal AI Consultant: Mar 2020 – Nov 2020
  • Assistant Head (AI Standards and Advisory): Nov 2020 – Jun 2021
  • Helped enterprises scope and build minimum viable AI models
  • Scoped the RenalTeam problem, explored data, selected features, and helped train a model with a one-week prediction window
  • After seven months of work, the RenalTeam model reached performance comparable with the medical team for a one-week prediction window
  • Served on Singapore’s AI Technical Committee (AITC) from 2020 to 2021, representing AI Singapore. Also contributed to TR 99:2021 as a member of the AI Security Working Group.
  • Spoke at FOSSASIA 2020 on AI Singapore's open source AI Bricks
FOSSASIAAI SingaporeAI SingaporeAI SingaporeLianhe ZaobaoLinkedInInstitution of Engineers SingaporeSingapore Standards eShop

2019-2020

Secondment from AI Singapore

National AI Office (NAIO) · Singapore

Supported the newly established National AI Office through AI Singapore, one day a week for a year.

Scope and highlights
  • Provided technical expertise on AI during the secondment
FOSSASIA

Earlier roles and wider experience

Venture, Mentoring, and Ecosystem (5)

Startup, mentoring, MedTech, and ecosystem work beyond one employer.

Past programs

Startup Mentor

Google for Startups and 500 Global · Singapore

Mentored founders on AI strategy, product direction, go-to-market, and business model choices through past programs.

  • Mentored AI-first startups through Google and 500 Global programs
  • Advised founders on product-market fit, AI use cases, and commercial strategy
SGInnovateGoogle for StartupsNUS Business SchoolLinkedIn

2024-2025

Digitalization & AI Action Group Member

Association of Small & Medium Enterprises · Singapore

Supported SME-focused AI and digitalization work through ASME's Digitalization & AI Action Group.

  • Supported discussions on practical AI use for small and medium enterprises
  • Contributed to ecosystem work on digitalization and AI awareness
LinkedInLianhe Zaobao

Mar 2024 – Jun 2024

Founder-in-Residence

Antler Singapore · Singapore

Joined Antler Singapore's startup incubator while completing the NUS-PKU MBA.

  • Worked on early-stage AI startup ideas and business validation
  • Combined AI product experience with startup incubation and business validation
NUS Business SchoolSGInnovateLinkedIn

2023

Business Fellow, Health Innovator Programme

Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme · Singapore

Worked in a cross-functional Duke-NUS team and co-developed a cervical cancer screening innovation with clinicians during the NUS MBA journey.

  • Served as a Business Fellow in the Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme
  • The screening project led to a Singapore patent application filed in March 2024
  • NUS reports that the project secured S$50,000 in innovation grant funding
NUS Business SchoolDuke-NUS Medical School

Jun 2020 – Jul 2021

COO

Wise / WiSeCue · Singapore

Served as COO for Wise/WiSeCue in the NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme. The venture worked on a wireless sensing platform for implant monitoring.

  • Served as COO for the Wise/WiSeCue NUS GRIP venture team
  • Worked on venture-building for a healthcare sensing platform
NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme
Commercial and Regional Strategy (4)

MBA consulting work and earlier trading and procurement roles, covering international expansion, Southeast Asian logistics and APAC business operations.

May 2023 – Aug 2023

Management Consultant (MBA Internship)

Arthur D. Little · Singapore

Supported a strategy engagement on downstream bio- and e-methanol logistics in Southeast Asia.

  • Mapped regional production hubs, demand centres, trade flows and route constraints
  • Evaluated shipping options, freight economics and supply-chain resilience to inform network scenarios
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Mar 2023 – May 2023

MBA Consulting Practicum

SegmentFault / ONES.com · Beijing, China

Led a multicultural team on an international go-to-market project for SegmentFault / ONES.com during the PKU Guanghua MBA.

  • Developed an international expansion strategy as part of the Guanghua MBA Integrated Practicum Project
Peking University Guanghua School of ManagementLinkedIn

Jul 2017 – Oct 2018

APAC Purchasing Manager, IT Innovation

Procter & Gamble · Singapore

Worked on IT innovation procurement across APAC before moving into AI full time.

  • Managed IT innovation purchasing work across APAC
  • Built the business base that later shaped his AI strategy work
FOSSASIA

Aug 2014 – Mar 2016

Trainee Trader (Palm Oil)

Bunge · Singapore

Started in physical commodity markets and supply chain work.

  • Built early experience in commodity markets, supply, demand, and trade flows
  • Carried a practical market lens into later AI cost and infrastructure analysis
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Education

MBA degrees from NUS and Peking University (Double Degree MBA programme)

National University of Singapore and Peking University

2022-2024

NUS MBA Valedictorian, Class of 2024. Instructor and moderator in the NUS MBA Tech Club’s AI for Business Leaders workshop series.

Awards and study details
  • Valedictorian of the NUS MBA Class of 2024
  • Mandarin Alumni Gold Medalist
  • Outstanding Graduating Student Prize
  • Maintained a perfect 5/5 GPA at NUS
  • 2022 ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship recipient
  • Horizon Scholarship and Sanhao Student Award at Peking University
  • Guanghua MBA Student Ambassador
  • Executive Committee Member, NUS MBA Tech Club and Entrepreneurship Club
  • INSEAD Product Game 2023 finalist and NUS VCIC 2024 runner-up
  • Instructor and moderator in the NUS MBA Tech Club’s three-part AI for Business Leaders workshop series
NUS Business SchoolNUS Business SchoolPeking University Guanghua School of ManagementPeking University Guanghua School of ManagementBureau of International Cooperation, Thailand Ministry of EducationLinkedInINSEAD Product GamesYouTubeNUS Business School

Master of Computing, Artificial Intelligence Specialization

National University of Singapore

2020-2022

Specialised in AI, with course projects in cloud-based computer vision and multi-agent system design.

Awards and study details
  • Completed in May 2022
  • Cloud Computing course project: FaceSpeaks, an AWS-based computer-vision prototype exploring video-call use cases
  • Course project: architecture for a multi-agent trading system
NUS Business SchoolLinkedIn

Bachelor of Business Management, Finance and International Trading

Singapore Management University

2010-2014

Studied finance and international trading, and led an SMU team to seventh place globally in the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge.

Awards and study details
  • Dean's List
  • President, SMU Merchants' Club
  • Led SMU team to 7th place globally in the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge
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Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Biomedical Sciences

Republic Polytechnic

2005–2008

Biomedical sciences training before later work in finance, AI and healthcare innovation.

Awards and study details
  • Completed both credentials in Biomedical Sciences
FOSSASIA

Selected credentials

Selected certifications in AI architecture, governance, machine learning and data management.

Anthropic

Claude Certified Architect - Professional

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The IAPP

Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP)

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Google Cloud

Professional Machine Learning Engineer Certification

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DAMA CDMP Certification

CDMP Certification - Associate

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Google Cloud

Generative AI Leader Certification

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Grouped by area of work.

AI Strategy and Governance

Enterprise AI strategy · AI transformation strategy · Generative AI adoption · AI readiness assessment · Trusted AI governance · AI transparency and explainability · AI security threat assessment · Model risk and AI security · AI governance and standards · AI risk and ethics · AI operating models

AI Delivery and Product

Agentic AI delivery · Enterprise AI deployment · AI product management · Minimum viable AI models · Data science program management · Machine learning translation · AI use case design

Business and Leadership

Management consulting · Business transformation · Deployment strategy · Business-to-technical translation · Executive advisory · PMO and delivery governance · Cross-border GTM strategy · Stakeholder management · Cross-functional team leadership

Speaking, Writing and Commentary

AI public speaking · AI policy commentary · AI and human security · Emerging technology governance · AI market and localisation analysis · AI cost and infrastructure analysis · LLM cost inflection analysis · Culturally fit AI systems · Helping business users build AI applications · Media commentary

Venture and Ecosystem

Startup mentoring · Go-to-market strategy · Product-market fit · MedTech venture building · Grant funding · Founder coaching

Industry Exposure

Financial services and banking · Healthcare and MedTech · Healthcare AI decision support · Telecommunications · Public sector · Technology and startups · Consumer goods and commodities