Dr. sc. ETH Zurich
Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.), TU Munich
"Everyone sees what you appear to be; few experience that thou art." Niccolo Machiavelli, 16th Century CE.
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." Winston Churchill, 20th Century CE
This is a site about me.
I am a proud Singaporean - I was born here; I went to school here, served my National Service. Now I work and live here with my wife and 2 kids.
I currently work in the medium-sized family owned German electronics firm Rohde & Schwarz Asia Pte. Ltd., where I work as the Head of R&D in Systems Software Development and as an Advisor to the MD, responsible for government relations and tech forecasting. Prior to this I worked as a venture capital investor in early stage deep-technology ventures at Temasek International Pte. Ltd., a Singapore government-owned but privately managed balance-sheet investor with a focus on early stage deep-technology ventures along the pillars of NetZero Technologies, Future of Compute and Cognition, and Disruptive Materials. Preceding that role, I spent 22 years in the Singapore Public Service, having served in a variety of roles, most recently as a research and innovation investment portfolio development professional. I was awarded The Commendation Medal as part of the Singapore National Day Awards in 2019 by the Singapore Government as a recognition of my efforts in the Singapore Public Service. I was also awarded the distinction of being the Signals Formation National Serviceman of the Year 2020.
I am a Scientist.
This site describes my roles over the years and areas in which I have deep expertise (polymathy). Please feel free to browse through. You can find my biography and publications list available for download in the Downloads section. I am contactable either via LinkedIn or via the contact function below.
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Head of R&D, System Software Development, in charge of 2 labs comprising 30 developers and engineers.
Advisor to the Managing Director in the areas of RF technology forecasting and government relations
Deep Tech Investor in decarbonisation and novel semiconductor technologies based on new materials and chemistries.
Co-founder of a start-up manufacturing next generation magnetic resonance imaging machines
Specializations in nanofabrication, surface chemistry, biophysics, photonics and characterization.
Enlisted in the Singapore Army in 1998, and became operationally ready in 2000
Trained as a signals officer, and currently serving as an operationally ready NSman in a signals battalion
Promoted to the rank of Captain in 2015
Formation NSMan of the Year 2020