Co-Founder and Director at Ata Plus Sdn Bhd
Elain is the Co-Founder and Director of Ata Plus, an Equity Crowdfunding platform registered and recognised by the Securities Commission Malaysia. Upbeat and optimistic, she believes nothing is impossible and that challenges are opportunities in disguise. This fuels her career in areas of management, business strategy, human resource, business development, relationship management, marketing and corporate communications. She has served notable organisations, namely Petronas, MDeC, Malaysia Debt Ventures, DiGi Telecommunications and Packet One Networks. Elain is a non-Executive Director on the board of Reservoir Link Berhad, a company listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia. She was also on the board of Western Union Payments Malaysia and was the Chairman of Western Union Internal Audit Committee from 2012-2019. On top of that, she was actively involved in the start-up community, advising entrepreneurs in funding, strategy and operations. Elain is the President of the Registered Digital Markets Association Malaysia. She is instrumental in establishing Ata Plus’ partnerships, deal screening and operations framework. In March 2019,she was presented the BERG 2019 Women Icons Malaysia for her contribution, achievements and leadership in Fintech. Recently, she was recognized by Digital News Asia, a leading independent news portal, as one of the 2020/2021 Batch of Digerati50 for being bold, brave and inspirational in pursuing her passion and pushing the boundaries of Digital Economy in Malaysia. Elain graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Actuarial Science and MSc in Operational Research.
Lecturer at International Islamic University Malaysia
Murni Mahmud is a researcher in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and User Experience (UX). She specialises in interaction design evaluation methods, value-based design, usability and accessibility of website user interfaces. She has also explored a range of research areas namely electronic government and mobile government, virtual reality and neurofeedback. She was also awarded with several research grants for Islamic website evaluation, e-government portal evaluation, museum evaluation, virtual reality, children websites, learning HCI in the Malaysian context and mobile interactive Arabic poetry programme for pedagogical purposes.
Murni is an Associate Professor at the Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology (KICT), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She leads the Perceptive and Sentiment Computing research group at KICT. Currently, she is also a committee member of the Malaysian HCI and UX (myHCI-UX) – Kuala Lumpur ACM SIGCHI Chapter.
Founder at NextUpAsia
Daniel is a renowned community builder and entrepreneur in Malaysia. He runs one of the largest entrepreneur communities in South East Asia.
Director of Centre for Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Networking at UMT
Since 2007, I’ve specialised as a lecturer in the field of Food Microbiology and Food Safety. I have vast experience in teaching, research and innovation. I led community projects, namely Empower ECER, an academic programme for B40 children for Besut, Setiu and Akuapolitan Kuala Nerus. Currently, I am the Director of the Centre for Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Networking, UMT.
SVP Business Dev at I-Serve Fintech Group
Alan Fung is not only a seasoned, versatile and passionate ICT professional, but also a coach and mentor who possesses strong business acumen. He has consistently achieved targets contributing to organizational growth through his achievement-oriented, highly resourceful, innovative and entrepreneurial outlook. His vast professional experience in MNC, SMEs and Start-Ups of commercial, government-linked & industry association sectors have given him deep industry and organizational insights and a wide network of contacts.
Alan served PIKOM as an Honorary Secretary & Councilor in 2002 and an Honorary Treasurer in 2004. He was also nationally recognised as one of the “Top 50 IT Personalities” by Computerworld Malaysia in its Millennium issue(2000) for contribution to the local ICT industry’s development.
Community & Outreach Executive at TD1303 SDN BHD
Norhayu is a community and outreach executive keen to explore new heights in her career.
Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
Ts. Dr. Muhammad Haziq Lim Abdullah is a senior lecturer at the Department of Interactive Media, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He is involved in various computing technology projects in the areas of Assistive Technology, Serious Games, Augmented Reality and Interaction Design.
Deputy Director - Center of Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Linkages at UMT
Dr. Zuha possesses 16 years of experience as a senior lecturer of Marketing for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. She currently serves as the Deputy Director- Center of Knowledge Transfer and Industrial Linkages, UMT. She holds a PhD in Business Studies from Cardiff University, Wales and an MBA from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Her current research interests include marketing, consumer behaviour analysis and environmental studies.
Program Executive at TD1303 SDN BHD
I am a talented, ambitious and hardworking individual with broad skills and in technology and social media as well as vast experience in leading projects.
Founding & Managing Partner at Vynn Capital
Victor is the Founding & Managing Partner of Vynn Capital. He was formally the Vice President of Investments for Gobi Partners and managed two SEA-focused early stage funds. Some of his notable investments include Carsome (Malaysia), Triip.me (Vietnam) and Travelio (Indonesia).
Prior to that he was with the largest venture capital fund in Malaysia, MAVCAP and was involved with direct and indirect investments. Previously, he served Willis Towers Watson, as an advisor on investment strategies for corporate, pension and sovereign wealth funds.
He was an honoree of the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 in 2017, Chairman of the Malaysia Venture Capital Association (MVCA) as well as a CFA charterholder and a Mensa member.
Founder & CEO at Devs Asia
Heislyc Loh is a community builder and thought leader on technology startups and entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia.
He founded StartupMamak in 2011, a community 18000 users strong for tech startup explorers, talents and founders to exchange knowledge and connections.
He is also the Managing Director of Founder Institute Malaysia, the world's premier startup launch program for talented entrepreneurs in 180 different cities.
Heislyc is currently growing Devs Asia as a platform to gather top tech talents to help businesses outsource their mobile application and software product development.
Head Angel Tax Incentive Office & Sr. Exec. Investment at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Currently the head of Angel Tax Incentive Office and the senior executive of Investment (Disbursement), Hisham has amassed over 5 years of experience across administration, investment process, operations, event management, corporate planning and secretarial work. Hisham was also involved in special projects namely startup investment, technology, ICT and public services. Prior to joining Cradle, Hisham was part of iA Group which was recruited as the technology consultant for the 1GFMAS project, under the supervision of the Accountant General.
During these 5 months, he was appointed as Technology Analyst and conducted in-house training and module writing. Then, as an executive at Malaysian Business Angel Network (MBAN), Hisham successfully managed 3 annual summits attended by local angel investors, PE, Venture Capital and international investment firms. In 2018, Hisham managed the stakeholders, public-private partnership and VVIPs of ASEAN Angel Alliances (AAA) Summit, a collaboration between MBAN and Cradle. This partnership led to new opportunities, as Cradle’s senior management appointed Hisham as Angel Tax Incentive Officer, Marketing and Strategic Partnership and Investment (Grant) in 2015 onwards.
Hisham graduated with a diploma in Public Administration at MARA Technology University (first class) and Bachelor Degree in Corporate Administration (Second Upper Class). Hisham continues to uphold his passion in business development, technology R&D, startup ecosystem, public-private initiatives, event management and special projects.
Principal Coach/Trainer at e2B Consulting Sdn Bhd
A serial entrepreneur who has more than 35 years of business experience. Since graduating with a masters in Computer Science, my current business portfolio includes Fashion/Lifestyle, F&B, Training and Coaching and investment in a number of start-ups.
Chief Executive at Foxymojo & Co
Experienced Senior Management, Entrepreneur & Tech Ecosystem Advisor.
Business Coach at Lamka Advisory
Practical approach in business with financial & business evaluation background . Also has vast networking experience with industry players.
Vice President People at Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre
As the Vice President People of MaGIC, Farah leads the People, Culture and Talent Development department. She focuses on driving business results through the unique intersection of strategy, talent and culture. With a distinct forte in leadership, her areas of expertise include organisational innovation, culture transformation, driving organisational business goals as well as leading cross-functional business operations and optimisation.
Farah champions the Way of Work (WoW) at MaGIC, a cultural transformation initiative which serves as the guiding principle for MaGIC to promote a highly innovative, engaging, healthy and effective work culture. In addition, she is also a certified Coach and Mentor by the International Coach Federation (ICF), and has initiated a coaching and mentoring culture in MaGIC to elevate staff performance.
General Manager, Research & Innovation Development at Telekom Malaysia R&D
Keng Chee Chan serves as the General Manager of TM Research & Development (TM R&D), a wholly owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Group. He leads research teams to execute various projects in advanced analytics, fixed and wireless connectivity, artificial intelligence, IoT, and digital platforms.
He has more than 20 years of experience in software product innovation across multiple industries namely telecommunication, insurance, cybersecurity, consumer analytics, and automotive. He holds an MBA from University of Strathclyde, UK, a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
He started his career in 1997 as a software engineer in General Motors, where he worked on digitizing electromotives using embedded computers. He later moved to Motorola where he spent several years in developing OSS systems for the telecommunication industry. He then assumed roles in F-Secure as Program Manager, Experian as Head of Product Development, Manulife as Head of Strategy and Innovation, before assuming his current role In TM R&D.
Assistant Manager, Investment at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Muzakkir Mohamad joined Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) in August 2019 and is an analyst for Cradle’s CIP funding programmes. He actively works with the investment team in many aspects of the grant programmes from applications screening, due diligence process & portfolio management. Within one year with Cradle, he has evaluated hundreds of companies/startups through its grant programmes.
Prior to joining Cradle, he worked as a Research Analyst at Astro Overseas Limited, an investment holding arm of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad. He has significant experience in market research and portfolio management for companies in technology, media and entertainment industry; mainly for India, Australia and Malaysia regions. He also has some experience working in startup companies (Goget and Tripda)
Muzakkir holds a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering with Minor in Sustainable Engineering from University of Toronto (Uoft), Canada.
Senior Executive PR & Comms at Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad
Leen Bakar is a seasoned player in the industry: conducting market, industry and technology assessments of tech companies in the Biz Tech and advisory services unit. She currently serves as the Senior Executive in PR & Comms at Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad, wielding verbal and visual magic to targeted audiences.
Leen has 20+ years of work experience in F&B, IT & Telco, regulatory and finance. She has both an LLB and MBA but more importantly, sings in a choir.
Industry liaison officer at UM Office of Industry & Community Engagement (UM ICE), Universiti Malaya
Industry liaison officer for Universiti Malaya.
Chief AX Officer at 16TWO
Sr. Investment Manager at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Eizzar Supiar or Jai has been part of Cradle since 2012. He is a senior officer with over 15 years of experience in business finance, financial forecasting & budgeting, and auditing. He was previously in-charge of the Group’s Angel Tax Incentive Initiative (ATIO) where he was responsible to stimulate and encourage angel investments from the private sector into technology-based start-ups companies in Malaysia by providing a funding avenue that would allow them to grow.
During his time with Cradle, he assumed a key role in the Strategic Partnership Unit in managing and driving collaborations between Cradle and other organisations that support the development of local technology-based start-ups.
Jai has diverse knowledge in the corporate and start-up scene and has played a significant role in evaluating and recommending a number of Cradle’s CIP500, CIP300, DEQ800 applications and Cradle’s newly launched grant product – CIP Ignite and CIP Accelerate. He has a Bachelor's Degree of Accounting (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).
Jai is currently a Senior Manager of Investment and continues playing a pivotal role in helping local technology-based entrepreneurs and start-ups achieve success.
Strategy & Venture Development Manager at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Adam has been involved in entrepreneurship and start-ups and has been on both sides of the fence, he has developed an in-depth understanding on Malaysia’s start-up and SME scene. His passion is Nation building through entrepreneurship where he hopes to contribute towards developing a more conducive environment for entrepreneurs to drive their innovation towards commercial success.
Investment Manager at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Have been with Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd the last 11 years. Currently I am with Investment Team where I am handling Disbursement & Monitoring for Cradle funded companies.
Principal Researcher at Telekom R&D Sdn. Bhd.
Mr. Chun-Yeow Yeoh was born in Georgetown, Penang. He graduated with a first class honours in B.Eng Electrical Electronic in 2001 and a M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering in 2003 from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. He is currently Principal Researcher at Telekom R&D Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia.
He has previously worked with Cozybit inc. in San Francisco Bay Area as staff engineer on 802.11s mesh networking and has contributed patches to Linux kernel. His research interests include the MAC layer of wireless communication technologies on WiFi and LTE, embedded system, software-hardware co-design and Linux system. He was appointed as TM R&D delegate to 3GPP LTE/5G standardization group and has constantly contributed technical written documents to RAN2/RAN3 Technical Specification Group (TSG). He is a registered member of Board of Engineer Malaysia and also a member of 5G WG under Malaysian Technical Standard Forum Berhad (MTSFB), contributing towards the 5G Systeam and Architecture Specification. He received the best paper award in IEEE ICIT, Shenzhen, China in 2007 and outstanding paper award in IEEE ICACT 2018, South Korea.
Currently, he is the technical lead of TM R&D Open Innovation Platform (OIP), a multi-layer digital infrastructure serving as a data brokerage system, an API aggregation platform and an e2e IOT platform for rapid deployment of smart services.
Co-Founder E3Hubs Sdn Bhd
Andrew Wong is the author of the book, "Psyschpreneurship - Staying Sane Amidst Entrepreneurship Chaos" and is the co-Founder of E3Hubs. He has more than 15 years of business incubation experience, having started more than 20 incubators and startups hubs in South East Asia; and have worked with more than 5000 entrepreneurs and innovators, guiding them from startup ideas to business growth. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and in his latest venture project, E3Hubs, which he co-founded, he seeks to expound his vision of empowering 1,000,000 entrepreneurs through 1000 Entrepreneurs Hubs by 2030.
Manager, CEO's Office at MIGHT
Ahmad Razif (Razif) is currently a Manager in the CEO's office and heading several program especially Newton-Ungku Omar Fund (NUOF), Multilateral Collaboration with Muslim Majority Countries, and Industry engagement & cluster program. He has a Master of Technology and Innovation Management from UTM and currently pursuing his PhD with Heriot Watt University.
Chief Executive Officer at Dattel
Ashran is the Chief Executive Officer of Dattel, a Consumer Intelligence Company that aspires to be the global central point of reference for ASEAN Consumer Data by disrupting the way data is collected, structured, analyzed, and delivered to clients. Currently has presence in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, with near plans to expand to Myanmar & Vietnam.
Co-founder & CEO at RunCloud
I’ve started my first business since college as a computer science student as a web, mobile app, and games designer and developer.
Post-graduation, I started Cool Code, a software house company with two partners, Jebat and Amir. My company has expanded from a side business for pocket money to a company with 20+ in-house developers. Within three years, we have served multiple big-name clients and have over 3 million app downloads.
Now I lead RunCloud, a company aimed to simplify server management for developers and businesses. Today, RunCloud is a fast-growing company and manages over 230,000 web applications from over 100+ countries around the world in just three years.
Chief Investment Officer at Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd
Juliana Jan joined Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd in 2004 and is currently the Chief Investment Officer, responsible in managing the company grant products, the DEQ800 investment portfolio and temporarily holds the position as the Acting CEO of Cradle Seed Ventures (CSV), Cradle’s venture capital arm.
Juliana has an extensive and diverse experience in market research and grant as well as venture capital funding. She has a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics from the Missouri University Science and Technology – Rolla.
Juliana started as an analyst under the developmental grant (CIP50) team and in early 2009, she headed the developmental grant (CIP Catalyst) evaluation team. Then in 2010, she moved to head the commercialisation grant (CIP500) evaluation team and eventually the entire CIP500 unit. With the evolution of Cradle and the initiation of its equity play, she moved to head the equity team.
Juliana continues to be committed in building and developing strong growth potential start-ups in the country specifically in early stage through her work in Cradle. She played a major role as part of the working committee in the setting up of the various products in Cradle and the development of processes, such as the CIP Catalyst (developmental funding), CIP500 (seed funding) as well as the Co-investment and DEQ800 initiatives in 2014 and 2016 respectively.
Prior to joining Cradle, Juliana started her career as a market research executive in a technology-funding agency, which provides both grant and venture capital funding, where her industry and market research projects varied from consumer product and biotechnology to other high technology industries. This has given her a strong background in spotting market trends, analysing gaps in the market and identifying market needs.
After two years in the market research division and another year in the CEO’s office, Juliana joined the investment unit in the same organisation as an analyst where she acquired experience in venture capital funding.
With her career experience, Juliana understands the needs of the market and the issues in the funding ecosystem from prototype development in the pre-seed stage, the seed stage, up to the later stage of fund raising.
Juliana is very passionate about helping entrepreneurs and start-ups. The knowledge and know-how she gained prior to joining Cradle and also at Cradle has been invaluable in enabling her to assist Cradle recipients by advising them and sharing information about the market and funding criteria.
Founder and Director at Content Capital Sdn Bhd
Wan Adli carries almost two decades of experience in implementing IT solutions to corporate clients. He specializes in e-learning, web-based development. Previous professional experience includes serving as the Technical Director for a subsidiary of a public listed Singapore company for 3 years.
Founded his first company, Content Capital Sdn Bhd, in 2003. The company has served numerous corporate bodies and government agencies solving their enterprise e-learning needs. This includes building the one and only official eLearning platform for the government of Malaysia, serving 1.6 million government servants.
Information Technology Officer at KPWKM
Information Technology Officer at KPWKM with 18 years in government service.
Partner at Intres Capital
Mr. Amin Shafie is a Partner in Intres Capital Partners. He is also a founding partner of QuestMark Capital Management a venture capital management firm based in Kuala Lumpur with operations in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was with MSC Venture Corporation, and involved in Malaysia’s first venture fund focused on the ICT industry. Throughout his tenure, he is active on the boards of portfolio companies involved in tv media, animation, new media, mobile applications, big data, medical devices and green technology industry. His experience includes the setup and adoption of new business models and turnaround and workout strategies for such companies.
Currently, he represents ADIF on the boards of Aerodyne, Serunai, and Katsana. Mr. Amin Shafie graduated from Western Michigan University in USA with a BBA in Computer Information Systems. He is the past Chairman of the Malaysian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (MVCA).
Group Chief Operating Officer at MACROKIOSK
Henry is the Co-Founder and currently the Group Chief Operating Officer of MACROKIOSK, a digital technology company which he founded together with his brothers 20 years ago. This was at a time when mobiles were used for phone calls and were owned by an exclusive group of people.
Riding on the belief that mobile will be the dominator in the future, MACROKIOSK was established and has grown from a three-man team located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to over 250 employees from 20 different nationalities with operating offices in 14 different regions and countries. MACROKIOSK has to date helped more than 3000 companies from 37 countries spread over 24 different industries in embracing digitalisation in their daily operations and businesses.
Over the course of building MACROKIOSK, Henry has been involved in basically every part of the development of the company, from opening up new offices in new markets to marketing, sales, finance, building up a team and product development. Besides working on MACROKIOSK, Henry spends time mentoring entrepreneurs and giving talks in and out of Malaysia. Academically, he holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and is a winner of the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur Award.
Investment Manager at Cradle Fund
Azizul Abdul Hamid joined Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle) in February 2015 and is currently the Investment Manager of DEQ800, an equity investment product under Cradle which works on diversifying investment strategy for a maturing start-up ecosystem in Malaysia. Azizul actively works with the investment team for on-going monitoring & review (operational, financial performance & industry benchmarking) of investment. Prior to that, he actively monitored Cradle’s recipient company under a Cradle Investment programme called CIP500.
He has diverse experience in fund management, Finance and Accounting and Banking. He is actively working in developing early stages of business solution and business model to assist Cradle recipients pave their way to success.
Azizul graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam with a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons) and is a member of Malaysia Institute of Accountant (MIA). Prior to joining Cradle, he started his career in banking, retail industry and then became an officer with the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), where he was responsible for approximately 80 companies that received agricultural grants from Malaysia of Agriculture (MOE) under purview of Secretariat of Technofund.
With his diverse experience in funding and investment for 8 years, he believes in giving back by reaching out to aspiring entrepreneurs and help to achieve their goals.
General Manager at TD1303
Ezree Esmadee is the General Manager of TD1303, an ecosystem builder for start-ups based in Terengganu. He champions digitalization in the East Coast Region of Peninsular Malaysia with vast experience in Community Building, Start-up Foundation, Innovation Management, Digital Marketing and E-Commerce.
He holds a Masters of Project Management from University of Adelaide and a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas.
Assistant Manager Tech & Data, Strategy at MaGIC
Daren is a full-stack generalist and data scientist passionate in combining data, design and development onto solving real-life problems. Prior to his current role, he worked as a freelance developer/consultant for multiple startups around Asia for 3 years bringing ideas to life.
A serial hackathon winner with a cumulative total of 6 podium finishes and 4 Top 10 finishes. He even entered international hackathons as far as Italy and London before. He is also the winner of the Merit Prize at the 17th MSC Malaysia APICTA Awards 2016. He founded Hackathon Kaki & Developer Kaki, two active tech communities in Malaysia with over 7200 members.
He is currently working as an Assistant Manager in MaGIC working on tools and technologies to empower the startup ecosystem in Malaysia. He is also a familiar face on the judging panels for hackathon/entrepreneurial events and invited as speaker for tech events and universities.
Legal Counsel at Cradle Fund
Muhammad Hafez bin Mohd Azhar is a Legal Counsel with Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), a leading start-ups influencer, incorporated under the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MOF) in 2003 with a mandate to fund potential and high-calibre tech star-ups through its Cradle Investment Programmes.
His practice focuses on Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Start-ups Law and Litigation matters.
As a Legal Counsel for Cradle Group, Hafez is responsible for Cradle’s Group Legal Affairs, which includes all kinds of Agreements (such as Funding Agreements, Restructuring Documents, Guarantee Agreements, Shareholders Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Service Agreements, MoU’s, Discharge Documents, IP’s), Joint Venture Agreements, Due Diligences, Corporate Financial Agreements, and Capital Market Law.
Hafez advises both Cradle, Start-ups under Cradle and Cradle’s investee company on day-to-day legal issues affecting the organisation. He takes a proactive approach in giving legal advice, emphasising creative solutions to related problems what would affect Cradle.
Hafez has over 10 years of experience in Financial Sector including Corporate Banking Litigation and General Litigation, Banking Recoveries Issues, Cross Border Transactions, and Islamic Financial Agreements.
Prior to joining Cradle, Has was the Senior Legal Executive at Export – Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (EXIM Bank) with responsibilities in Project & Contract Financing.
Hafez started his career in 2008 when he first did his attachment with Messrs Nadzarin Kuok Puthucheary & Tan, before joining the law firm as Legal Assistant.
Hafez holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the International Islamic Universiti Malaysia (IIUM).
VP Strategy at MaGIC
Khalid looks at Strategy in Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre, MaGIC; an agency under MOSTI that enables, facilitates and navigates aspiring entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs and startups through capacity building and market access initiatives.
He began his career in a cyber security company, F-Secure before moving into the banking sector through Ambank. He then spent time at Malaysia's largest media conglomerate, Media Prima prior to joining the fast growing e-wallet company, Boost.
Chief Business Development Officer at IX Telecom
Taufiq returned from the USA under the Malaysia’s Talent Corporation - Returning Expert Program back in 2015. He received his education from the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio and Executive MBA from the Jack Welch Management Institute by Strayer University, USA.
Upon coming back to Malaysia, Taufiq invested in IX Global Services as part of the IX Telecom group focusing on the global internet network services. He is now the Chief Business Development Officer for IX Telecom after serving as the Chief Marketing Officer for the previous 2 years.
SVP, Technology and Innovation at Malaysia Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC)
Safuan heads the Technology and Innovation Division of the Malaysia Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC) as a Senior Vice President. His portfolio covers the National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS), Social Innovation (SI), Academy (consisting of Global Accelerator Programme, Bootcamps and MooC) as well as MaGIC’s Technology Development. Skilled in Strategy, Business Planning, Management and Business Development with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and MBA. Initiated Malaysia’s DroneTech Ecosystem, supported by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Drone Industry Insight (Droneii) and DHL.
Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor.
PhD in Computer Science, with a specialization in processing and analysis of media (such as images, video and to a lesser extent, sound). At the moment focusing on the use of Machine and Deep Learning to solve imaging-based problems.
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Industrial Linkages and Strategic) at UMT
Professor Dr. Fauziah Abu Hasan holds a doctorate in international and development economics from Florida State University. She obtained her masters and undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University in statistics and economics. Before joining the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, she was working in Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Her research interests include international and development economics and entrepreneurship. She started working as a lecturer in 1985 and has served the university in various capacities such as being the head of department, deputy dean, head of corporate planning, director of quality assurance and dean of faculty.
Currently, she holds the position of Pro-Vice Chancellor responsible for strategic planning, risk management, knowledge transfer, industry networking and corporate communications at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. She has given talks on various subjects including international and development economics, knowledge transfer and strategic planning for the university.
CEO and Co-Founder at Aegis Associates
Rashdan is the CEO & Co-Founder at Aegis Associates , a Blockchain & Fintech Consultancy working with clients in digital banking, e-payments and crypto-token utilization.
He is currently the President of Starc.Asia, a technology think-tank dedicated to advising ministers, top public servants and C-suite corporate figures on the application of emerging technologies including enterprise data analytics, blockchain, artificial intelligence , augmented reality and augmented intelligence.
He has been conferred multiple awards including a Silver Medal for MTEX, Silver Medal for ITEX and a Gold Medal for PECIPTA.
Rashdan has a wide experience in assessing technologies and technology trends having been involved in evaluating startup funding for MDEC and TERAJU funds.
Senior Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia(UPM)
Azrina Kamaruddin (Ph.D) is a senior lecturer at the Department of Software Engineering and Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Putra Malaysia. Her research interests lie within Exergames for Elderly and Youths, Education Technology and User Experience in Education.
She has won a few national innovation competitions for education such as I-ARIA 2019, EIC 2020 and PICTL2020. She holds a treasurer position in The Association of Human Computer Interaction under the umbrella of ACM Special Interest (ACM Kuala Lumpur Chapter).
Managing Partner at Serendipity Ventures
Raiyo Nariman specializes in commercialization of technology & intellectual property, and the development, funding and growth of start-ups. As a Venture Manager, Raiyo personally invests in, and partners with, founders & innovators, taking a hands-on role, to ensure successful execution of commercialization & growth strategies, business development & market entry, and capital raising.
As the founding VP for the Malaysian Business Angel Network, he played a key role in establishing the current angel investor community in Malaysia and has also established, developed and managed angel networks in Hong Kong and Singapore, and works with angel clubs and associations across Asia and the West.
Raiyo is MD and Partner in Serendipity Ventures, a Hong Kong-based boutique venture management firm, where he personally invests in early stage ventures and takes Executive Director positions to execute the commercialization strategy and take the ventures to market.
Director of Cybersecurity & Management Services at SAINS
Total >15 years of broad experience in tech industry (local & multinational) ranging from enterprise infrastructure, telco/ ISP, IT market research for IT Services, Cloud and Data Center, Organizational Change Management (Prosci), Consulting and most recently in Cyber Security for Gov.
Vice President - Marketing & Ecosystem Development at Cradle Fund
Eliza is a Senior Manager, Marketing Communications for Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd. Her role includes overseeing the organisation’s overall marketing activities. She also manages the Corporate Communications unit, which oversees all internal and external communications as well as event activities to help Cradle build its credibility in the local funding industry.
With almost 8 years experience in Cradle, her current role has allowed her to carry numerous responsibilities in the field of management & communications.
Eliza is self motivated person who posses good interpersonal skills with cheerful disposition.
Division Secretary of Policies and Inspectorate at Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Dr. Siti Muhaza Sheikh Zainal is the Division Secretary of Policies and Inspectorate, Ministry of Housing and Local Government from the year 2017 to present.
She begins to serve the government in the year 1995, as Assistant Director of External Service Unit in Economy Planning Unit of Prime Minister’s Department. She is then attached to International Affairs Unit, Planning and Research, National Anti-Drugs Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs before being promoted to Director of National Anti-Drugs Agency, Sabah.
Prior to this, she was the Chief Assistant Secretary of Strategic and International Planning for Ministry of Rural and Regional Development. Dr Siti Muhaza had also served in several ministries namely; Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities. Her former position before promoted to MHLG was Deputy Director of In Services Strategic Development Cluster, Human Capital Management Division for Public Service Department of Malaysia.
Dr Muhaza obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Community Development from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation
Hazwan Razak is the Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), a Government-linked entity entrusted to lead the implementation of Sarawak’s Digital Economy Strategy. His team focuses on building a robust ecosystem that supports local start-ups and entrepreneurs and providing employment opportunities in all corners of the state, via digital empowerment. He also currently leads several Sarawak STEM initiatives, is an MBOT Professional Technologist, and a Project Management Professional (PMP). He started his career with PETRONAS, serving in upstream offshore operations, before expanding his skillsets working in a multinational start-up and an education-focused social enterprise. As a member of the International Development Design Network (IDIN), he has carried out short-term development design projects in several developing communities globally. He was educated at Melbourne and Oxford in engineering, and loves all things tech.
Chief Executive Officer at Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad
Eassignments under Celcom International Ventures. He left Celcom ncik Sudarnoto Osman earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tohoku, Japan in Electronic Engineering and after graduating he started his career with Matsushita Air-Conditioning R&D Sdn. Bhd (Electrical and Electronics Development) in 1993.
His mobility career started in 1994 with Celcom Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. He was instrumental in expanding Celcom network and initiated the 2G network rollout throughout Sarawak. He was also appointed on ad-hoc basis as a consultant on several international Malaysia Sdn. Bhd in September 2000 to join Maxis Mobile Sdn. Bhd. and he embarked on Maxis network rollout in East Malaysia. He left as Regional Network Head at Maxis Broadband Sdn. Bhd. in March 2013.
He continued his career by venturing into telecommunication infrastructure business when he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at SACOFA Sdn. Bhd. (“SACOFA”) in April 2013. During his tenure at SACOFA, he expanded SACOFA’s business and network beyond Malaysia. He was also appointed in various capacity in other organisations such as PT SACOFA Indonesia, PT BINA Indonesia, DSTA Sdn. Bhd., Malaysian Access Forum Bhd., Persatuan Infrastruktur Telekomunikasi Malaysia, and Konsortium Rangkaian Serantau.
He was later appointed by the Sarawak Government to spearhead Sarawak digitalisation initiatives as Chief Executive Officer of Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad on 15th May 2020.
