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. 🥲

Certification

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 me do my work better.

See Opportunities, Gaps

I spot opportunities and gaps in systems, ideas and processes. I'm no genius - I just recall ideas from product leaders and engineers.

Estimate Better

Because I can somewhat code, I know complexity, trade-offs, and "definition of done".

Scrutinize Costs

I hate wastage, bloated stuff, and getting ripped off. So much of these are hidden in dumb requirements and hidden assumptions, written by people who either don't know or don't care.

I've worked for 12 years in the public service. Here's a breakdown.

Tech
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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
0%

Media Relations Officer

Managed media and collaborated on unpaid features of MINDEF & SAF.

Comms Strategist

Crafted comms campaigns and strategies.

Comms

Policy
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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.

—Gemini