In the news
As a result of my curiosity and interest, i did many different things professional and personally. This page serves to be a document of some of the things that I was involved in
Personal
- Co-author of Like Me, Follow ME
- Microsoft MVP – Client Development 2009
- Technoprenuer Association of Malaysia – Council Member 2011 – Funding
- HWM tech column contributor
Professional
- Successful in the lobbying for introduction of Angel Tax Incentive
- Steering committee for the Asian Business Angels Forum 2012 (Malaysia)
- Featured in NewMan Magazine (Aug 2011) & Smart Investor (Aug 2011)
- MBA with Strathclyde University
- Founding member of Malaysian Business Angels Network (MBAN)
- Founding member of Virtuous Investment Circle – Angel Club
Speaking Engagement
- Panel for TPM’s Technoprenuer Innovation Open Day
- Moderator for Asian Business Angels Forum – Entrepreneurs and Angels – A Match Made in Heaven?
- Judge for various Business plan/Start-up Pitching competition
- Featured in Astro Awani Gadget Nation – Merdeka Special
- Features in Astro Awani Vantage Point- Boosting the Startup Ecosystem ( 18 October 2012)
- SCORE+ Acceleration series, Dream Big Always Believe (11 June 2013)
- Technopreneur Innovation Open Day, Art of Pivoting (13 November 2013)
- BFM, Pioneering Payments: Soft Space (5 December 2013)
- MIT Startup Labs, (6 August 2014)
- TechInAsia, Looking Beyond Your Local Market – The ins and outs of regional expansion (27 August 2014)
- BFM, The Magic E@Stanford Program #1 (27 January 2015 )
- Startup Grind KL (28 April 2015)
- Global IP Valuation Conference 2015, Malaysia BOLEH! Creating Local, Going Global (9 June 2015)
- Synergy & Crowdfunding Forum SCxSC, Support system to aid capital formation for entrepreneurs in Malaysia (11 June 2015)
- ASEAN Japan Public-Private Dialogue on New Industries (30 July 2015)
- IEEE Malaysia: Seminar for Achieving Innovation in Malaysia (18 August 2015)
Reports Featured In
- The Neilson Report – Issue 1047
- The Economist – Free Trade and Asia’s Technology Sector
News with Soft Space
- DNA: Soft Space’s regional business takes off (21 March 2013)
- The Star: Soft Space shortlisted for AICTA finals (26 August 2013)
- DNA: Soft Space voted best Malaysian startup at APICTA awards (8 October 2013)
- The Star: A Disneyland for entrepreneurs (1 December 2013)
- MalayMail: US$5.6m MIDA grant to boost Soft Space to next level (6 May 2014)
- TechInAsia: 3 entrepreneurs give their take on the why and how of regional expansion (11 September 2014)
- DNA: Can Intellectual Property be sexy, or relevant to all? (12 May 2015)
- DNA: Week in Review: Of IP, and impact reports (15 May 2015)
- The Star: Creating another Silicon Valley? (15 June 2015)
Astro Awani Gadget Nation – Merdeka Special Interview
Vantage Point – Boosting the Startup Ecosystem