I'm a public servant trying to close gaps between policy, business, tech.
Education
Studied Political Science at NUS.
I loved comparative & money politics. But I did lots of IR. 🥲
Interests
Webdev on-off since 2000s — PHP4 days, Wordpress, Javascript, Python frameworks
Building PCs, love building rigs for cheap, hate cable mgmt
Tech business & entrepreneurship, I like listening to people's ideas
Stable diffusion LORAs to get free Korean AI portraits
Playlist
- All-In Podcast
- Primeagen
- Theo
- Fireship
- Syntax
- Lenny's Podcast
- Olivio Sarikas
My side projects help my work.
Opportunities, Gaps
I spot opportunities and gaps in systems, ideas and processes. I'm no genius - I often just apply things I gleaned from what product leaders, engineers, tech influencers put out online.
I have Hacker News, Reddit, daily.dev, and Youtube to thank.
Know What It Takes
Because I do coding, I can understand technical complexities, trade-offs, best practices, and "definition of done".
Cost Scrutiny
I challenge cost estimates and hidden assumptions. We shouldn't spend just because we can.
Tech (53%)
Service Delivery Tech Team Lead
Manage products, tech consultancy for citizen & employee services.
Tech Infra Policy Team Lead
Policies & funding for cloud, on-prem hosting, SG Tech Stack, endpoint devices, dev toolchains.
Comms Tech Team Lead
Developed & bought media analytic products. Led investments in NLP & CV research.
Comms (27%)
Media Relations Officer
Managed media and collaborated on unpaid features of MINDEF & SAF.
Comms Strategist
Crafted comms campaigns and strategies.
Policy (20%)
NS Policy Officer
Did NS policies for sportsmen, leave, citizenship, exit control. Worked in Committee to Strengthen NS.
I enjoy side projects.
Build things, try new tools.
From Python's grip I boldly flew,
To JavaScript's wild, noisy crew,
Typescript calms the frenzied code,
But Go's sweet whispers tempt the road.