MYHackathon Judges
Juliana Jan
Chief Investment Officer at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Juliana Jan joined Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd in 2004 and is currently the Chief Investment Officer, responsible in managing the company grant products, the DEQ800 investment portfolio and temporarily holds the position as the Acting CEO of Cradle Seed Ventures (CSV), Cradle's venture capital arm.
Juliana has an extensive and diverse experience in market research and grant as well as venture capital funding. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics from the Missouri University Science and Technology – Rolla.
Juliana started as an analyst under the developmental grant (CIP50) team and in early 2009, she headed the developmental grant (CIP Catalyst) evaluation team. Then in 2010, she moved to head the commercialisation grant (CIP500) evaluation team and eventually the entire CIP500 unit. With the evolution of Cradle and the initiation of its equity play, she moved to head the equity team.
Juliana continues to be committed in building and developing strong growth potential start-ups in the country specifically in early stage through her work in Cradle. She played a major role as part of the working committee in the setting up of the various products in Cradle and the development of processes, such as the CIP Catalyst (developmental funding), CIP500 (seed funding) as well as the Co-investment and DEQ800 initiatives in 2014 and 2016 respectively.
Prior to joining Cradle, Juliana started her career as a market research executive in a technology-funding agency, which provides both grant and venture capital funding, where her industry and market research projects varied from consumer product and biotechnology to other high technology industries. This has given her a strong background in spotting market trends, analysing gaps in the market and identifying market needs.
After two years in the market research division and another year in the CEO's office, Juliana joined the investment unit in the same organisation as an analyst where she acquired experience in venture capital funding.
With her career experience, Juliana understands the needs of the market and the issues in the funding ecosystem from prototype development in the pre-seed stage, the seed stage, up to the later stage of fund raising.
Juliana is very passionate about helping entrepreneurs and start-ups. The knowledge and know-how she gained prior to joining Cradle and also at Cradle has been invaluable in enabling her to assist Cradle recipients by advising them and sharing information about the market and funding criteria.
Ashran Ghazi
Chief Executive Officer at Dattel
Ashran is the Chief Executive Officer of Dattel, a Consumer Intelligence Company that aspires to be the global central point of reference for ASEAN Consumer Data by disrupting the way data is collected, structured, analyzed, and delivered to clients. Currently has presence in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, with near plans to expand to Myanmar & Vietnam.
Leo Ballang anak Joseph
Information Technology Officer at KPWKM
Information Technology Officer at KPWKM with 18 years in government service.
Dato Henry Goh
Group Chief Operating Officer at MACROKIOSK
Henry is the Co-Founder and currently the Group Chief Operating Officer of MACROKIOSK, a digital technology company which he founded together with his brothers 20 years ago. This was at a time when mobiles were used for phone calls and were owned by an exclusive group of people.
Riding on the belief that mobile will be the dominator in the future, MACROKIOSK was established and has grown from a three-man team located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to over 250 employees from 20 different nationalities with operating offices in 14 different regions and countries. MACROKIOSK has to date helped more than 3000 companies from 37 countries spread over 24 different industries in embracing digitalisation in their daily operations and businesses.
Over the course of building MACROKIOSK, Henry has been involved in basically every part of the development of the company, from opening up new offices in new markets to marketing, sales, finance, building up a team and product development. Besides working on MACROKIOSK, Henry spends time mentoring entrepreneurs and giving talks in and out of Malaysia. Academically, he holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration and is a winner of the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur Award.
Mohd Khair Ngadiron
Director of Majlis Buku Kebangsaan Malaysia at MOE
I was the Managing Director of Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia which was then successfully rebranded as Institut Terjemahan dan Buku Malaysia in 2012 for 11 years. Before that, I was an academic staff at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) for almost 17 years ( which I was entrusted with several academic administrative positions) . I have presented papers on various issues in many places, some of them are Tehran, Vladivostok, Bangkok, Taipei, Jakarta, and Shanghai. I also moderated many forums and academic discussions, one of them being an ASEAN Universities Forum; World of Culture and World of Universities which took place in the Far Eastern Federal University Campus, Vladivostok, Russia, aside from facilitating local oratory workshops.I judge many prestigious debate and public speaking tournaments . I also was a member of the Southeast Asia Advisory Committee (SEAAC) which advised the Minister of Culture and Tourism Taiwan in 2017/2018. I am now the Director of Majlis Buku Kebangsaan Malaysia since 2019.
Daren Tan
Assistant Manager Tech & Data, Strategy at MaGIC
Daren is a full-stack generalist and data scientist passionate in combining data, design and development onto solving real-life problems. Prior to his current role, he worked as a freelance developer/consultant for multiple startups around Asia for 3 years bringing ideas to life.
A serial hackathon winner with a cumulative total of 6 podium finishes and 4 Top 10 finishes. He even entered international hackathons as far as Italy and London before. He is also the winner of the Merit Prize at the 17th MSC Malaysia APICTA Awards 2016. He founded Hackathon Kaki & Developer Kaki, two active tech communities in Malaysia with over 7200 members.
He is currently working as an Assistant Manager in MaGIC working on tools and technologies to empower the startup ecosystem in Malaysia. He is also a familiar face on the judging panels for hackathon/entrepreneurial events and invited as speaker for tech events and universities.
Azizul Abdul Hamid
Investment Manager at Cradle Fund
Azizul Abdul Hamid joined Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) in February 2015 and is currently the Investment Manager of DEQ800, an equity investment product under Cradle which works on diversifying investment strategy for a maturing start-up ecosystem in Malaysia. Azizul actively works with the investment team for on-going monitoring & review (operational, financial performance & industry benchmarking) of investment. Prior to that, he actively monitored Cradle's recipient company under a Cradle Investment programme called CIP500.
He has diverse experience in fund management, Finance and Accounting and Banking. He is actively working in developing early stages of business solution and business model to assist Cradle recipients pave their way to success.
Azizul graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam with a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) and is a member of Malaysia Institute of Accountant (MIA). Prior to joining Cradle, he started his career in banking, retail industry and then became an officer with the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), where he was responsible for approximately 80 companies that received agricultural grants from Malaysia of Agriculture (MOE) under purview of Secretariat of Technofund.
With his diverse experience in funding and investment for 8 years, he believes in giving back by reaching out to aspiring entrepreneurs and help to achieve their goals.
Elain Lockman
Co-Founder and Director at Ata Plus Sdn Bhd
Elain is the Co-Founder and Director of Ata Plus, an Equity Crowdfunding platform registered and recognised by the Securities Commission Malaysia. Upbeat and optimistic, she believes nothing is impossible and that challenges are opportunities in disguise. This fuels her career in areas of management, business strategy, human resource, business development, relationship management, marketing and corporate communications. She has served notable organisations, namely Petronas, MDeC, Malaysia Debt Ventures, DiGi Telecommunications and Packet One Networks. Elain is a non-Executive Director on the board of Reservoir Link Berhad, a company listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia. She was also on the board of Western Union Payments Malaysia and was the Chairman of Western Union Internal Audit Committee from 2012-2019. On top of that, she was actively involved in the start-up community, advising entrepreneurs in funding, strategy and operations. Elain is the President of the Registered Digital Markets Association Malaysia. She is instrumental in establishing Ata Plus' partnerships, deal screening and operations framework. In March 2019,she was presented the BERG 2019 Women Icons Malaysia for her contribution, achievements and leadership in Fintech. Recently, she was recognized by Digital News Asia, a leading independent news portal, as one of the 2020/2021 Batch of Digerati50 for being bold, brave and inspirational in pursuing her passion and pushing the boundaries of Digital Economy in Malaysia. Elain graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Actuarial Science and MSc in Operational Research.
Muhammad Arif Bin Tukiman
Co-founder & CEO at RunCloud
I've started my first business since college as a computer science student as a web, mobile app, and games designer and developer.
Post-graduation, I started Cool Code, a software house company with two partners, Jebat and Amir. My company has expanded from a side business for pocket money to a company with 20+ in-house developers. Within three years, we have served multiple big-name clients and have over 3 million app downloads.
Now I lead RunCloud, a company aimed to simplify server management for developers and businesses. Today, RunCloud is a fast-growing company and manages over 230,000 web applications from over 100+ countries around the world in just three years.
Khalid Yashaiya
VP Strategy at MaGIC
Khalid looks at Strategy in Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre, MaGIC; an agency under MOSTI that enables, facilitates and navigates aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs and startups through capacity building and market access initiatives.
He began his career in a cyber security company, F-Secure before moving into the banking sector through Ambank. He then spent time at Malaysia's largest media conglomerate, Media Prima prior to joining the fast growing e-wallet company, Boost.
Yeoh Chun Yeow
Principal Researcher at Telekom R&D Sdn. Bhd.
Mr. Chun-Yeow Yeoh was born in Georgetown, Penang. He graduated with a first class honours in B.Eng Electrical Electronic in 2001 and a M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering in 2003 from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. He is currently Principal Researcher at Telekom R&D Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia.
He has previously worked with Cozybit inc. in San Francisco Bay Area as staff engineer on 802.11s mesh networking and has contributed patches to Linux kernel. His research interests include the MAC layer of wireless communication technologies on WiFi and LTE, embedded system, software-hardware co-design and Linux system. He was appointed as TM R&D delegate to 3GPP LTE/5G standardization group and has constantly contributed technical written documents to RAN2/RAN3 Technical Specification Group (TSG). He is a registered member of Board of Engineer Malaysia and also a member of 5G WG under Malaysian Technical Standard Forum Berhad (MTSFB), contributing towards the 5G Systeam and Architecture Specification. He received the best paper award in IEEE ICIT, Shenzhen, China in 2007 and outstanding paper award in IEEE ICACT 2018, South Korea.
Currently, he is the technical lead of TM R&D Open Innovation Platform (OIP), a multi-layer digital infrastructure serving as a data brokerage system, an API aggregation platform and an e2e IOT platform for rapid deployment of smart services.
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Industrial Linkages and Strategic) at UMT
Professor Dr. Fauziah Abu Hasan holds a doctorate in international and development economics from Florida State University. She obtained her masters and undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University in statistics and economics. Before joining the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, she was working in Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Her research interests include international and development economics and entrepreneurship. She started working as a lecturer in 1985 and has served the university in various capacities such as being the head of department, deputy dean, head of corporate planning, director of quality assurance and dean of faculty.
Currently, she holds the position of Pro-Vice Chancellor responsible for strategic planning, risk management, knowledge transfer, industry networking and corporate communications at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She has given talks on various subjects including international and development economics, knowledge transfer and strategic planning for the university.
Wan Adli Ridzwan Wan Hassan
Founder and Director at Content Capital Sdn Bhd
Wan Adli carries almost two decades of experience in implementing IT solutions to corporate clients. He specializes in e-learning, web-based development. Previous professional experience includes serving as the Technical Director for a subsidiary of a public listed Singapore company for 3 years.
Founded his first company, Content Capital Sdn Bhd, in 2003. The company has served numerous corporate bodies and government agencies solving their enterprise e-learning needs. This includes building the one and only official eLearning platform for the government of Malaysia, serving 1.6 million government servants.
Legal Counsel at Cradle Fund
Muhammad Hafez bin Mohd Azhar is a Legal Counsel with Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), a leading start-ups influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech star-ups through its Cradle Investment Programmes.
His practice focuses on Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Start-ups Law and Litigation matters.
As a Legal Counsel for Cradle Group, Hafez is responsible for Cradle's Group Legal Affairs, which includes all kinds of Agreements (such as Funding Agreements, Restructuring Documents, Guarantee Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Service Agreements, MoU's, Discharge Documents, IP's), Joint Venture Agreements, Due Diligences, Corporate Financial Agreements, and Capital Market Law.
Hafez advises both Cradle, Start-ups under Cradle and Cradle's investee company on day-to-day legal issues affecting the organisation. He takes a proactive approach in giving legal advice, emphasising creative solutions to related problems what would affect Cradle.
Hafez has over 10 years of experience in Financial Sector including Corporate Banking Litigation and General Litigation, Banking Recoveries Issues, Cross Border Transactions, and Islamic Financial Agreements.
Prior to joining Cradle, Has was the Senior Legal Executive at Export – Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank) with responsibilities in Project & Contract Financing.
Hafez started his career in 2008 when he first did his attachment with Messrs Nadzarin Kuok Puthucheary & Tan, before joining the law firm as Legal Assistant.
Hafez holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the International Islamic Universiti Malaysia (IIUM).
Ezree Esmadee
General Manager at TD1303
Ezree Esmadee is the General Manager of TD1303, an ecosystem builder for start-ups based in Terengganu. He champions digitalization in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia with vast experience in Community Building, Start-up Foundation, Innovation Management, Digital Marketing and E-Commerce.
He holds a Masters of Project Management from University of Adelaide and a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas.
Raiyo Nariman
Managing Partner at Serendipity Ventures
Raiyo Nariman specializes in commercialization of technology & intellectual property, and the development, funding and growth of start-ups. As a Venture Manager, Raiyo personally invests in, and partners with, founders & innovators, taking a hands-on role, to ensure successful execution of commercialization & growth strategies, business development & market entry, and capital raising.
As the founding VP for the Malaysian Business Angel Network, he played a key role in establishing the current angel investor community in Malaysia and has also established, developed and managed angel networks in Hong Kong and Singapore, and works with angel clubs and associations across Asia and the West.
Raiyo is MD and Partner in Serendipity Ventures, a Hong Kong-based boutique venture management firm, where he personally invests in early stage ventures and takes Executive Director positions to execute the commercialization strategy and take the ventures to market.
Mohd Taufiq Hussien
Chief Business Development Officer at IX Telecom
Taufiq returned from the USA under the Malaysia's Talent Corporation - Returning Expert Program back in 2015. He received his education from the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio and Executive MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute by Strayer University, USA.
Upon coming back to Malaysia, Taufiq invested in IX Global Services as part of the IX Telecom group focusing on the global internet network services. He is now the Chief Business Development Officer for IX Telecom after serving as the Chief Marketing Officer for the previous 2 years.
Razif Abdul Aziz
Senior Executive at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
A senior executive with over 23 years of experience in a variety of different roles, Razif is passionate about the dynamics between business, Government and technology acquired through roles in both the public and private sectors.
He had the privilege of participating in the development of the Malaysian 'converged' telco and broadcast and biotechnology sectors. Both occasions gave him intimate access to the machinery of Government and its engagements with industry in building conducive ecosystems from the ground up. Along the way he learnt first hand the challenges entrepreneurs and industry faced as they brought their products and innovations to the market.
Razif read Law at Coventry Polytechnic (1991) and is a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn, London (1992).
Suriana Hamzah
Special Projects leader at MaGIC
Suriana joined MaGIC early this year to lead the Special Projects team under the CEO Office. She oversees the overall planning, execution, monitoring and reporting of special projects which include SETIA (Social Entrepreneurs Transformation, Innovation and Acceleration) Programme, a collaborative project between MaGIC and Standard Chartered; as well as the E-Nation Conference 2020, a national conference with over 3,000 participants, to name a few.
She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Universiti Tenaga Nasional and has more than 15 years of experience in the startups ecosystem, especially in tech startups evaluation and fundraising. Suriana is passionate about startup development, entrepreneurial mindset as well as capacity building, and continues to actively develop the startup founders and their business growth.
Suriana has served as a senior investment manager for a government backed funding agency and developed tech startups who are raising series A funding from venture capitalists and investors. She has also been invited to startup competitions as a judging panel, startups mentoring as well as entrepreneurship speaking engagements.
Sam Shafie
CEO and Co-Founder at Pitchin
Sam Shafie is the CEO and Co-Founder of pitchIN, Malaysia's leading Equity Crowdfunding platform. To date, pitchIN has hosted 74 companies that have raised more than RM100 mil from more than 4500 investors. Sam is also the CEO and Founder of WatchTower and Friends (WTF) Accelerator, a tech accelerator company that invests in early stage tech startups. To date WTF has invested in 53 companies, that includes being the first investors in startups such as TheLorry, MyCash Online, MoneyMatch, Omnimatics, PostCo, Lapasar and others.
Sam is a legal graduate from University Kebangsaan Malaysia and spent 15 years in public service.
Norita Ja'afar
Chief Executive Officer at TFX Islamic
Breaking free from the status quo, Norita Jaafar, CEO of TFX Islamic, has been living her journey with a clear purpose, undeniable passion, and uncompromised ethical practices. Since 2019, she has been part of the founding team of TFX that integrates technology, humanity and sustainability in supply chain solutions to build on high potential SME's in a meaningful way.
A finance advisory expert turned technology enabler, Norita is now leading an established Trade Receivables Asset Management platform based in Malaysia. Through a collaborative with a renowned group, she develops and promotes the Islamic Syariah Global Supply Trade Finance platform not just Malaysia but also for the worldwide market, as well.
Previously, she served as the CEO at Innovation Associates Solutions, the digital arm of the IA Group offering consultancy and digital solution services to corporates in the SEA region and UAE; COO at MaGIC, the government agency that spurred startups in the ecosystem in the country; over 10,000 community members; and Director & Head of Audit Committee Member of Hup Seng Industries Bhd for 18 years.
Norita's strengths are in fintech in data analytics, conversion optimization, and growth marketing.She also holds a MSc, Economics (Fiscal Policy) from the Univ of Bath, UK and Bachelor Degree in Economics from the Univ of Nottingham,UK.
Chief Executive Officer at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad
Eassignments under Celcom International Ventures. He left Celcom ncik Sudarnoto Osman earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Tohoku, Japan in Electronic Engineering and after graduating he started his career with Matsushita Air-Conditioning R&D Sdn. Bhd (Electrical and Electronics Development) in 1993.
His mobility career started in 1994 with Celcom Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. He was instrumental in expanding Celcom network and initiated the 2G network rollout throughout Sarawak. He was also appointed on ad-hoc basis as a consultant on several international Malaysia Sdn. Bhd in September 2000 to join Maxis Mobile Sdn. Bhd. and he embarked on Maxis network rollout in East Malaysia. He left as Regional Network Head at Maxis Broadband Sdn. Bhd. in March 2013.
He continued his career by venturing into telecommunication infrastructure business when he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at SACOFA Sdn. Bhd. ("SACOFA") in April 2013. During his tenure at SACOFA, he expanded SACOFA's business and network beyond Malaysia. He was also appointed in various capacity in other organisations such as PT SACOFA Indonesia, PT BINA Indonesia, DSTA Sdn. Bhd., Malaysian Access Forum Bhd., Persatuan Infrastruktur Telekomunikasi Malaysia, and Konsortium Rangkaian Serantau.
He was later appointed by the Sarawak Government to spearhead Sarawak digitalisation initiatives as Chief Executive Officer of Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad on 15th May 2020.
Director of Cybersecurity & Management Services at SAINS
Total >15 years of broad experience in tech industry (local & multinational) ranging from enterprise infrastructure, telco/ ISP, IT market research for IT Services, Cloud and Data Center, Organizational Change Management (Prosci), Consulting and most recently in Cyber Security for Gov.
Mohd Rashdan Ramlee
CEO and Co-Founder at Aegis Associates
Rashdan is the CEO & Co-Founder at Aegis Associates , a Blockchain & Fintech Consultancy working with clients in digital banking, e-payments and crypto-token utilization.
He is currently the President of Starc.Asia, a technology think-tank dedicated to advising ministers, top public servants and C-suite corporate figures on the application of emerging technologies including enterprise data analytics, blockchain, artificial intelligence , augmented reality and augmented intelligence.
He has been conferred multiple awards including a Silver Medal for MTEX, Silver Medal for ITEX and a Gold Medal for PECIPTA.
Rashdan has a wide experience in assessing technologies and technology trends having been involved in evaluating startup funding for MDEC and TERAJU funds.
Abu Zarim
Business Manager at Ahmad Thaqwa Resources
Possesses a positive mindset and continuously looks forward to opportunities to do better and achieve greatness.
Adam Ramskay
Strategy & Venture Development Manager at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Adam has been involved in entrepreneurship and start-ups and has been on both sides of the fence, he has developed an in-depth understanding on Malaysia's start-up and SME scene. His passion is Nation building through entrepreneurship where he hopes to contribute towards developing a more conducive environment for entrepreneurs to drive their innovation towards commercial success.
Adzleen Abu Bakar
Senior Executive PR & Comms at Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad
Leen Bakar is a seasoned player in the industry: conducting market, industry and technology assessments of tech companies in the Biz Tech and advisory services unit. She currently serves as the Senior Executive in PR & Comms at Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad, wielding verbal and visual magic to targeted audiences.
Leen has 20+ years of work experience in F&B, IT & Telco, regulatory and finance. She has both an LLB and MBA but more importantly, sings in a choir.
Ahmad Razif bin Mohamad
Manager, CEO's Office at MIGHT
Ahmad Razif (Razif) is currently a Manager in the CEO's office and heading several program especially Newton-Ungku Omar Fund (NUOF), Multilateral Collaboration with Muslim Majority Countries, and Industry engagement & cluster program. He has a Master of Technology and Innovation Management from UTM and currently pursuing his PhD with Heriot Watt University.
Hazwan Razak
Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation
Hazwan Razak is the Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), a Government-linked entity entrusted to lead the implementation of Sarawak's Digital Economy Strategy. His team focuses on building a robust ecosystem that supports local start-ups and entrepreneurs and providing employment opportunities in all corners of the state, via digital empowerment. He also currently leads several Sarawak STEM initiatives, is an MBOT Professional Technologist, and a Project Management Professional (PMP). He started his career with PETRONAS, serving in upstream offshore operations, before expanding his skillsets working in a multinational start-up and an education-focused social enterprise. As a member of the International Development Design Network (IDIN), he has carried out short-term development design projects in several developing communities globally. He was educated at Melbourne and Oxford in engineering, and loves all things tech.
Mohd Fikri Hafifi Bin Yusof
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS MALAYSIA
I'm an Information Technology Officer at Ministry of Works Malaysia. My carrier as an Information Technology Officer starting since 2007 where I had been assigned to Ministry of Youth and Sports and responsible for software development and database administration. In 2014, I had been assigned to Malaysia Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and responsible for ICT incident handling. From 2015 until present, I had been assigned to Ministry of Works and responsible in implementing Enterprise Architecture (EA) at Ministry of Works since 2016.
Dr Siti Muhaza binti Sheikh Zainal
Division Secretary of Policies and Inspectorate at Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Dr. Siti Muhaza Sheikh Zainal is the Division Secretary of Policies and Inspectorate, Ministry of Housing and Local Government from the year 2017 to present.
She begins to serve the government in the year 1995, as Assistant Director of External Service Unit in Economy Planning Unit of Prime Minister's Department. She is then attached to International Affairs Unit, Planning and Research, National Anti-Drugs Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs before being promoted to Director of National Anti-Drugs Agency, Sabah.
Prior to this, she was the Chief Assistant Secretary of Strategic and International Planning for Ministry of Rural and Regional Development. Dr Siti Muhaza had also served in several ministries namely; Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities. Her former position before promoted to MHLG was Deputy Director of In Services Strategic Development Cluster, Human Capital Management Division for Public Service Department of Malaysia.
Dr Muhaza obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Community Development from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
Jaffri Ibrahim
CEO at CREST
Jaffri is the founder CEO of Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST). He began his career as an entrepreneur that built an information service in Klang Valley in 1986. He later joined Oracle Corporation Malaysia in 1990 as a consultant in the professional services organization. He started his own technology consulting business in 1994 focusing on the Oil & Gas industry. Jaffri rejoined Oracle Corporation as Managing Consultant at the onset of Malaysia's MSC program. He later joined Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting division in 1998 and then the Technology Consulting and Technology Integration Services group at Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young in 2002. Prior to joining CREST he was Vice President of Business and Technology Advisory Division of Malaysia Debt Ventures (MDV) Bhd., a Venture Debt company under Minister of Finance, Inc. that facilitates the development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Biotechnology, Green Technology and other emerging technology sectors via innovative financing. Jaffri was also featured in Digerati 2016 and is on the Board of Trustees of Steinbeis Foundation Malaysia.
Puan Ruziah Binti Haji Shafei
Under Secretary Strategic Planning Division at Ministry Of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Putrajaya
Yang Berusaha Puan Ruziah Shafei, Under Secretary of Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has been serving in the public sector for almost 24 years in various ministries including the Ministry of Defense, Public Service Department (JPA), Public Service Commission (SPA) and MOSTI.
She was posted as Training and Education Advisor in the United States of America (USA) and having vast experience in procurement, handling students and career development matters including managing scholarship amount of RM1.5 billion.
Lead the formulation of National Science, Technology and Innovation 2021-2030 Policy and its Master Plan as well as planning the ministry's primary focus area. Her involvement in systems development including JPA Scholars Monitoring System in the USA and CIO of SPA, Head of Development Committee for Online Apps of COVID-19 Health Risk Assessment and Self Evaluation (CHASE), Attendance Index and i-ALERTS which is the tools to monitor implementation of ministry initiatives. She received training both local and abroad amongst others from Said Business School, Oxford University under Senior Leadership Program: Leading Lasting Change.
Sazman Redza Abu Bakar
CTO Public Sector Group at HeiTech Padu Berhad
Easy & Open
Lennise Ng
CEO & Co-Founder at Dropee
Lennise is the CEO & Co-Founder of Dropee – a B2B eCommerce platform that enables wholesalers to be closer to their customers on both online and offline channels. She is also working closely with various leading companies in Malaysia to accelerate their corporate innovation via FNC Labs. Lennise is very passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation. Since graduation, she has been working within the tech ecosystem from venture-building accelerators to multinational tech companies. Lennise is also the 3rd-generation of a traditional family business that manufactures and distributes rubber products. Combining the two worlds, Lennise then started Dropee to address the issues of a growing wholesale business and how technology can speed up its growth and improve customer experience. A start-up cheerleader by heart, Lennise is currently an active mentor for various start-up events and hackathons.
Norman Matthieu Vanhaecke
Vice President, Finance & Operations at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Norman is currently the Vice President of Finance and Operations in Cradle Fund Sdn. Bhd. He started his career as an auditor with KPMG, and has then, over 12 years, held various Finance, Accounting and Management positions in local as well as multinational Oil & Gas related companies and government agencies. He holds an Accounting degree from University of Queensland, Australia and a Software Engineering degree from Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Ir Ts Dr Lokman bin Mohd Fadzil
Senior Lecturer at National Advance IPV6 Center, USM
Ir. Ts. Dr. Lokman Mohd Fadzil is a Senior Lecturer at National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), Universiti Sains Malaysia. He graduated from the University Of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Of America (USA) with Bachelor of Science (Engineering) in Electrical Engineering. His Intel Technology Sdn Bhd career includes Product Engineering, Product Integration, Business Analyst, Project Management, Test Analyst and Development Engineering roles at Folsom, California, USA, Penang and Kulim, Kedah facilities. During his professional tenure, he undertook Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering) with a major in Manufacturing Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Ragunathan A/L Gopalakrishnan
Chief Technology Officer at Human Resources Development Fund ( HRDF )
Mohd Dhaliff Ghaus Mohd Anuar
Head of Halal Consultancy & Advisory at HDC
Dhaliff is recognized as Halal industry subject matter expert. His expertise covers the full spectrum of Halal certification requirements, business strategy, Halal integrity, governance and development of the Halal industry. He works with the Food and Beverage industry as well as logistics, packaging services, and pharmaceuticals services among other industries.
Mohd Yusno bin Mohd Yunos
CEO & Founder at Evenesis - Y Us
Yusno founded his company with a bold vision to create a comprehensive event ecosystem that involves event planners, participants and suppliers. This led to the creation ofEvenesis (www.evenesis.com), a complete cloud-based end-to-end event management system and Venueville (www.venue-ville.com), the ideal venue deal maker. Recently, Yusno was awarded the Most Influential Leaders in MICE Industry at the Global MICE & Luxury Travel Congress and Awards 2020.
Viviantie Sarjuni
General Manager at Sabah Creative Economy and Innovation Centre
Viviantie has a broad background specialised in education, community, startup development and capacity building. She is currently leading Sabah Creative Economy and Innovation Centre as a General Manager. Prior to coming back to serve her home-state, Viviantie was a Programme Manager in MaGIC, served as mentor in residence and responsible in the planning of entrepreneurship programmes nationwide. In addition, she has 17 years of working experience at all levels, in various industries - hotel, cybersecurity, international contact centre management, education and entrepreneurship.
Viviantie is also the founder of Borneo Startups Community (BoSCo), a community driven group - aims to build an entrepreneurial - minded startup community and driving innovation and creativity among entrepreneurs across all business stages in Borneo. She is also the co-founder of a coffee business - Borneo Specialty Coffee (BosCo) which she runs together with her husband, hoping to create an impact by helping rural coffee farmers in Borneo to sustain their incomes and commercialize the beans regionally.
She is a firm believer in lifelong learning - accompanied by GRIT. To her, learning never ends - professionally or personally and it is crucial to have the ability to persevere despite challenges. Her ambition is to empower the youth and women especially in the rural community by providing them not only the platform but skills and knowledge to excel.
Lim Tzyy Shyong
Chief Technology Officer at Mindvalley
T.S. Lim is the CTO of Mindvalley & Founder of Flexnode. He is a Product Developer (Elixir, Phoenix, Ruby & Rails) & Entrepreneur based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Lim is interested in Product Development, Technology and Education. He is also the founder of WebCamp KK.
Bikesh Lakhmichand
Founding Partner at 1337 Ventures Sdn Bhd
Bikesh is no stranger to the world of digital disruption in Southeast Asia. He is the founding partner of 1337 Ventures, Malaysia's first Accelerator programme that has invested in over 50 innovative digital startups across diverse areas spanning gaming, social networking, education, big data, proximity marketing, wearable technology, fintech and recently social enterprises. 1337 Ventures is the mastermind behind Alpha Startups, an intensive 5-day design sprint based pre-accelerator bootcamp that has helped numerous startups the likes of ParkEasy and Gigfairy that went from idea to exit in just 12 months.
Mohd Noor Hisham Bin Abdul Bari
Head Angel Tax Incentive Office & Sr. Exec. Investment at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Currently the head of Angel Tax Incentive Office and the senior executive of Investment (Disbursement), Hisham has amassed over 5 years of experience across administration, investment process, operations, event management, corporate planning and secretarial work. Hisham was also involved in special projects namely startup investment, technology, ICT and public services. Prior to joining Cradle, Hisham was part of iA Group which was recruited as the technology consultant for the 1GFMAS project, under the supervision of the Accountant General.
During these 5 months, he was appointed as Technology Analyst and conducted in-house training and module writing. Then, as an executive at Malaysian Business Angel Network (MBAN), Hisham successfully managed 3 annual summits attended by local angel investors, PE, Venture Capital and international investment firms. In 2018, Hisham managed the stakeholders, public-private partnership and VVIPs of ASEAN Angel Alliances (AAA) Summit, a collaboration between MBAN and Cradle. This partnership led to new opportunities, as Cradle's senior management appointed Hisham as Angel Tax Incentive Officer, Marketing and Strategic Partnership and Investment (Grant) in 2015 onwards.
Hisham graduated with a diploma in Public Administration at MARA Technology University (first class) and Bachelor Degree in Corporate Administration (Second Upper Class). Hisham continues to uphold his passion in business development, technology R&D, startup ecosystem, public-private initiatives, event management and special projects.
Ainsya Mydiana
Manager at MDEC
Ainsya Mydiana brings over 10 years of experience of technical engineering and analytics background having graduated in BEng. Electronics Engineering and Msc. Operational Research and Applied Statistics. She has in-depth knowledge in corporate innovation, market access and foreign direct investments in the tech sector. In her current role at MDEC, she holds the foreign direct investments portfolio for North America and UK markets.
Akmal Zaman Abu
Business Coach at Lamka Advisory
Practical approach in business with financial & business evaluation background . Also has vast networking experience with industry players.
Alan Fung
SVP Business Dev at I-Serve Fintech Group
Alan Fung is not only a seasoned, versatile and passionate ICT professional, but also a coach and mentor who possesses strong business acumen. He has consistently achieved targets contributing to organizational growth through his achievement-oriented, highly resourceful, innovative and entrepreneurial outlook. His vast professional experience in MNC, SMEs and Start-Ups of commercial, government-linked & industry association sectors have given him deep industry and organizational insights and a wide network of contacts.
Alan served PIKOM as an Honorary Secretary & Councilor in 2002 and an Honorary Treasurer in 2004. He was also nationally recognised as one of the "Top 50 IT Personalities" by Computerworld Malaysia in its Millennium issue(2000) for contribution to the local ICT industry's development.
Amir Rohaizat Meor Razak
Head, Apex Incubator at Technology Park Malaysia
28 years of industry experience in startup business development, product commercialization and technology business incubation. Certified Master Trainer (HRDF/PSMB) and INSKEN BisKaunselor
Amirrul Rizwan
Partnership and Operations, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department
Enthusiastic and objective
Andrew Wong Thiam Fook
Co-Founder E3Hubs Sdn Bhd
Andrew Wong is the author of the book, "Psyschpreneurship - Staying Sane Amidst Entrepreneurship Chaos" and is the co-Founder of E3Hubs. He has more than 15 years of business incubation experience, having started more than 20 incubators and startups hubs in South East Asia; and have worked with more than 5000 entrepreneurs and innovators, guiding them from startup ideas to business growth. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and in his latest venture project, E3Hubs, which he co-founded, he seeks to expound his vision of empowering 1,000,000 entrepreneurs through 1000 Entrepreneurs Hubs by 2030.
Angeline Simone Chin
CEO/Co-Founder of Hanafundme
Angie co-founded Hanawomen Hub (A boutique size Women Cowork & Event Space) and Hanafundme.com (Crowdfunding Platform for Women & Causes). She drives both platforms growths as well as brand building, and her forte is working with the community and nurturing partnerships.
She's also passionate about animals welfare, conservation of environment and people who are economically challenged where she embarked on a Community Box initiative in 2017 (a two year project) with a local mall in Kuala Lumpur where shoppers can donate non-perishable food & hygiene supplies to be distributed to the less fortunate. The project has successfully benefited 50 recipients that consisted of various orphanages within Klang Valley, the orang asli community, the hardcore poor as well as various animal shelters.
Arzumy MD
CTO at FAVE
Currently the CTO at Fave and Billplz. I believe that Malaysia has the best talents and an ecosystem is vital to support their growth.
Azeem Adzmi
IT Strategy ,Technology Division at Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad
As a Big 4 Consultant, Azeem has successfully delivered 6 IT strategic consulting projects i.e. IT Strategic Plan and Enterprise Architecture in 3 years within Financial and Public Sector Domain for various clients in Malaysia.
As a Nation Builder, He was one of the key contributor to the delivery of National Transformation Project under Malaysia Economic Transformation Plan, National Key Economic Area: Entry Point Project 4, 6 and 8 (Oil and Gas). Also, was part of the key organiser of Oil and Gas Financial Forum, Oil and Gas Innovation Forum, MPRC Industry Networking Talk, MPRC innovation and financial pavilion at MOGSEC.
As a Banker and Head of IT Strategy, He is responsible for the development and implementation of the 3 years IT Blueprint that charts the technology improvements for the Bank to be at par with the current industry standards.
Azri bin Mohamad Saleh
Project Manager at Akademi Sains Malaysia
An experience investment manager with more than seven (7) years in venture capital and extensive management experience with deep understanding of diverse cultural and business practices. Skilled in business development, marketing and fund raising
Dalena Zulkifli
Investment Manager at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Have been with Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd the last 11 years. Currently I am with Investment Team where I am handling Disbursement & Monitoring for Cradle funded companies.
Daniel Cerventus Lim
Founder at NextUpAsia
Daniel is a renowned community builder and entrepreneur in Malaysia. He runs one of the largest entrepreneur communities in South East Asia.
Dr. Azrina Kamaruddin
Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia(UPM)
Azrina Kamaruddin (Ph.D) is a senior lecturer at the Department of Software Engineering and Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Putra Malaysia. Her research interests lie within Exergames for Elderly and Youths, Education Technology and User Experience in Education.
She has won a few national innovation competitions for education such as I-ARIA 2019, EIC 2020 and PICTL2020. She holds a treasurer position in The Association of Human Computer Interaction under the umbrella of ACM Special Interest (ACM Kuala Lumpur Chapter).
Dr Mohd Iskandar bin Illyas Tan
Deputy Chairman/ Senior Lecturer/ CEO at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia/ HOLISTICS Lab Sdn Bhd
Dr Mohd Iskandar bin Illyas Tan is a senior lecturer and the Deputy Chairman of UTM – Halal Consortium (UTM-HC), an entity that manages the research and development activities in halal science and technology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He has founded HOLISTICS Lab Sdn Bhd, a UTM spin-off company to focus on the aspects of commercialization of Halal technology. HOLISTICS Lab is a certified training provider for JAKIM Halal Professional Board training programs. Dr Iskandar has received numerous awards including the Halal Hi-Tech Challenge 2015 and received a grants from UTM and PlatCOM Venture. In addition, he has been accredited by various agencies in Malaysia and received assistance from Halal Hub Division, JAKIM, Penang Islamic Affairs Department, Penang International Halal Hub, Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Center (MaGIC), Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MiGHT) and the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. He won the Malaysia Commercialisation Year Award in 2018 from the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTEC), Malaysia.
Dr Winnie
Head of Programme (Master of Information Systems) at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Dr Wong Whee Yen, Winnie is the head of the programme - Master of Information Systems from the Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science in University Tunku Abdul Rahman. She is a certified Alibaba Global Digital Talent trainer and has also successfully completed 11Street Academy's Foundation of E-Commerce & Digital Marketing from the Seller Zone. She is appointed by the university as the Expert Panel for UTAR Unovate Centre for students business startup. Dr Winnie also involve in the university level ecosystem for digital commerce transformation. To-date, Dr Winnie has provided e-commerce training (B2B and B2C) to SMEs/SMIs (estimated 120 participants in food industry, cosmetics, IT gadgets, Malaysian products, apparel etc.). At the same time, Dr Wong encourages the act of constant learning as she believes that digital commerce is an on going developing platform that requires self initiative and the capability of being responsible for one's self learning progress. Dr Winnie come from the industrial background with software quality assurance and control exposure in software change control. Her research is related in adopting Six Sigma into IT project management for operational performance excellence.
Dr. Zuha Rosufila Abu Hasan
Deputy Director - Center of Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Linkages at UMT
Dr. Zuha possesses 16 years of experience as a senior lecturer of Marketing for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. She currently serves as the Deputy Director- Center of Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Linkages, UMT. She holds a PhD in Business Studies from Cardiff University, Wales and an MBA from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Her current research interests include marketing, consumer behaviour analysis and environmental studies.
Dr. Ahmad Hanif bin Ahmad Baharin
Researcher at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
I'm a researcher at the Institute of 4IR at UKM, specialising in physical computing, interaction design, HCI and new media art.
Dr. Alfian
Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
PhD in Computer Science, with a specialization in processing and analysis of media (such as images, video and to a lesser extent, sound). At the moment focusing on the use of Machine and Deep Learning to solve imaging-based problems.
Dr. Azlin Abd Jamil
Commercialisation Officer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
I am a Commercialization Officer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) who is responsible for ensuring that the university's research output can be exploited as best as possible for the benefit of all. With no less than 13 years of experience in the arena of improving the quality of local innovation, I have leveraged all my experience and career in technology commercialization into my recently completed PHD studies. The interest and desire in ensuring that the country benefits from its investment in the field of research has always encouraged me to continue to ensure that my role in the Malaysian innovation ecosystem is as beneficial as possible
Dr. Haliyana Khalid
Senior Lecturer at UTM
Dr. Haliyana holds a Phd in Computing, with specialization in Human Computer Interaction. My research interests lies within the topic of user experience in business information systems including in digital marketing, health informatics and product innovation.
Dr Idyawati Hussein
Senior Experience Design Researcher at UUM
Dr. Idyawati Hussein believes that UX research and design can improve the existing systems to give better experience to its targeted audience. Dr Idya has been working in the UX field for almost 20 years. Her PhD was about UX Design Practices in Malaysian industry. She has been attached to MDEC and MIMOS before joining the university, UUM, Sintok.
She has a high passion in the Startup ecosystem and funnelling the right talent to the workforce. She offers UX upskill/reskill and UX for products, services and systems in digital transformation. She inspires change and creates value to improve results and performance.
Dr. Murni Mahmud
Lecturer at International Islamic University Malaysia
Murni Mahmud is a researcher in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX). She specialises in interaction design evaluation methods, value-based design, usability and accessibility of website user interfaces. She has also explored a range of research areas namely electronic government and mobile government, virtual reality and neurofeedback. She was also awarded with several research grants for Islamic website evaluation, e-government portal evaluation, museum evaluation, virtual reality, children websites, learning HCI in the Malaysian context and mobile interactive Arabic poetry programme for pedagogical purposes.
Murni is an Associate Professor at the Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology (KICT), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She leads the Perceptive and Sentiment Computing research group at KICT. Currently, she is also a committee member of the Malaysian HCI and UX (myHCI-UX) – Kuala Lumpur ACM SIGCHI Chapter.
Dr. Nazrin Abd Aziz
Industry liaison officer at UM Office of Industry & Community Engagement (UM ICE), Universiti Malaya
Industry liaison officer for Universiti Malaya.
Dr. Noris Mohd Norowi
Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dr. Noris Mohd Norowi is a Senior Lecturer at the Multimedia Department, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She has a PhD in Computer Music from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, as well as a Master of Science in Multimedia Systems and a degree in Computer Science (Majoring in Multimedia), both from the Universiti Putra Malaysia. She belongs to the Human-Computer Interaction Research group, where the focus of her research include Artificial Intelligence in Music, Immersive Technologies, Sound Cognition, and Sound Synthesis.
Currently she is the Membership Chair of ACM SIGCHI Kuala Lumpur Chapter (myHCI-UX).
She has a deep passion for traditional Malaysian music, where she had worked on several projects to automatically classify them into their respective genres. She is a self-proclaimed 'Gendangist' and plays tradional percussion instruments such as the Gendangs, Gongs, and Kompang to name a few.
She used to be a Gamelan player, performing under the Pusat Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, UPM's Gamelan group.
While in Plymouth, she had also joined the Balinese Gamelan group named 'Chandra Gita Suara' at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Plymouth.
Eizzar Supiar
Sr. Investment Manager at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Eizzar Supiar or Jai has been part of Cradle since 2012. He is a senior officer with over 15 years of experience in business finance, financial forecasting & budgeting, and auditing. He was previously in-charge of the Group's Angel Tax Incentive Initiative (ATIO) where he was responsible to stimulate and encourage angel investments from the private sector into technology-based start-ups companies in Malaysia by providing a funding avenue that would allow them to grow.
During his time with Cradle, he assumed a key role in the Strategic Partnership Unit in managing and driving collaborations between Cradle and other organisations that support the development of local technology-based start-ups.
Jai has diverse knowledge in the corporate and start-up scene and has played a significant role in evaluating and recommending a number of Cradle's CIP500, CIP300, DEQ800 applications and Cradle's newly launched grant product – CIP Ignite and CIP Accelerate. He has a Bachelor's Degree of Accounting (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).
Jai is currently a Senior Manager of Investment and continues playing a pivotal role in helping local technology-based entrepreneurs and start-ups achieve success.
Eliza Alias
Vice President - Marketing & Ecosystem Development at Cradle Fund
Eliza is a Senior Manager, Marketing Communications for Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd. Her role includes overseeing the organisation's overall marketing activities. She also manages the Corporate Communications unit, which oversees all internal and external communications as well as event activities to help Cradle build its credibility in the local funding industry.
With almost 8 years experience in Cradle, her current role has allowed her to carry numerous responsibilities in the field of management & communications.
Eliza is self motivated person who posses good interpersonal skills with cheerful disposition.
Farah Othman
Vice President People at Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre
As the Vice President People of MaGIC, Farah leads the People, Culture and Talent Development department. She focuses on driving business results through the unique intersection of strategy, talent and culture. With a distinct forte in leadership, her areas of expertise include organisational innovation, culture transformation, driving organisational business goals as well as leading cross-functional business operations and optimisation.
Farah champions the Way of Work (WoW) at MaGIC, a cultural transformation initiative which serves as the guiding principle for MaGIC to promote a highly innovative, engaging, healthy and effective work culture. In addition, she is also a certified Coach and Mentor by the International Coach Federation (ICF), and has initiated a coaching and mentoring culture in MaGIC to elevate staff performance.
Hairry bin Abdul Razak
Head of Corporate Finance at Hairry
25 years of working experience in merchant bank, software development company, satellite broadcasting company, funding/venture capital government agency and startups.
An experienced practitioner in the field of corporate finance and investment, primarily in Technology.
Having a track record in closing funding approvals of more than 60 start ups during an 8 years stint in a government agency.
Presently in startups, focusing on New Retail and Smart City
Hartini Mardan
R&D Executive (Digital Talent Development) at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation
As R&D executive, I have the resposibility to oversee the Digital Talent & Development vertical to map-out the digital trainings and skills for Sarawak. Through this role, I am coordinating all sorts of training ranging from Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, IOT, Big Data, Cybersecurity etc.
Apart from that, I also involved as speakers for Digital Entrepreneurship & Digital Knowledge for JWKS and Digital Economy for CENTEXS-SMA Safari programs across Sarawak.
Heislyc Loh
Founder & CEO at Devs Asia
Heislyc Loh is a community builder and thought leader on technology startups and entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia.
He founded StartupMamak in 2011, a community 18000 users strong for tech startup explorers, talents and founders to exchange knowledge and connections.
He is also the Managing Director of Founder Institute Malaysia, the world's premier startup launch program for talented entrepreneurs in 180 different cities.
Heislyc is currently growing Devs Asia as a platform to gather top tech talents to help businesses outsource their mobile application and software product development.
Isaac Leong
CEO at Kumoten
Founded Kumoten in 2014. Graduated in Bachelor in Computer Science Universiti Putra Malaysia, comes with at least 15 years of managerial experience in sales, marketing and retail with multinational brands such as Sharp, Energizer, and Carrefour. Started Digital Marketing agency Shirosaru prior to Kumoten and managed Google and Facebook marketing for major real estate developer and insurance company.
Issani Isa
CEO at Etesha Sdn Bhd
He Talks Too Much, Parties too Little & Generally Tries to Do The Best He Can With What He Has.
Jasdy Syarman Bin Mohd Saari
CTO at Taming Tech Sdn Bhd
Experience serving with digital agencies with the toughest clients as well as government bodies to develop custom systems and applications. Well-versed with the back-end architecture to support systems, ensuring best performance and uptime. Previous works include projects for the Cancer Research, CIDB, Open University Malaysia and many others.
Ken Lau
CEO / Founder at Adventoro Travel Technologies Sdn Bhd
Ken has been involved in the startup / online industry for close to 10 years with Zalora, MYSALE, MaGIC and he is operating his own startup now Adventoro Travel (https://adventoro.com/). He has been involved as a judge / mentor with various platforms such as MaGIC, SiTEC, Watch Tower & Friends and many more. His area of specialization is e-commerce and business models.
Keng Chee Chan
General Manager, Research & Innovation Development at Telekom Malaysia R&D
Keng Chee Chan serves as the General Manager of TM Research & Development (TM R&D), a wholly owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Group. He leads research teams to execute various projects in advanced analytics, fixed and wireless connectivity, artificial intelligence, IoT, and digital platforms.
He has more than 20 years of experience in software product innovation across multiple industries namely telecommunication, insurance, cybersecurity, consumer analytics, and automotive. He holds an MBA from University of Strathclyde, UK, a Master's Degree in Computer Science, and a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
He started his career in 1997 as a software engineer in General Motors, where he worked on digitizing electromotives using embedded computers. He later moved to Motorola where he spent several years in developing OSS systems for the telecommunication industry. He then assumed roles in F-Secure as Program Manager, Experian as Head of Product Development, Manulife as Head of Strategy and Innovation, before assuming his current role In TM R&D.
Khairul Hafiz Bin Sharkawi
Head of Research and Development at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC)
Extensive background in Geographical Information Science and System (GIS). Interested in everything about tech.
Lim Feng
Community Director at START Malaysia
Feng is a startup founder and community builder in Malaysia. Currently, he runs the startup community in the southern region of Malaysia through START Malaysia (aka StartupJohor) and various programmes such as Startup Grind and Founder Institute.
Feng's work involves building a thriving and sustainable startup ecosystem, a growth marketing agency and managing startup programs in the southern region of Malaysia. He works together with some of the brightest minds and passionate individuals in Malaysia and across South East Asia. He is also the person behind BaseConf Technology Conference, Johor Startup Ecosystem Report.
Profesor Madya Ts. Dr. Noor Azurati Binti Ahmad @ Salleh
Director of Innovation and Commercialisation Centre at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Ts. Dr. Noor Azurati Ahmad@Salleh serves as an Associate Professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Kuala Lumpur. She obtained her B.Eng. in Computer Engineering in 2001 and Master of Electrical Engineering in 2006 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She graduated with a PhD in Embedded Systems from University of Leicester in 2013. On 1st of April, 2020, she was appointed as the Director of Innovation and Commercialization Centre (ICC), UTM. She was the Deputy Director of ICC Kuala Lumpur from 2018 until March 2020. Before that, the head of Cyber-Physical Systems Research Group for 2 years (2017 and 2018). She is also a Professional Technologist (Ts) in IT and Cybersecurity.
Mohd Zairi Mohd Yusof
Enterpise Sales Consultant
Extensive experience in Enterprise Infrastructure Sales, Business Development & Product / Pricing Management, Sales opportunities initial sales-cycle creation up till closure. Well-versed in multiple areas including installed-based, competitive attack and whitespace, with a focus on Public Sector verticals. Strong network of channel partners and colleagues throughout Malaysia.
Mohd Atasha Alias
Chief Executive at Foxymojo & Co
Experienced Senior Management, Entrepreneur & Tech Ecosystem Advisor.
Muzakkir bin Mohamad
Assistant Manager, Investment at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Muzakkir Mohamad joined Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) in August 2019 and is an analyst for Cradle's CIP funding programmes. He actively works with the investment team in many aspects of the grant programmes from applications screening, due diligence process & portfolio management. Within one year with Cradle, he has evaluated hundreds of companies/startups through its grant programmes.
Prior to joining Cradle, he worked as a Research Analyst at Astro Overseas Limited, an investment holding arm of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad. He has significant experience in market research and portfolio management for companies in technology, media and entertainment industry; mainly for India, Australia and Malaysia regions. He also has some experience working in startup companies (Goget and Tripda)
Muzakkir holds a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering with Minor in Sustainable Engineering from University of Toronto (Uoft), Canada.
Nazroof Hakim Bin Mohammed Noor
Chief Executive Officer at Billplz
Nazroof is an experienced executive with an excellent work history in the financial services industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Sales and Operations, Entrepreneurship, and Management. He founded Billplz in 2012. Billplz is a payment platform for organizations to pay and get paid the fastest, at the lowest cost possible. It processed over RM 3 billion GMV in 2020.He graduated from The University of Sheffield in 2001, majoring in Accounting and Financial Management
Norhayu Binti Ali
Community & Outreach Executive at TD1303 SDN BHD
Norhayu is a community and outreach executive keen to explore new heights in her career.
Prof Madya Dr Mohd Nizam Lani
Director of Centre for Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Networking at UMT
Since 2007, I've specialised as a lecturer in the field of Food Microbiology and Food Safety. I have vast experience in teaching, research and innovation. I led community projects, namely Empower ECER, an academic programme for B40 children for Besut, Setiu and Akuapolitan Kuala Nerus. Currently, I am the Director of the Centre for Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Networking, UMT.
Juliana Aida Abu Bakar
Associate Professor at UUM
I am currently an associate professor who also serves as the Deputy Dean at the School of Creative Industry Management & Performing Arts, Universiti Utara Malaysia. I won gold medals for innovative products in numerous exhibitions at national and international level and successfully led two projects funded by national grants for the past five years. I published over 100 articles in the renowned journals and proceedings mostly Scopus-indexed. My research interests include UX in virtual reality design, development and evaluation; game design; and virtual heritage. I am looking forward to collaborate with individuals who share similar interests.
Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr Masitah Ghazali
Associate Professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Masitah Ghazali is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, a member of VicubeLab Research Group, and an IT Associate Fellow at UTM Digital Department at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). She is one of the founding members of ACM Kuala Lumpur Chapter and currently holds the chair position.
Rajen Dorairaj
Senior Manager at MaGIC
Rajen has experience in digital transformation and business development which spans over 20 years. In his current role at MaGIC, he bridges corporates and startups on open innovation platforms and curates corporate innovation programmes. He leads the Partnership Department at MaGIC which develops programmes for startups to scale their business by connecting and leveraging on the innovation ecosystem.
Ritakamal Sadiman
Principal Coach/Trainer at e2B Consulting Sdn Bhd
A serial entrepreneur who has more than 35 years of business experience. Since graduating with a masters in Computer Science, my current business portfolio includes Fashion/Lifestyle, F&B, Training and Coaching and investment in a number of start-ups.
Ts. Dr Chui Yin Wong
UX Consultant at Cnergy, Multimedia University
Ts Dr Chui Yin WONG is currently a Consultant at Cnergy, a commercial arm of Multimedia University (MMU). She is also a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Creative Multimedia (FCM), MMU. She played a role as an Industrial R&D Liaison for Interface Design (ID) Department at FCM in the past to nurture UI-UX designers and bridge the gap between academic-research with industries. Her areas of expertise are user experience (UX), user interface design, and Gerontechnology. She has been working on numerous UX consulting services, training programs and research grant projects at national and international levels on website, software, mobile, and service design.
Ts. Dr. Muhammad Haziq Lim Abdullah
Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
Ts. Dr. Muhammad Haziq Lim Abdullah is a senior lecturer at the Department of Interactive Media, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He is involved in various computing technology projects in the areas of Assistive Technology, Serious Games, Augmented Reality and Interaction Design.
Tun Amirul Syukry Syafiq Bin Tun Baharum
Program Executive at TD1303 SDN BHD
I am a talented, ambitious and hardworking individual with broad skills and in technology and social media as well as vast experience in leading projects.
Vicknezan Selvadurai
Chief AX Officer at 16TWO
A student of digital marking learning everyday ...
Wan Imran Bin Wan Abdul Rahaman
CEO at Paper & Toast
CEO and lead changemaker of PAPER + TOAST. Being in the game for almost a decade, he is driven by the passion to make an impact in the industry. He leads the team to nurture a community-centric culture while building a strong ecosystem in the startup scene and beyond through collaboration.
Wan Mohd Farhan Bin Wan Mohd Fuaad
DroneTech & 4IR Ecosystem Enabler at Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation
Farhan currently leads the DroneTech & 4IR Ecosystem development in Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). He had served private corporations and multinationals across various industries prior to joining the government agency tasked to position Malaysia as the Heart of Digital ASEAN. With his management consultant, engineering and entrepreurship background, he advises startup companies in business strategy, market insights (product market fit), funding, corporate collaboration & government relation.
Warren Chan
CEO and co-founder at Pixelbyte Sdn Bhd (ParkEasy)
Warren is the CEO of ParkEasy, Malaysia's #1 car park reservation app. ParkEasy has over 20 parking zones across the Klang Valley ranging from shopping malls to hospitals. With more than 30,000 reservations made in 2019, Warren's key motivation for ParkEasy is to deliver customer delight. Warren is a Bachelor of Commerce holder from the University of Melbourne and has previously worked in banking, social enterprise, and quasi-government. Outside of work he is an avid video game nerd and father of a beautiful 1 year old girl.
Xelia Tong
Managing Partner at ScaleUp Accelerator Sdn Bhd
Experienced Vice President Of Investment with a demonstrated history of working in the investment management industry. Strong accounting professional skilled in Government, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, Account Management, and Risk Management.
Yassier Ariffin Bin Maidin
Associate, Management and Monitoring at IIB
In charge of managing and operating the Iskandar Space that includes programs and community events.