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- Internet and New Media Advisory Committee Member at Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
- Honorary Treasurer, IDM Chapter at Singapore Computer Society
- Advisor at Entrepreneur 27 Singapore
- CNET Blogger at CBS Interactive Pte. Ltd.
- Director at Qotion.com
- Executive Director at Longtail Solutions Pte Ltd
- New Media Advisor at Singapore Slingers
- Advisor at RateMyTurban.Com
- Co-Founder at (Singapore) Cybersports and Online Gaming Association
- Business Director at AGES Systems Gelderfarenit Pte Ltd
- Volunteer at SCCC, Forerunners
- Executive Director at CBMC (S) Limited
- Past
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- CNET Blogger at CNET Networks Asia Pacific
- Head, Business Development at Clear Choice Usability
- Special Aide to President at Beautiful Card Corporation
- Member of Advisory Board at Kinnovate Solutions Pte Ltd
- Business Development Director at Alpsoft Enterprises
- Executive Director at Gaming Giants (Private Limited)
- Business Advisor at View2Offer.Com
- Executive Director at Artificial Life Source Pte Ltd
- Co-Founder, Technology Director at Geek Terminal (Pte Ltd)
- Volunteer at Lions International (Sommerville)
- Head, CuRe Professional at RPI Holdings Sdn Bhd
- Internet Marketer (Self-employed)
- Director at Just Media Pte Ltd
- Executive Director at Icon Technologies Pte Ltd
- Volunteer at Links and Connections
- Principal at Day Solutions Pte Ltd
- President at Business Network International, Genesis Chapter
- Partner at Savante Technologies
- National Service at Singapore Armed Forces (Music and Drama Company)
- Web Applications Developer at Lucent Technologies
- Education
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- RMIT University
- Singapore Polytechnic
- Temasek Secondary School
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Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Summary
2009
.Interviewed on ChannelNewsAsia, Digital Life, MyPaper, etc.
.Moderating gamers forum on Media Development Authority's Media Fiesta
.Hon. Treasurer for S'pore Computer Society IDM Chapter
.Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts: Internet and New Media Advisory Committee Member
.SCOGA co-organised gaming event Licence2Play
2007-08
.Presented at conferences incl. Ogilvy Digital Summit, Brunei THiNKBIG National Technology Forum, World Professional Blogger-Journalists Assoc. Convention in Seoul, LG Asia Pacific PR Summit, S'pore National Library's Bridging World's Conf., etc
.Interviewed/featured in various local & regional print, radio, TV, & online media.
.Invited judge for Spring 2008 SSPA Recognized Innovator Awards
.NUS MBA business plan panel judge
2005-06
.Invited to speak at Elim Chew's "The Young Enterpreneur Mastery Network"
.Featured in 'Young & Enterprising' & as case study in Business.Gov.Sg
.Accredited by Mastercard Int'l as security auditor
2002-04
.Cover story on Straits Times Recruit
.Featured in S'pore Polytechnic Annual Report & Graduates Guild 'Fission' magazine
.Featured in CWD, recognised global web design benchmark
.Featured story in Computer Times & Straits Times Life!
.Presented @ Macromedia & Mac conferences
1999-2001 National Service
.BMTC Company Best Shot & SISPEC Platoon Best Trainee. Offered SAF scholarship.
.Musician, SAF Music & Drama Co. Performed with renowned musicians, celebrities & SSO to heads of states & VVIPs.
1998-99
.Web Developer, Lucent Tech.
Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Specialties:
Recognised professional in new media, online gaming, and payment.
Have worked with governments, financial services (payment), enterprise applications, new media, education, medical, hi-tech manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, broadcast, insurance, property, non-profit, shipping, logistics and supply chain.
Strengths in business strategy, processes and systems, marketing, and innovation.
Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Experience
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Internet and New Media Advisory Committee Member
Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
(Government Agency; Design industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
Assisting the government on Cyberwellness, media literacy, and related policies, public education programmes and research.
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Honorary Treasurer, IDM Chapter
Singapore Computer Society
(Government Agency; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Have the privilege to help develop this industry by serving in this newly-formed chapter catering to the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) professional in this very well-established organisation.
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Advisor
Entrepreneur 27 Singapore
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Founded in 2006, E27 is a community for passionate individuals with fresh, visionary mindsets on the Asian consumer web/mobile industry. Based in Singapore, we started with the desire to bring the Silicon Valley culture back to Singapore. Today, we have a regional outlook and are committed to growing the industry through support for entrepreneurship and specialized events with corporate and public organizations.
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CNET Blogger
CBS Interactive Pte. Ltd.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CBS; Broadcast Media industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
CNET has been bought by CBS in 2008 and CNET Asia is now operated by CBS Interactive Pte. Ltd.
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Director
Qotion.com
(Financial Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
Internet Finance Portal - compare various financial products. Featured in various media publications. Still in Beta.
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Executive Director
Longtail Solutions Pte Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Revolutionizing the software industry by providing Software as a Service for rapid application development and go to market.
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New Media Advisor
Singapore Slingers
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Sports industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Singapore's first Professional Basketball team! http://www.singaporeslingers.com
Helped develop the new media strategy which included bloggers, facebook, eCRM, etc. which contributed to a big surge in game attendances and winning of the ‘Sportal Award’ by the National Basketball League (Australia) for the website with the highest hits in Oct 2007. This led on to my official appointment in Dec 2007. -
Advisor
RateMyTurban.Com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Yahoo Site of the Year 2006. Web 2.0 site for uploading and rating turbans. Version 2.0 about to be launched!
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Co-Founder
(Singapore) Cybersports and Online Gaming Association
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
An association focused on the Singaporean gamer. Our goal is to make Singapore a global leader in gaming and eSports through positive engagements with local gaming communities.
Help co-organised Licence2Play in May 2009 with SPHere, attended by more than 250,000 visitors.
Honour to have Dr Yeo Ning Hong, patron of Singapore National Olympics Council as our patron. -
Business Director
AGES Systems Gelderfarenit Pte Ltd
(Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)
Security experts accredited by Mastercard in physical and logical security audits.
Also provide various services in security, GSM SAS and EMV Certification. -
Volunteer
SCCC, Forerunners
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
Music with a ministry.
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Executive Director
CBMC (S) Limited
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)
CBMC was started during the great depression of the 1930s to help ailing businesses and businessmen.
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CNET Blogger
CNET Networks Asia Pacific
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)
August 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 3 months)
Contract blogging for CNET Asia under my own featured blog 'Geekonomics' which covers
1. Singapore Tech landscape – developments in Singapore Tech scene.
2. Personal Tech – games, gears, gadgets, lifestyle, etc
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Head, Business Development
Clear Choice Usability
(Design industry)
July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year)
A boutique usability consulting outfit for an emerging industry in Asia. Strong references in Australia and Switzerland including a few projects for the United Nations. Helped to manage the Singapore representative office for a while.
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Special Aide to President
Beautiful Card Corporation
(Banking industry)
January 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 6 months)
World top 5 largest GSM and EMV Credit Card Bureau. Assisted organisation in GSM SAS Certification.
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Member of Advisory Board
Kinnovate Solutions Pte Ltd
(Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)
Invited to the advisory board of this software outfit together with William Hioe, COL (Retd) Winston Lim, Ronald Seet, and A/P Ho Yew Kee. Never managed to contribute in anyway and left together with board member who invited me.
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Business Development Director
Alpsoft Enterprises
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — April 2008 (3 years 8 months)
Day Solutions' IT business acquired by Alpsoft. While still delivering web and general IT services, was more focused on regional business development especially in the wireless space - GIS, RFID, etc. Key clients include Singapore Police, Philips, NOL, SECOM, FME Onyx, TIBS, Hewlett Packard, Singapore Power, IDA, on top of existing clients from Day Solutions.
Was key to signing of NEC, Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Microsoft as iLUIP Partner endorsed by InfoComm Development Authority of S'pore (IDA). Eventually resigned to focus on new work I wanted to give priority to. -
Executive Director
Gaming Giants (Private Limited)
(Sports industry)
February 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Cybercafe retail chain that grew really quickly but I left to focus on national gaming association - SCOGA.
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Business Advisor
View2Offer.Com
(Internet industry)
February 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 1 month)
One of Singapore's top Property Portal then. Founder wanted to change the business model and engaged my help.
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Executive Director
Artificial Life Source Pte Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
June 2007 — November 2007 (6 months)
New Media Solutions. Exited after bootstrapping and raising initial seed funding.
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Co-Founder, Technology Director
Geek Terminal (Pte Ltd)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
October 2006 — March 2007 (6 months)
Technology cafe on 55 Market Street. Featured on Time magazine and CNN.com for novelty concept. Exited after some bootstrapping and raising initial seed funding.
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Volunteer
Lions International (Sommerville)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 10 months)
As a volunteer, helped in elder care events like zoo outings, bringing them for lunches, interacting with them at their homes, etc. Also good experience in holding fund-raising events like golf charity, charity dinners, etc.
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Head, CuRe Professional
RPI Holdings Sdn Bhd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year)
After exiting Day Solutions, I started this business division in RPI to provide CRM solution to the insurance industry - helping agents manage their prospects and customers to stay on top of their game.
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Internet Marketer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
May 2004 — April 2006 (2 years)
Provide Training and Consulting for Internet Business and Marketing through Mentoring from then top Internet Marketer SenZe.
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Director
Just Media Pte Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
September 2004 — August 2005 (1 year)
Helped this media agency acquire major customers like Nagase and DBS Bank. Also helped conceptualize a CRM campaign for Burger King's.
Just Media's other key accounts include Audi, Lexus, Toyota, Olympus, Canon, NTUC Income, and MUIS. -
Executive Director
Icon Technologies Pte Ltd
(E-Learning industry)
January 2003 — December 2004 (2 years)
Creating multimedia learning content for Singapore government agencies
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Volunteer
Links and Connections
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
November 2001 — October 2004 (3 years)
Worked in a team to help connect those in transition to potential jobs with email network and monthly motivational events.
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Principal
Day Solutions Pte Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Web solutions startup I founded. The more significant work included projects for clients like Chesterton International Property Consultants, DBS Bank, Garden Clinic, Hardrock Café, Hewlett Packard, Julia Gabriel Speech and Drama School, Ministry of Environment, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Pacific Carriers Ltd, Ravi Surgery, and Singapore Accounting Academy.
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President
Business Network International, Genesis Chapter
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
April 2003 — September 2003 (6 months)
Was with BNI for two years. During my 6-months Presidential term, led my leadership team and committee to double all the records from chapter size, number of business referrals, to the number of visitors escalating to award of the first and only Silver Medallion in Singapore.
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Partner
Savante Technologies
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2001 — August 2001 (6 months)
Overall in charge of sales and operations together with partner.
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National Service
Singapore Armed Forces (Music and Drama Company)
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
January 1999 — April 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Various local and international performances with renowned musicians and local celebrities to Singapore military, public, as well as private functions to audience which included VVIPs like various heads of states.
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Web Applications Developer
Lucent Technologies
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LU; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1998 — January 1999 (1 year)
Developed HR-related web applications as well as support on PeopleSoft.
Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Education
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RMIT University
Masters in Business Information Technology , Business IT , 2006 — 2009
Started on this executive masters program on business IT in Singapore
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Singapore Polytechnic
DCIS , Computer Information Systems , 1995 — 1998
Joined program by Japan-Singapore Institute of Technology which later merged into the Singapore Polytechnic program. Was drafted into the Singapore Polytechnic Intervarsity Debating Team and graduated Singapore Polytechnic Model Student and Valedictorian. Also award book prizes from Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. Founded and coached the department debating team which has been a championship team and producing many best speakers and intervarsity representatives since 1998 till now.
- Activities and Societies:
- InterPolytechnic Debating Team
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Temasek Secondary School
1991 — 1994
Graduated best Cambridge O level score when entered into Singapore Polytechnic – could have stayed with one of the top junior colleges but wanted to pursue passion in IT then. Represented school for Symphonic Band, Chinese Chess, Badminton, Basketball and was also Chairman of the Computer Club. Was assigned special duties under the School Prefectorial Board. Trained regularly with National players under the SPEC2000 program for badminton.
- Activities and Societies:
- English Debates, Chinese Recital, Chinese Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Chinese Chess, English Drama, Badminton, Basketball, School Prefectorial Board, and Computer Club.
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Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Interests:
Gears, Gadgets, Web 2.0
Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Groups:
TheDigitalMovement, SCOGA, CBMC, SCCC, E27, SG Entrepreneurs
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Nicholas Aaron Khoo’s Honors:
. FuelMyBlog Blog of the Day Award
. Innovation Award (Team Alpsoft) @ the Splash Awards 2005 Wireless Jam by Singapore Computer Society (for use of Ultra-wide Band in hospital patient tracking)
. Singapore IT Leaders Award 2004 - Youth Finalist
. DandieStar Design Award (Germany)
. Perfect Vision Award
. Golden Web Award, International Association of Webmasters and Designers
. Gold Award, American Association of Webmasters
. Gold Award, Maestro Award of Excellence (Netherlands)
. SAF BMTC Company Best Shot
. SAF SISPEC Platoon Best Trainee
. Diploma with Merit in Information Technology (Computer Studies) - Valedictory Speaker
. Singapore Polytechnic Model Student Award
. Microsoft Singapore Award (Book Prize)
. Hewlett Packard Singapore (Sales) Award (Book Prize)
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