Showcase Speakers
Dato Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir
KSU - Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI)
YB Khairy Jamaluddin
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia
Sivakumaren A Narayanan
Managing Director at Malaysia Expatriate Services Centre (MYXpats) Talentcorp
Sivakumaren A Narayanan
Managing Director at Malaysia Expatriate Services Centre (MYXpats) Talentcorp
Siva has been working closely with industry, government agencies, universities, chambers and international bodies to address Malaysia’s talent gaps. He is passionate about creating networks for Malaysia’s talent and optimising them for the current and future workforce and facilitating global talent. He also works on female empowerment and on bringing back women to the workforce.
Siva has been at the forefront of immigration research and development, engaging various stakeholders towards developing policy recommendations to deliver a more facilitative framework for highly-skilled expatriates in Malaysia.
As the Managing Director of the Malaysia Expatriate Services Centre (MYXpats), Siva was responsible for setting up the Centre, which is a collaboration between TalentCorp Malaysia and the Immigration Department, and overseen by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Expatriates Services Division (ESD) of the Immigration Department of Malaysia.
Siva is an MBA holder and software engineer by training.
Professor Dr Rose Alinda Alias
Professor of Information Systems Management, Head of the Information and Service Systems Innovation (ISSI) Research Group and Senior IT Associate Fellow at UTM Center for Information and Communications Technology (CICT)
Professor Dr Rose Alinda Alias
Professor of Information Systems Management, Head of the Information and Service Systems Innovation (ISSI) Research Group and Senior IT Associate Fellow at UTM Center for Information and Communications Technology (CICT)
Rose Alinda Alias is a Professor of Information Systems Management, Head of the Information and Service Systems Innovation (ISSI) Research Group and Senior IT Associate Fellow at UTM Center for Information and Communications Technology (CICT). Prof Rose held various administrative posts for 20 years, the latest were UTM DVCAI Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic & International (2012-2016) and Dean of UTM Graduate School (2007-2011). She was Council Member of Malaysian Qualifications Agency (2016) and Member of Malaysian Examination Council STPM Standards Fixing Committee. She is also founding President of Malaysia Chapter for Association for Information System (AIS). She holds various qualifications in IS: PhD, MBA, MSc CIS, Bachelor CS.
Ahmad Fauzi Ali
Co-Founder and CTO at Singularity Ventures
Ahmad Fauzi Ali
Co-Founder and CTO at Singularity Ventures
He began employment as a Management Consultant with Arthur Andersen (Accenture). As a serial entrepreneur since 1984, he has been involved in the founding of about 10 technology companies including Sapura Advanced Systems (SAS in 1991). SAS was also the developer of the leading Malaysian management Decision Support System software (EIS) at the time and the lead integrator for the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In 2001, he founded FirstFloor Capital, Malaysia's first entrepreneur funded venture capital (VC) company. He subsequently sold FirstFloor to Khazanah Malaysia, the Malaysian sovereign fund. He left FirstFloor in 2007 to establish Singularity Ventures (Malaysia), as a privately owned and funded VC. The companies he has invested in and co-founded are in the businesses of neural software algorithms, genomic sequencing software & analytics, internet, learning management systems, drug development, semiconductors and the Internet of Things. Through Singularity Technologies, the operating company of SV, he is now in active collaboration with companies in the UK in building healthcare solutions for Assisted Living. Singularity Technologies is also a partner to Mimos, Malaysia's semiconductor R&D company in an effort to commercialize research in the country. Fauzi loves music and science fiction, and is a student of Systems Dynamics & Organizational Change.
Nadhir Ashafiq
Co-founder & Executive Director at TheLorry
Nadhir Ashafiq
Co-founder & Executive Director at TheLorry
Nadhir Ashafiq is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of TheLorry – a regional logistics platform that connects customers to lorry, truck, van and 4×4 pickup truck drivers in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. He previously co-founded Glokalise, a social networking app and has experience working in air freight logistics and investment banking. In 2017, TheLorry founders, Nadhir Ashafiq and Goh Chee Hau made headlines when both they and their company made it on the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. Nadhir believes in doing things that matter. A degree holder in Accounting and Master’s degree holder in Finance from Curtin University, Nadhir is passionate in creating impact in all of his endeavours. He spearheads Product, Marketing initiatives as well as growth strategy in Thailand and Indonesia at TheLorry. He is also passionate in developing the next generation of technology entrepreneurs and currently sits in the Malaysia Innovation Policy Council (MIPC) and National Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Council (MKPTN). He is also the Vice President of Persatuan Usahawan & Industry ICT Bumiputera Malaysia (NEF). In July 2019, Nadhir was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in the 88th International Selection Panel in Tokyo.
Dato Henry Goh
Group Chief Operating Officer at MACROKIOSK
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.
Ashran Ghazi
Chief Executive Officer at Dattel
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.
Lennise Ng
CEO & Co-Founder at Dropee
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.
Amir Zakwan Anuar
Chief Strategy Officer at AERODYNE GROUP
Amir Zakwan Anuar
Chief Strategy Officer at AERODYNE GROUP
"Amir commenced his career with Khazanah Nasional Berhad (a sovereign investment
fund of Malaysia), spending 8 years performing investment management, M&A and
Corporate Finance roles in the Kuala Lumpur headquarters and London office.
He has managed multiple investment portfolios cumulatively worth USD billions
ranging from Property Development, Real Estate as well as Innovation and
Technology, in Malaysia as well as Europe.
He holds a Master’s Degree in International Business from Monash University, and a
Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Bioscience, also from Monash University.
Amir is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of Aerodyne Group, primarily managing
Aerodyne Group’s international expansion, as well as corporate strategy at the
Aerodyne Group headquarters in Cyberjaya, Malaysia."
Dzuleira Abu Bakar
CEO at MaGIC
Dzuleira Abu Bakar
CEO at MaGIC
Dzuleira Abu Bakar is the Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC). Prior to this, Dzuleira was the CEO of Cradle Seed Ventures (CSV), a growth stage venture capital fund which is part of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd, Malaysia’s premier early-stage funding agency and influencer. She is also an appointed Council Member of the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM).
Dzuleira is no stranger to the entrepreneurship ecosystem both in the country and the region as she brings with her years of experience in the tech ecosystem, nurturing and growing promising tech startups. She has served in various key roles in government agencies, GLCs as well as the private sector with deep grasp in technology and innovation, private equity & venture capital, deal structuring, technology investing, social entrepreneurship and corporate finance applied across multiple industries and prominent corporations such as Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd, Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Malaysia Venture Management Capital Berhad (MAVCAP). Dzuleira holds a Master Degree in Management from Universiti Malaya (UM) and a Bachelor's Degree in Law from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).
Dr. Surinasirah Pakih
Timbalan Setiausaha Bahagian Bahagian Perancangan Strategik - Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI)
Dr. Surinasirah Pakih
Timbalan Setiausaha Bahagian Bahagian Perancangan Strategik - Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI)
Dr Roslan Bakri Zakaria
Co-founder and CEO of Random Collectives
Dr Roslan Bakri Zakaria
Co-founder and CEO of Random Collectives
I had 6 startups. Mainly in tech and tech/social innovation. I am heavily involved in all aspects of entrepreneurship. From idea development to commercialisation to growth. I have also contributed to the Nation by creating and building the tech entrepreneur ecosystem.
Additionally, I was heavily involved in policy for the tech and social entrepreneur industry that covers everything from idea management to growth. I also lead a team in bringing new ideas on how the Government can better engage the community through empowerment and genuine engagement. I had introduced open data and open government to the Ministries. I was also deeply involved in the bumi agenda.
MYHackathon Speakers
Dr Idyawati Hussein
Senior Experience Design Researcher at UUM
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.
Jonathan Chu
Coordinating Ambassador at One Young World
Jonathan Chu
Coordinating Ambassador at One Young World
Passionate about turning workplaces into Joyplaces, where the business thrives and the people win, by designing and implementing Scaling or Transformation Programmes to boost business strategy, operations, human capital and leadership. Also deeply interested in product development and building digital ecosystems. Highly results-oriented with experience in consulting, sales, marketing, and operations, I'm always looking for opportunities to help companies that are in the process of scaling and growth, and I believe digitalization can be a key instrument to achieve that for many companies especially SMEs.
Ir. Aziz Ismail
CEO at Authentic Ventures
Ir. Aziz Ismail
CEO at Authentic Ventures
Ir. Aziz Ismail has strong experience in enterprise management and industrial automation technology. He is involved in a full range of enterprise management applications and industrial automation technology in his more than 30 years working experience. It include Research and Development of Industrial Automation Products, Enterprise Management Applications , SME solutions, Asset Management solutions and PC management and monitoring applications.
Ir.Aziz Ismail is very active member of ICT economic cluster in Malaysia. As the Founder member for TechnopreneurAsia, (Past) President of TeAM ( Technopreneur Association of Malaysia) and Vice President II NEF ( Bumiputera ICT Entrepreneur Association) he is deeply involved in many strategies, activities and issues related to the industry. He is also a Director of Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Melayu, an umbrella organistion of 47 national NGOs with 500,000 entrepreneur members.
Daniel Phang
Youth Mentor at FutureLab
Daniel Phang
Youth Mentor at FutureLab
As a personal growth enthusiast, Daniel has made it his life's mission to unleash the potential of people around him. He provides coaching to young working professionals on leadership, communications and productivity. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Daniel's life took a turn after he attended a Tony Robbins seminar in 2018. Since then he has dedicated himself to serve others as a coach and trainer. Currently an MBA Candidate at the Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan, Daniel hopes to use his education to help people build their skills in an IR4.0 era.
Jamie Tam
Co-Founder at Mancealer
Jamie Tam
Co-Founder at Mancealer
From Canada, Hong Kong to Malaysia, I am a multilingual graduating MBA candidate who is passionate about brand strategy and digital innovation. Thriving within versatile and high-paced environments with a can-do attitude, I strive for excellence through the value of human centrality. Seeking to leverage strong knack in relationship management and marketing to champion brilliant ideas.
Dilip Suresh
Speaker
Dilip Suresh
Speaker
I am passionate about leadership, creating impact, and scaling businesses. With a specific focus on operational efficiency and team productivity. Managing and guiding teams towards the success goal post to reach new milestones is what I enjoy the most.
What is closely resonate "If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business." ~ B. C. Forbes.
Asyur Anwar
Founder and CEO at Easytech Digital Solution
Asyur Anwar
Founder and CEO at Easytech Digital Solution
Asyur Anwar is the founder and CEO of Easytech Digital Solution (www.eztech.co), a company that is dedicated to provide the best user experience to the client by developing augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mobile and web solutions. He is determined and passionate to make technology understandable and inclusive to everyone.
Before he started his own venture, he was a Lead Trainer for Coding@Schools program, a program to equip the younger generation with the skills and abilities to become more creative and innovative. He also one of the Mentor for 1Malaysia Entrepreneurship (1MET) Bootcamp 2015. Since then, he has taught and mentored more than 1000 school students and youth throughout Malaysia.
Apart from that, he is the Youth Ambassador for Asia Pacific UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) and APCC (Asian Pacific Children Convention).
Currently, he is pursuing MBA at the Asia School of Business (ASB), a partnership program between MIT Sloan and Bank Negara Malaysia. During the summer 2020, his expertise in digital technology had helped enabling Khazanah Nasional Berhad to use Industry Revolution (IR) 4.0 tech for investment decisions.
He studied Information Technology at the International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) for his first degree. During the college years, he was the president of entrepreneurship club and treasurer of faculty students’ society.
During his free time, he likes to travel, watching cinema and playing futsal with his friends.
Chuah Chung Jin
Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) enthusiast
Chuah Chung Jin
Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) enthusiast
Former investment banker and corporate finance advisor for public and pre-IPO companies in Malaysia. While in investment banking, CJ has a portfolio successfully implemented various corporate exercises ranging from IPOs, secondary equity fundraising, joint ventures, acquisitions, restructuring and share repurchases for more 30 public listed companies.
CJ is passionate about building businesses and sustainable growth of businesseses, particularly with SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in the creating long-term partnerships which deliver value to all stakeholders.
Eizaz Azhar
General Manager, Head of Corporate Strategy at HDC
Eizaz Azhar
General Manager, Head of Corporate Strategy at HDC
I am an entrepreneur with a penchant for adventure, and have been building businesses since 2005. My business ventures have included projects with government-linked corporations to deploy artificial intelligence products and blockchain-based certification systems, private sector broadcasting studio construction, and music retail stores. As a frontier market specialist, I have also advised businesses such as a major bank in Thailand and an international FMCG company in Myanmar.
In 2005 I established my flagship venture, Guitar Empire, which eventually became one of the largest music stores in Malaysia. I also co-founded the production company HCK Studios in 2014, as both a partnership and subsidiary of the public-listed HCK Capital Group. I continue to manage all my companies despite my various other professional activities, where the decentralized structure of the companies and solid fundamentals I built up over the years have allowed me to manage them only when necessary - giving me leverage to pursue other opportunities, partnerships, or expanding my knowledge, such as a full-time MBA course.
Interpersonal skills are both a forte and personal passion of mine, and I utilize them fully as an experienced entrepreneur with strong negotiating and business development experience. I also possess a well-connected network of Malaysian-based business leaders and maintain close relationships with local policymakers, a necessary investment for any businessman based in Southeast Asia.
Very much a kampung boy at heart, I see myself an entrepreneur by profession; a musician by calling; and a humanist by birth.
Abhiram Keremane Prabhakara
Finance Consultant
Abhiram Keremane Prabhakara
Finance Consultant
Abhiram is passionate about planning the sustainable growth of businesses. He enjoys identifying and solving problems that need solving by being data-driven and using quantitative methods like analytics. He is determined to create sustainable impacts on businesses with his prior work experience in business strategy, operations strategy, finance & accounting. The concepts of financial and digital inclusion highly appeal to him.
In his free time, he loves listening to audiobooks & podcasts. He also is an avid trekker who has completed several high altitude treks in the Himalayas.
Mohamed Zaidi Mahidin
Coach, MYHackathon
Mohamed Zaidi Mahidin
Coach, MYHackathon
Zaidi or widely known as Alang, he is a Certified PSMB and DISC of Human Behaviour Science trainer, with experience as a National Service Programme Coach, NLP Practitioner and MonsoonSIM Trainer. With more than 15 years of experience in the training industry, his skills lie in creating and customising boutique-workshops that cater for all soft-skills across all sectors.
His core training skills include Emotional Intelligence, Communication, Leadership, Behaviour Profiling, Services and Sales. He is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives. Hence, his workshops blend theory with experiential learning with an essential dose of fun, energy and excitement.
Nur Fareisha binti Mohd Yazid
Coach, MYHackathon
Nur Fareisha binti Mohd Yazid
Coach, MYHackathon
Fareisha has 12 years of project management and business transformation experience in public and private sector consulting. She enjoys problem solving for various industries. She recently returned from a 2 year project in Jakarta before the lockdown, designing and implementing a HR shared service system for Indonesia's national oil and gas company, and designed their digital transformation blueprint.
Currently while coaching for Hackathon, she is also strategizing business deals for the creative industry between Record Labels, Film and TV, as well as Entertainment via Streaming.
Vasanthan Lingan
Coach, MYHackathon
Vasanthan Lingan
Coach, MYHackathon
For the past 2 1/2 years, Vasan has been working with rural and under-exposed communities in New York, Mexico and Central America, initiating sustainable community development projects based on the United Nation's SDGs. From February to August, during the global pandemic, stranded in a secluded village in Honduras, Vasan decided he needs to find his way back to his homeland, Malaysia, to contribute to the country's development, mainly in the area of sustainability, which he thinks is crucial at this point in time.
Apart from being a coach and a facilitator, Vasan is currently starting community farms in Hulu Selangor to provide affordable food to the surrounding local communities.
Ahmad Razif bin Mohamad
Manager, CEO's Office at MIGHT
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.
Muhammad Arif Bin Tukiman
Co-founder & CEO at RunCloud
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.
Aizat Rahim
Co-founder at Dropee
Aizat Rahim
Co-founder at Dropee
I co-founded Dropee, a B2B eCommerce solution provider that enables businesses to buy and sell in bulk confidently. We do so by simplifying the ordering process and provide maximum insights on best-sellers across different retail segments.
Our Dropee Direct and Dropee Marketplace platforms bring wholesale businesses online and allow retailers to source for the right products from the right suppliers.
As part of empowering SMEs to grow, I also co-founded and currently the managing partner for Finnext Capital, an advisory & investment firm that focuses on Retail, B2B Commerce & Supply-chain.
Mohd Yusno bin Mohd Yunos
CEO & Founder at Evenesis - Y Us
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.
Jazz Tan Yee Mei
CEO at YouthsToday Sdn Bhd
Jazz Tan Yee Mei
CEO at YouthsToday Sdn Bhd
Jazz Tan is the CEO and founder of YouthsToday.com. Award winner of Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Top 40 under 40 Prestige magazine and the Best ICT in ASEAN region. Founder of the largest youth online engagement platform in Malaysia, Jazz is a social entrepreneur, strategist and an inspirational figure to set course and help young people to thrive at their fullest potential.
Over the years as an entrepreneur, Jazz has successfully launched over 3000 youth development projects across the country and inspired more than 500,000 youths in Malaysia. Looking at the current growth and rate that the platform is growing, Jazz strives to move forward with global expansion and gathering more like-minded entrepreneurs, NGOs and communities to embark on a journey of nation building with the youths.
Jazz believes youths are the backbone of every country's economy, growth and future that will create revolutions and solutions to both the community and the people at large. Jazz's mission and vision would be expanding to the global region and form strong partnerships with all stakeholders of countries and leaders to create positive change to the society.
Nadhir Ashafiq
Co-founder & Executive Director at TheLorry
Nadhir Ashafiq
Co-founder & Executive Director at TheLorry
Nadhir Ashafiq is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of TheLorry – a regional logistics platform that connects customers to lorry, truck, van and 4×4 pickup truck drivers in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. He previously co-founded Glokalise, a social networking app and has experience working in air freight logistics and investment banking. In 2017, TheLorry founders, Nadhir Ashafiq and Goh Chee Hau made headlines when both they and their company made it on the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. Nadhir believes in doing things that matter. A degree holder in Accounting and Master’s degree holder in Finance from Curtin University, Nadhir is passionate in creating impact in all of his endeavours. He spearheads Product, Marketing initiatives as well as growth strategy in Thailand and Indonesia at TheLorry. He is also passionate in developing the next generation of technology entrepreneurs and currently sits in the Malaysia Innovation Policy Council (MIPC) and National Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Council (MKPTN). He is also the Vice President of Persatuan Usahawan & Industry ICT Bumiputera Malaysia (NEF). In July 2019, Nadhir was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in the 88th International Selection Panel in Tokyo.
Azhar Mustapha
Director and CEO at Nervesis Sdn Bhd
Azhar Mustapha
Director and CEO at Nervesis Sdn Bhd
Azhar Kassim Mustapha is the Chief Executive Officer of Nervesis, Malaysia (http://www.nervesis.com). Azhar architects ZYGY, Nervesis’ core technology based on Artificial Intelligence technology using Text Intelligence and Intelligent Agent to accelerate human intelligence.
ZYGY is a platform that forms vital interconnected findings far beyond human speed by self-analyzing corporate, public or personal texts in web, social media, systems and documents based on a user's expected needs. For 100 documents, a user may take about 500 minutes to read, analyze and form important points, but ZYGY will take around 20 seconds.
Azhar also has a keen interest on marketing where he structures smart partnerships and he designs marketing initiatives revolves around content marketing. One of the smart partnerships Azhar has landed is with a major Telco, Telekom Malaysia.
Azhar is a graduate of the highly prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA, where he received his Bachelor of Science and Master in Engineering degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Azhar has a total of three Patents to his name - one in the US with COMSAT Laboratories (now part of Lockheed Martin) and two in Malaysia – in the areas of underwater communication and compression, speech recognition and hardware interpreter/translator technologies.
In addition to his role as the CEO of Nervesis, Azhar was also a Research Specialist at Multimedia University of Malaysia (MMU), where he led a team conducting advanced research and development (R&D) work funded by the Matsushita Corporation of Japan. Azhar has written and published numerous scientific papers at the International level.
Nazroof Hakim Bin Mohammed Noor
Chief Executive Officer at Billplz
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
Lim Feng
Community Director at START Malaysia
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.
Heislyc Loh
Founder & CEO at Devs Asia
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.
Hazwan Razak
Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation
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.
Yan Y
CEO at Settlements Workspace
Yan Y
CEO at Settlements Workspace
Yan-Y is the point-person of Settlements, a coworking & private office space in Georgetown, Penang. After spending time working in Public Relations in Singapore, she moved back to Penang to take on a communications role in Harta Intan Group of Companies. Aside from managing Settlements on a daily basis and liaising and maintaining relationships with current and potential partners, Yan-Y is also involved in the Group's other companies, overseeing the marketing communications for its property development, hotel & tourism, and food & beverage arms.
Viviantie Sarjuni
General Manager at Sabah Creative Economy and Innovation Centre
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.