Horace Yip

Current

Associate at C4 WorldWide
Founder at Fisheye Vision Limited
Project Director at GeneX Cybertech Limited

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Past

Consultant at Citistore Limited
IT Manager at Morning Star Cement
Project Manager, Fixed Assets System at Westpac Banking Corporation

IS Manager, Asia Pacific at Westpac Banking Corporation
System Development Manager at Duty Free Shopers (Int'l) Ltd

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Horace Yip’s Summary

Horace contributes to bottom line of businesses by facilitating discovery and acquisition of technology, and management of technology investments.

>>> Professional quality: Over 20 years experience in regional large-scale projects, Project and IT management, and software development specialising in driving changes and delivering business values. Seasoned management professional with strong hands-on skills.

>>> Personality quality: Honest, friendly, very energetic. Forward-thinking. Can-do attitude. Innovative. Multi-tasking and, yet, laser-sharp focus. A team-player.

>>> Industrial exposure: Retail, Wholesale & Investment Banking, Insurance, Cement manufacturing, Trading/Import/Export, Restaurant, e-Business, Advertising with narrow-casting.

>>> Geographical experience: Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, Vietnam, People Republic of China, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, French Polynesia

>>> Entrepreneur experience: several internet businesses, an advertising firm and a restaurant.

Horace Yip’s Specialties:

Bridging tech-to-biz, technology value management, large-scale project management, strategic planning, business-building, software architecture, ERP implementation, Business Intelligence, object technology, Web 2.0, software development & programming, supplier management and negotiation.

Horace Yip’s Experience

Associate

C4 WorldWide

(Management Consulting industry)

June 2008 — Present (7 months)

As an active member of a dynamic organisation who provides a wide range of business development services; from consulting and commodities to commercial real estate and project development in addition to expansion, business intelligence, joint ventures, and every unique client's need.
Founder

Fisheye Vision Limited

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Driving the business with creativity and experience.
Project Director

GeneX Cybertech Limited

(Management Consulting industry)

February 2000 — Present (8 years 11 months)

CIO/CTO-level IT consultant to public companies and start-ups. Facilitator in negotiation workshops. Clients including AIG, AZ-EM, Bloomberg, GSK, InterContinental, etc.
Consultant

Citistore Limited

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)

April 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 4 months)

Provided consulting service on a project to replace the POS and ERP systems.
IT Manager

Morning Star Cement

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Building Materials industry)

1996 — 2001 (5 years)

CIO level responsibilities for a US$388m, multi-sites start-up company. Built IT infrastructure and operations from the ground up. Achieved business results under tight deadlines and budget in a developing country.
Project Manager, Fixed Assets System

Westpac Banking Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years)

Bond trading system development project with leading edge and emerging technology.
IS Manager, Asia Pacific

Westpac Banking Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

1990 — 1994 (4 years)

Strategist, policy maker, project manager, system developer for the Asia Pacific region. Delivered business values via new branches roll-out, development and roll-out of the Business Intelligence platform, data centre consolidation, communication network rationalisation, etc.
System Development Manager

Duty Free Shopers (Int'l) Ltd

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Retail industry)

1985 — 1990 (5 years)

PC technology evangelist - roll-out, programming, training and support. AS/400 technician and developer. Team leader, system analyst and system designer.