
Director (Digital Content & Services) @ SingTel
Singapore

Director (Digital Content & Services) @ SingTel
Singapore
Experienced senior-leadership professional (14 years & Master's qualified) with proven industry expertise (telecommunications, financial & professional services) creating innovative digital strategy & executing business plans in both existing & start-up company environments. Reports to CEO/C-Level, works closely & effectively with all levels of management to create and deliver strategic initiatives from projects through to launching new digital media businesses. Offers visionary, logical, forthright thinking. Provides effective solutions to solve difficult problems.
Proven results in business development & negotiation with global companies to combine product innovation, new commercial opportunities & strategic marketing relationships. Proven ability to recruit & motivate a diverse, multi-region, highly efficient, creative team of professionals.
Delivers objective analysis, skilled at making quick decisions based on wisdom, experience, & judgement. Sought out by others for solution oriented advice, with dynamic, engaging & confident presence. Clearly communicates strategic direction to management & intricate technical solutions to business users & technical teams, delivering successful outcomes at company & project levels.
Great team player, fun attitude, dependable under pressure, exudes passion for the task at hand.
digital media content services, internet & mobile advertising, hiring, eBusiness, eCommerce, agile methodology, scrum, strategic planning, retail distribution, team leadership, mentoring, opportunity development, project delivery, e-marketing, board presentations, CEO level negotiations, emerging web technology, management consulting, client advisor, methodology creation, future trend analysis, product roadmap, user interface design, FLEX, venture seed funding, start-up expertise, CEO adviser
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Developing a new business opportunity to launch a Consumer oriented portal focusing on digital content and services.
Working with international partners to create a market first in Singapore.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Driving the transformation of SingTel's business systems and processes, streamlining them for access by SingTel customers via the Internet. To facilitate SingTel in driving greater customer usage to the internet for self-serve sales and post sales support.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SGT; Telecommunications industry)
June 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Doing for telecommunications what online banking did for financial services!
Responsible for creation of strategy, definition of the requirements & functionality, development of the solution & delivery of the online sales and customer self-service for the Consumer division (encompasses Mobile, Broadband, Dial-up, home phone, pay TV product sets) of Optus (affecting 6+ million customers)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 2005 — May 2005 (5 months)
Responsible for creation of strategy, definition of the requirements & functionality, development of the solution & delivery of the online sales and customer self-service for the Mobile division of Optus (affecting 3+ million customers)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AMP; Investment Management industry)
April 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 3 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
September 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 7 months)
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 1995 — August 2001 (6 years 7 months)
Master of Business, (eBusiness), 2001 — 2005
Bachelor of Business, (Finance, Accounting & Marketing), 1995 — 1999
1987 — 1994
Digital Media, Digital Content & Services, Innovation, Mobile, Telecommunications, Internet, Blogging, Skype, eBusiness, eCommerce, mCommerce, VOIP, Strategy, Motorcycles, Mac, Design, Management, Wireless, Broadband, Apple, Travel, Photography, Dining, Wine, User Experience, User Centered Design