He holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Management Science and a Master of Computer Science and MBA from Oregon State University, Corvalli, Oregon.
Working Experience
He has more than 30 years of management and strategic consulting experience; inclusive of senior leadership and operational roles, sales, marketing, business development and channel/alliance development. He has worked in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, UAE, Oman, Hungary, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States. He is well versed in solution delivery to clients in the areas of strategic planning, merger and acquisitions (M&A), technology design and implementation, package and custom development and implementation, operations management, e-Business and project management; serving both public and private sectors locally and overseas. In recent years, he has been responsible for many mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and international ventures in the hospitality and leisure market. He was a partner with Arthur Andersen during which he held the role of Head of ASEAN Enterprise Application Line-of-Business and Asia Pacific Head of Enterprise Application for several years. Prior to joining Arthur Andersen, he was the Consulting Practice Director for Oracle Consulting Services Line-of-Business in Asia Pacific. In 2002, he together with a senior partner of Arthur Andersen, founded a consulting company called HRM Business Consulting Sdn. Bhd. The company was set up with 45 consulting professionals from the business consulting division of Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamed (HRM), a Malaysian-owned member firm of Arthur Andersen. The firm provided business strategy and ICT design and implementation services, which subsequently became a 51% own subsidiary of Dataprep Holdings Bhd., a Bursa Malaysia listed company. He was also the President & Chief Executive Officer of MIMOS Berhad, a 100 percent Ministry of Finance, under the supervisory of Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
