Period Designation Work Experience
June 2008 to Present Independent Contractor

Arise Consulting Pte Ltd

  • Contract Consultant, developing and Implementing Business Processes Management solutions for Clients using Oracle BPA and WebSphere Business Modeler
  • Training clients inthe use of BPM Tools
  • Business Development, working with Arise on a number of prospective clients in the Asia Region

SIMM (Singapore Institute of Material Management)

  • Lecturing on a number of Degree and Diploma courses in the use of Business Intelligence for the Logistics Industry
  • Lecturing on the SCOR and Six Sigma
  • Working with SIMM on the development of new courses utilising new technology i.e. Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, Corporate Performance Management

Biz Performance

  • Working as a Consultant to Microsoft Business Development staff on the practical use of their Business Intelligence (PerformancePoint), SharePoint and ERP solutions
  • Partnering with Microsoft Business Partners in the presales and post sales of Microsoft Business Intelligence
  • Business Development and Partnering of a number of companies marketing and Selling Performance Management Solutions – Ramco, Tagetik, Sherwood Consulting, Zap etc.

Sherwood Consulting

  • Business Development and Consulting on Performance Management opportunities – ZAP, Infor PM, Microsoft and SIMM
Jul 2005 - Apr 2008 Chief Information Officer (CIO) - Behringer Corporation
  • Responsible for IT Budget and managing the Global IS organisation with 60 staff located in Singapore, China, Philippines, USA, and Germany.
  • Responsible for developing and managing the implementation of the Global IT Strategy.
  • Managing and developing the Global IT Infrastructure. Behringer has a centralised data centre, where all the key Application Services are hosted, in Singapore with regional office data centres for managing local office administration.
  • Developing and managing project and application software portfolios i.e. Email system, SharePoint Portal, Web sites, BizTalk B2B services, Service Desk, Security Systems, ERP system, Demand Planning Systems, Business Performance Management System , Project Management system etc.
Jul 2000 - Jul 2005 KPMG - Associate Director

K Solutions Pte Ltd (KPMG Invested Company)

  • Project Director using KPMG Business Process Improvement and Programme and Project Management Methodologies for key Oracle and Microsoft implementations.
  • Director Managing the Microsoft Business Unit and consulting operations. Responsible for the IT Consulting Services, Business Project Management, Process Improvement, Corporate Performance Management and Microsoft Business Systems distributor agreements. K Solutions has current engagements with: Sentosa Island Resort, Pacific International Lines (PIL), Ingram Micro, Elsevier, IE etc.
  • Responsible for the development of the Microsoft Business Unit in Hong Kong. The business in Hong Kong has been developed around Business Process Improvement and Business Performance Management, our client base includes Philips Lighting and DAP as well as many large Government and Educational establishments.

KPMG Consulting Pte Ltd

  • Project Director for Oracle Delivery Teams engaged in a number of implementations over a wide range of industries and functional areas. All engagements used KPMG Business process Improvement, Change Management and Programme/Project Management Methodologies. These include, Financials, HR, CRM and Procurement i.e. PSA, iSTT, SPI etc.
  • Director in charge of the CIS Business Unit which was focused on the Corporate Performance Management, Workforce Optimisation and Mobile business solutions. This unit re-vitalises existing legacy business solutions extending their reporting capability, workforce usage through web and wireless access. The units extensive business experience was used to develop solutions for clients to meet their business needs and future proofing their application system design.
Jul 1999 - Jul 2000 Chief Operating Officer (COO) - TR Group International Pte Ltd
  • Establish TRG in Singapore and building an ASP centre for ERP solutions. The products supported were Sun Accounting, Symix SyteLine ERP and Great Plains (Microsoft Business Solutions) ERP and Supply Chain System.
Apr 1994 - Jun 1999 Regional Director - VP ASEAN Symix Computer Systems Inc
  • Establish Symix as a leading supplier of ERP, eBusiness and Supply Chain software solutions in Asia Pacific.
  • Awarded a prestigious government project with an Innovative Development Scheme (IDS) grant of more than S$1.4M to launch first ERP bureau service in Singapore. The birth of the Singapore ASP market. This was deemed extremely successful and is now bringing a substantial revenue to Symix and is regards as one of the worlds first ASP's.
  • Managed the Implementation of Symix in more than 150 sites across the Asia Pacific Region. Symix had customers that implemented their full suite of products such as Epsom, Seiko, Reda Pump, Barry Callebaught, Stanley Tools, and NOK etc. The implementations were regional and complex involving multi-company transactions for procurement, sales and supply chain and scheduling. All projects used the Symix Project Management and Application implementation methodologies
Feb 1992 - Mar 1994 Marketing Director Unisys - Pacific Asia Division
  • Developed marketing programs for the Industrial and Commercial Lines of Business - This was approximately a US$70M operation.
  • Supporting direct sales operations through the region, with pre-sales presentations, proposal writing, product demonstrations and product promotion.
  • Moved to Shanghai in 1992, to support two large customers, Shanghai Erfangji (textile manufacturer) and Bao Steel. (Steel Manufacturer) project managing their business solutions implementations. These sites involved supply chain, scheduling and procurement modules that had to be integrated into their operational processes. Shanghai Erfangji was US$5M project Bao Steel was US$13M.
Apr 1982 - Dec 1992 Marketing Director Unisys - Europe Africa Division
  • Developed marketing programmes for the Industrial and Commercial Line of Business for Europe Africa Division - this was approximately a US$300M operation.
  • Managed a large portfolio of software products and a development centre - Unisys products were mTMS, BAMCS, UNIS, Graftek, PCS, LINC, Data Collection etc.
  • Principle role was to guide and advise country units on the implementation of the IT infrastructure and software products. This involved running proposals, acting as advisor to implementation teams and communicating localisation and customisation requests to the development centres. The projects were diverse and covered a wide range of functional areas across multiple countries.
Aug 1978 - Mar 1982 Sales Executive - Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
  • Developed markets for Digitals wide range of hardware products in the technical OEM markets. The clients built applications for the manufacturing and government sectors projects.
Prior to 1978 I worked as an Electro/Mechanical Design Engineer and Project Manager for number of UK companies i.e. Vickers Engineering, Gascoigne Gush & Dent, Rex Conveyors and Plessey.