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I’m a results-driven senior tech leader with over a decade of experience building and modernizing enterprise software. I specialize in cloud-native architectures, microservices, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact products. I enjoy translating business needs into scalable technical solutions and mentoring engineers to grow.
I thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy designing robust systems, and delivering measurable outcomes like improved performance, reduced deployment times, and increased user satisfaction. I’m passionate about collaborating with stakeholders, staying hands-on with code, and guiding organizations through digital transformation.
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Work Experience
Senior Tech Lead/Architect at SPH Media
November 30, 2024 - July 28, 2025Provided technical guidance to business stakeholders and successfully shipped a $2m rearchitecture project modernizing internal enterprise products used by 500+ users and 600,000+ subscribers, handling $700k+ monthly billing revenue. Acted as scrum master for a 12-member agile team. Designed scalable microservices on AWS ECS, Lambda, and EventBridge, resulting in significant development time savings, reduced order processing time by 80%, and increased resilience by reducing dropped orders by 70%. Re-designed batch processes using AWS Batch, reducing batch jobs from 70+ to 38 and lowering processing time during month-end bill runs from 1 day to 8 hours. Led a 6-person engineering team maintaining backend and frontend codebases, enforcing code review and TDD practices, upgrading frameworks and dependencies, and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Technologies included PHP (Laravel), Vue, React, Node.js, Java (Spring), MySQL, AWS, Git, NewRelic, and Sentry.
Software Developer at Secretlab
March 31, 2022 - July 28, 2025Developed and maintained an internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter frameworks to support business processes.
Senior Software Developer at FirstCom Solutions
October 31, 2021 - July 28, 2025Built and shipped over 20+ e-commerce websites, enhanced the codebase with additional features and improved user experience. Architected and developed a multi-tenant CRM SaaS generating additional $300k+ revenue. Improved tech infrastructure and reduced deployment times by up to 30%.
Chief Technology Officer at InStaffiliates Pte. Ltd.
August 31, 2019 - July 28, 2025Developed an Instagram Automation SaaS targeted at influencers and marketers to improve profile presence. Migrated software from vanilla PHP to Laravel for scalability and performance. Coordinated and led a remote team of 7 developers, integrated global payment gateways like Stripe and PayPal, administered servers on Digital Ocean and AWS, and worked with Apache, Ubuntu, AWS RDS, Git, and custom GitLab instances.
Temp-Staff at A*STAR
October 31, 2012 - July 28, 2025Spearheaded development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool monitoring social media chatter for Government ministries. Assisted in commercialization of machine learning tools and participated in data collection and event analysis for NDP shows.
Intern at A*STAR
April 30, 2012 - July 28, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team exploring RDF, OWL, and ontology technologies. Assisted in developing a search engine for Wiley, and applying machine learning techniques including NLP, Sentiment Analysis, and Information Retrieval.
Senior Tech Lead/Architect at SPH Media
November 2, 2024 - September 8, 2025Provided technical guidance to business stakeholders and shipped a $2M architecture project, modernizing a suite of internal enterprise products that served 500+ internal users and 600,000+ subscribers, with monthly revenue of $700K+. Scrum master for a 12-member cross-functional agile team. Designed and implemented scalable solutions by decoupling monoliths and building reusable microservices on AWS ECS, AWS Lambda and AWS EventBridge for common use-cases across the organization. Achievements include saving up to ~120 man-hours per project, reducing total order processing time by 80%, increasing resiliency by reducing dropped orders by 70%, redesigning batch processes using AWS Batch, and reducing month-end processing time from a full day to 8 hours. Led a 6-person engineering team maintaining core back-end services and front-end, acting as a gatekeeper for code contributions and PR reviews. Enforced TDD and integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, moved to GitHub Actions. Tec
Software Developer at SECRET LAB
March 2, 2022 - September 8, 2025Developed and maintained an internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter to support business processes.
Senior Software Developer at FirstCom Solutions
October 2, 2021 - September 8, 2025Built and shipped 20+ e-commerce websites; Enhanced a base e-commerce codebase, added new functionalities and improved UX; Architected and developed multi-tenant SaaS CRM, contributing additional revenue of ~ $300K. Improved overall infrastructure and reduced deployment times by up to 30%.
Chief Technology Officer at InstaAffiliates PTE. LTD.
August 2, 2019 - September 8, 2025Developed an Instagram Automation SaaS targeted at influencers & marketers to improve profile presence. Migrated software from vanilla PHP to Laravel for scalability and performance. Coordinated a remote team of 5 developers in the Philippines and 2 local developers to successful project completion. Integrated Stripe and PayPal for payment processing. Spun up and administered servers on Digital Ocean and AWS; worked with Apache, Ubuntu OS, AWS RDS, Git, and GitLab.
Temp-Staff at ASTAR
October 2, 2012 - September 8, 2025Spearheaded development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool to monitor social media chatter for Government ministries; Assisted in commercialisation of ML tools from research efforts; Participated in NDP shows to collect noise data and map it against show segments for event analysis.
Intern at ASTAR
April 1, 2012 - September 8, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team to explore cutting-edge solutions; Researched RDF & OWL; Assisted in implementing a Search Engine for Wiley backed using Ontology technologies; Practiced NLP, Sentiment Analysis, and Information Retrieval techniques.
Senior Tech Lead / Architect at SPH Media
November 1, 2024 - September 8, 2025Provided technical guidance to business stakeholders and shipped a $2m re-architecture project modernizing a suite of internal enterprise products serving 500+ internal users and 600k+ subscribers; served as Scrum Master for a 12-person cross-functional Agile team; designed scalable solutions by decoupling monoliths and building reusable microservices on AWS (ECS, Lambda, EventBridge). Achieved up to 120 man-hours saved per project, 80% faster end-to-end order processing, and 70% fewer dropped orders. Led a 6-person engineering team maintaining core backend and frontend codebases; established PR review processes and security upgrades; enforced TDD. Integrated automated tests into CI/CD (CodePipeline, later GitHub Actions).
Software Developer at SECRETLAB
March 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025Developed and maintained an internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter to support business processes.
Senior Software Developer at FirstCom Solutions
October 1, 2021 - September 8, 2025Built and shipped 20+ e-commerce websites; enhanced base e-commerce site; architected and developed a multi-tenant CRMs SaaS generating $300k+ revenue; improved infrastructure and reduced deployment times by up to 30%.
Chief Technology Officer at Insta Affiliates Pte Ltd
August 1, 2019 - September 8, 2025Developed an Instagram Automation SaaS for influencers and marketers to improve profile presence; migrated from vanilla PHP to Laravel to scale; led a remote team of 5 developers in the Philippines and 2 local developers; integrated Stripe and PayPal; deployed servers on DigitalOcean and AWS; worked with Apache, Ubuntu, AWS RDS, Git.
Temp-Staff at A*STAR
October 1, 2012 - September 8, 2025Spearheaded development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool to monitor social media chatter for Government Ministries; assisted in commercialisation of machine learning tools; participated in NDP shows to collect data for event analysis.
Intern at A*STAR
April 1, 2012 - September 8, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team to explore cutting-edge solutions; researched RDF & OWL; implemented a Search Engine; applied ML techniques including NLP, Sentiment Analysis, Information Retrieval in practice.
Senior Tech Lead/Architect at SPH Media
November 1, 2024 - September 10, 2025Led a 6-person engineering team within a 12-person cross-functional Agile team; maintained core PHP (Laravel) codebase with PR reviews; contributed to frontend sites using Vue & React; developed microservices on AWS Lambda (Node.js/TypeScript) and Java; built custom Laravel batch job packages; introduced automated tests (PHPUnit) into CI/CD; optimized MySQL schemas; delivered a $2M rearchitecture project that modernized internal enterprise products serving 500+ users, 600,000+ subscribers, and $700k+ monthly revenue; translated business requirements into technical solutions and designed cloud-native architectures.
Software Developer at SECRETLAB
March 1, 2022 - September 10, 2025Developed and maintained internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter.
Senior Software Developer at FIRSTCOM SOLUTIONS
October 1, 2021 - September 10, 2025Built and shipped 20+ e-commerce websites; enhanced codebase and UX; architected a multi-tenant CRM SaaS generating $300k+ revenue; improved deployment times by up to 30%; architected and developed a Python (Django) loyalty system.
Chief Technology Officer at INSTAFFILIATES PTE. LTD.
August 1, 2019 - September 10, 2025Developed an Instagram Automation SaaS; migrated from vanilla PHP to Laravel to improve scalability; led a remote team of 5 developers in the Philippines and 2 local developers; integrated Stripe and PayPal; deployed on Digital Ocean and AWS; worked with Apache, Ubuntu OS, AWS RDS.
Temp-Staff at A STAR
October 1, 2012 - September 10, 2025Led development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool for Government Ministries; assisted in commercialisation of ML tools; contributed to data collection and analysis for event insights.
Intern at A STAR
April 1, 2012 - September 10, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team to explore RDF/OWL; contributed to a search engine for Wiley using Ontology technologies; applied ML/NLP techniques.
Senior Tech Lead/Architect at SPH Media
November 1, 2024 - September 10, 2025Scrum Master for a 12-person cross-functional agile team; led a 6-person engineering team; maintained and contributed to a core PHP (Laravel) codebase, conducted PR reviews and guided implementation patterns. Maintained front-end sites built with Vue and React. Built microservices on AWS Lambda using Node.js and Java; created Laravel batch job packages to implement batch processing and leveraged AWS Batch, reducing development time by roughly 120 man-hours per project. Introduced PHPPUnit automated tests in the CI/CD pipeline (CodePipeline) before migrating to GitHub Actions. Designed and optimized MySQL databases for highly complex solutions. Provided technical guidance to business stakeholders and delivered a $2M architecture project modernizing internal enterprise products serving 500+ internal users, 600,000+ subscribers, and handling $700k+ monthly revenue. Translated business requirements into technical solutions and designed cloud-native architecture.
Senior Software Developer at Secretlab
March 1, 2022 - September 10, 2025Developed and maintained internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter frameworks to support business processes.
Senior Software Developer at FirstCom Solutions
October 1, 2021 - September 10, 2025Built and shipped 20+ e-commerce websites; enhanced core e-commerce site codebase with additional functionality and improved UX; architected and developed a multi-tenant CRM SaaS, bringing in an additional $300k+ revenue; improved overall tech infrastructure and reduced project onboarding time by up to 30%; designed and developed a loyalty system in Python (Django).
Chief Technology Officer at Instaffiliates PTE. LTD.
August 1, 2019 - September 10, 2025Developed an Instagram Automation SaaS targeted at influencers & marketers to improve profile presence; migrated software from vanilla PHP to Laravel to increase scalability and performance; coordinated and led a remote team of 5 developers in the Philippines and 2 local developers; integrated Stripe and PayPal for seamless transactions; set up servers on DigitalOcean and AWS RDS; other technologies used included Apache, Ubuntu; managed cloud infrastructure and deployments.
Temp-Staff at Astar
October 1, 2012 - September 10, 2025Spearheaded the development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool to monitor social media chatter for government ministries; assisted in commercialisation of machine learning tools derived from research efforts; participated in NDP shows to collect noise data and map it against show segments, providing valuable insights for event analysis.
Intern at Astar
April 1, 2012 - September 10, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team to explore and develop cutting-edge solutions; assisted in research on RDF & OWL; helped implement a search engine for Wiley backed using Ontology technologies; applied machine learning concepts such as NLP, sentiment analysis, and information retrieval.
Senior Tech Lead/Architect at SPH Media
November 1, 2024 - September 10, 2025Scrum Master for a 12-person cross-functional agile team; led a 6-person engineering team; maintained and contributed to a core PHP (Laravel) codebase; implemented front-end sites in Vue & React; developed microservices on AWS Lambda using Node.js (TypeScript) and Java; built Laravel batch job packages for batch processing and AWS Batch integration; introduced automated tests (PHPUnit) into CI/CD workflow; designed MySQL schemas for complex solutions; guided business stakeholders and shipped a $2M architecture project serving 500+ internal users, 600,000+ subscribers, and monthly revenue of $700k; architected cloud-native solutions; Technologies: PHP/Laravel, Python, Vue, React, Node.js, Java(Spring), MySQL, AWS, Git, New Relic, Sentry, Slack, Figma.
Software Developer at Secretlab
March 1, 2022 - September 10, 2025Developed and maintained internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter frameworks to support business processes.
Senior Software Developer at FirstCom Solutions
October 1, 2021 - September 10, 2025Built and shipped over 20+ e-commerce websites; enhanced base e-commerce site with additional functionalities and UX improvements; architected & developed a multi-tenant CRM SaaS, contributing an additional $300k+ revenue; improved overall infrastructure and reduced deployment times by up to 30%; designed & developed a loyalty system in Python (Django).
Chief Technology Officer at Insta Affiliates PTE. LTD.
August 1, 2019 - September 10, 2025Led tech strategy and development; built an Instagram automation SaaS for influencers & marketers to improve profile presence; migrated from vanilla PHP to Laravel to increase scalability and performance; coordinated a remote team of 5 developers in the Philippines and 2 local developers; integrated Stripe and PayPal for seamless transactions; spun up and administered servers on Digital Ocean and AWS RDS; worked with Apache, Ubuntu, AWS RDS; other technologies included Git.
TEMP-ST AFF at A*STAR
October 1, 2012 - September 10, 2025Spearheaded the development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool to monitor social media chatter for Government Ministries; assisted in commercialization of machine learning tools; participated in NDP shows to collect noise data and map it against show segments, providing valuable insights for event analysis.
Intern at A*STAR
April 1, 2012 - September 10, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team to explore and develop cutting-edge solutions; assisted in research in RDF & OWL; contributed to implementing a Search Engine for Wiley-backed ontologies; applied ML techniques such as NLP, sentiment analysis, and information retrieval in practical applications.
Senior Tech Lead/Architect at SPH Media
November 30, 2024 - September 10, 2025Led a 12-member cross-functional agile team; led a 6-member engineering team; maintainer & contributor of core Laravel PHP codebase; conducted PR reviews & provided guidance on implementation patterns; contributed to frontend sites implemented in Vue & React; developed microservices on AWS Lambda using Node.js (TypeScript) and Java; built Laravel batch job packages for batch processing & utilizing AWS Batch; introduced automated tests (PHPUnit) into CI/CD pipeline (CodePipeline) before moving to GitHub Actions; designed MySQL databases for complex solutions; supported a $2M architecture project serving 500+ internal users and 600,000+ subscribers with $700k+ monthly revenue; translated business requirements into technical solutions; designed cloud-native architectures.
Senior Software Developer at Secretlab
March 31, 2022 - September 10, 2025Developed and maintained internal CRM system using Laravel and CodeIgniter frameworks to support business processes.
Senior Software Developer at FirstCom Solutions
October 31, 2021 - September 10, 2025Built and shipped 20+ e-commerce websites; enhanced base e-commerce site with additional functionalities and improved UX; architected & developed a multi-tenant CRM SaaS which brought in an additional $300k+ revenue; improved overall technical infrastructure and reduced deployment time of projects by up to 30%; architected & developed a loyalty system in Python (Django).
Chief Technology Officer at Insta ffiliates PTE. LTD.
August 31, 2019 - September 10, 2025Developed an Instagram Automation SaaS targeted at Influencers & Marketers to improve profile presence; migrated software from vanilla PHP to Laravel to increase scalability and performance; coordinated & led a remote team of 5 developers in the Philippines and 2 local developers, leading them to successful project completion; integrated Stripe & PayPal for seamless transaction processing; spun up & administered servers on Digital Ocean & AWS; used Apache, Ubuntu, AWS RDS; set up custom GitLab instances.
Temp-Staff at A-Star
October 31, 2012 - September 10, 2025Spearheaded the development of a web-based Sentiment Analysis tool to monitor social media chatter for Government Ministries; assisted in the commercialization of machine learning tools; participated in NDP shows to collect noisy data and map it against show segments, providing valuable insights for event analysis.
Intern at A-Star
April 30, 2012 - September 10, 2025Collaborated with the Semantic Web Technologies team to explore and develop cutting-edge solutions; assisted in research on RDF & OWL; implemented a Search Engine for Wiley-backed systems using Ontology technologies; applied ML techniques including NLP, Sentiment Analysis, and Information Retrieval.
Education
Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2018Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012Bachelor degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Diploma in Information Technology at Temasek Polytechnic
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at Nanyang Technological University
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Qualifications
Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Government, Retail, Professional Services, Education
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