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Fireside Chat: Transitioning from Big Tech to Startup

  • Thursday, 21 April 2022

  • 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

  • Online Teams Meeting

Join us in this exclusive invitation-only event to get a 360° perspective on how Singapore is working towards becoming Asia's silicon valley, and what it's like to work in high-growth tech start-ups. Read more about our speakers after the form below.

MEET THE PANEL

SPEAKER

ANG CHIN TAH, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & HEAD
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, DIGITAL INDUSTRY SINGAPORE

At DISG, Chin Tah and his team is helping Singapore reach its goal of having a great tech ecosystem that companies and people want to connect with. He has held multiple Director level positions in EDB including that of Director of Infocommunications and Media division; Director of Human Capital, in charge of sectoral manpower policy and planning; and Regional Director based out of New York, responsible for EDB’s offices in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and Boston. He had also set up EDB’s São Paulo, Brazil office in 2009. 
SPEAKER

TAN KWANG MENG, BUSINESS MENTOR
ACCRETE INNOVATIONS

Kwang Meng began his career in 1985 at Hewlett-Packard as a systems engineer. He has held various senior leadership and general management positions at Sun Microsystems, CA Technologies, K2 and Pivotal Software. More recently, he has been helping enterprises and business partners evolve, adapt and transform themselves digitally to stay ahead of market demands. He is also active in providing mentorship to startups by contributing his time to ACE (Action Community for Entrepreneurship, The National Voice for Singapore Startup Ecosystem, ace.org.sg).
SPEAKER

SIDNEY LIM, MANAGING DIRECTOR, SINGAPORE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
BEYOND LIMITS

Sidney has more than 25 years of technology innovation and professional services experience, serving clients in Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Technology and Public Sector across the SE Asia markets. He is extensively experienced in helping clients navigate digital transformation to enhance business agility, make better business decisions and deliver more value through the adoption of automation, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence.
MODERATOR

CLAIRE TEO, PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
ETHOS BEATHCHAPMAN

Claire specialises in technology sales and marketing recruitment across Southeast Asia’s technology vendor community, focusing on mid to senior level commercial hires into technology and consulting companies, multinationals and start-ups. Skilled in business development and key account management, Claire has been a vital partner to overseas companies building their sales and marketing teams in Singapore.
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