MYHackathon Coaches

Being Adventurous, Illyaz dabbled in entrepreneurship; launching ventures in F&B, Online Marketing , technology, recreation & events, in a span of a decade. At the same time, Illyaz consistently facilitates trainings.

Inspired by the impact of training and his exposure to entrepreneurship, he dedicated himself in the science of personal growth and built competencies around high performance, entrepreneurship , business ,communication, team , emotional Intelligence and leadership.

Vasanthan Lingan

Coach, MYHackathon

Vasanthan Lingan

Coach, MYHackathon

For the past 2 1/2 years, Vasan has been working with rural and under-exposed communities in New York, Mexico and Central America, initiating sustainable community development projects based on the United Nation's SDGs. From February to August, during the global pandemic, stranded in a secluded village in Honduras, Vasan decided he needs to find his way back to his homeland, Malaysia, to contribute to the country's development, mainly in the area of sustainability, which he thinks is crucial at this point in time.

Apart from being a coach and a facilitator, Vasan is currently starting community farms in Hulu Selangor to provide affordable food to the surrounding local communities.

Mohamed Zaidi Mahidin

Coach, MYHackathon

Mohamed Zaidi Mahidin

Coach, MYHackathon

Zaidi or widely known as Alang, he is a Certified PSMB and DISC of Human Behaviour Science trainer, with experience as a National Service Programme Coach, NLP Practitioner and MonsoonSIM Trainer. With more than 15 years of experience in the training industry, his skills lie in creating and customising boutique-workshops that cater for all soft-skills across all sectors.

His core training skills include Emotional Intelligence, Communication, Leadership, Behaviour Profiling, Services and Sales. He is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives. Hence, his workshops blend theory with experiential learning with an essential dose of fun, energy and excitement.

Nur Fareisha binti Mohd Yazid

Coach, MYHackathon

Nur Fareisha binti Mohd Yazid

Coach, MYHackathon

Fareisha has 12 years of project management and business transformation experience in public and private sector consulting. She enjoys problem solving for various industries. She recently returned from a 2 year project in Jakarta before the lockdown, designing and implementing a HR shared service system for Indonesia's national oil and gas company, and designed their digital transformation blueprint.

Currently while coaching for Hackathon, she is also strategizing business deals for the creative industry between Record Labels, Film and TV, as well as Entertainment via Streaming.

Nurshakira Baharin

Coach, MYHackathon

Nurshakira Baharin

Coach, MYHackathon

With more than 10 years of experience in Experiential Learning, Shakira or Ira provides the best service to clients and customers with an emphasis on human behaviour and relationships. The three core principles of punctuality, commitment and openness are the heart and soul of her work. Ira provides modules and training sessions to potential entrepreneurs in the sales and customer service arena to help them attain financial freedom.

These modules include but are not limited to Communication Skills, Time Management, Personal Leadership, Attitude Transformation, Team Building and Effectiveness, Simple and Effective Steps in Achieving Optimum Sales, Effective Servicing and Managing Customer.

Konrad Wong Tien Choi

Coach, MYHackathon

Konrad Wong Tien Choi

Coach, MYHackathon

Konrad is active in various coaching and IT fields in Malaysia and Australia. While in Australia, Konrad managed hospital systems at Monash Medical Centre. He also works as an entrepreneur in IT hardware, software and service.

During his time with the Salvation Army Southern Region in Australia, he ran charity and human centric programs. While working with BHP Billiiton Mining, Konrad set up telematrix (GPS Mapping) to improve occupational health and safety. Konrad works as a design thinking coach with Genovasi and a meta dynamic coach with the coaching institute in Australia.

Shazwan Bin Saleh

Coach, MYHackathon

Shazwan Bin Saleh

Coach, MYHackathon

Shazwan is a full-time facilitator with People Performance Sdn Bhd. He was with PETRONAS Gas Berhad for 11 years of which 9 years as a learning facilitator for Operational Performance Improvement modules.

Today, he mentors and coaches people to take charge of their personal and professional lives by making brave choices to accelerate their success. He specializes in effective change management, which focuses on sustainable change programs and efforts towards achieving excellence.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with Honours from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP).

Wan Zaim B Wan Idris

Coach, MYHackathon

Wan Zaim B Wan Idris

Coach, MYHackathon

Zaim is educated in Business Administration and experienced in facilitation and coaching for 10 years. An enthusiastic individual who thoroughly enjoys working with people from diverse backgrounds.

Zaim creates and leads numerous development and improvement programs / initiatives. He takes great care in designing training programs which involves transformation and enhancement of skills through experiential and value-based learning. Zaim’s niche lies in leadership development and team dynamics, where he dedicates himself to moulding vibrant leaders and project managers who believe they can make the world a better place through their active contribution.