This is an Ask-Me-Anything session to find out more about CSIT and the opportunities offered.

CSIT is a technical agency in MINDEF that harnesses cutting-edge digital technologies to support missions such as cyber defence, counter terrorism and counter hostile information operations. It develops capabilities and conducts deep technical investigations to provide threat intelligence to meet Singapore’s security needs.

Its technical focus areas include cybersecurity, data analytics, software engineering, and cloud infrastructure and services.

CSIT is a member of the Defence Technology Community.

Mr. Benedict Khoo is a Singaporean Podiatrist who specialises in treating sports injuries as well as other types of common painful disorders arising from walking or running gait biomechanics. He graduated with honours in Podiatric Medicine from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

He has a special interest in biomechanics and sports podiatry, particularly in injuries sustained by servicemen during National Service. Benedict's experience as a medic in the Singapore Armed Forces, makes him keenly aware of the high incidence of lower limb injuries and numbers many National Servicemen among his patients today. He hopes to raise awareness of such injuries and the importance of preventative measures before these injuries develop.

Benedict's clinical interest lies in optimising modern therapies that aid patient recovery processes, with a particular focus on non-surgical treatment options with the use of radial and focused type extracorporeal shockwave therapy. In the operating room, Mr. Khoo is often sought after by patients for his fast and clean surgical approach

Accountancy - Beyond Numbers and Excel Sheets

What comes to mind when Accountancy is mentioned? Rows and columns of excel sheets filled with numbers? In this session, the speaker will debunk misperceptions, and shed light on the role of the accountant today. So, please arm yourselves with many questions for the speaker and come join us to find out if Accountancy is for you!

Speaker Bio:

EY Auditor with close to 10 years of professional experiences, Clement specialised in servicing clients within the Resource and Transportation sector. Some of his most memorable work experiences includes overseas audits where he had to travel to US, UK, Estonia, China, Thailand and Malaysia.

Clement is a digital audit champion of his sector, leading a team of managers to provide staff training in digital audit methodology and tools and realize automation projects at EY.

Outside of work, he cites his stint as a volunteer general treasurer at a church, as one of the most meaning way to spend his free time.

SMRT Corporation is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services. A subsidiary of the Government of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, it was established on 6 August 1987 and listed on the Singapore Exchange from 26 July 2000 until 31 October 2016. It is one of the two major operators of Singapore's rail services and SBS Transit. Besides public transport, SMRT Corporation is involved in leasing advertising and commercial spaces within the transport network it operates, as well as in engaging in operations and maintenance services, project management and engineering consultancy in Singapore and overseas. It also operates taxi and other transport services under its subsidiary Strides.

Dr. Darren Yeo joined the Division of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in July 2021. He obtained a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and an M.Ed. in Child Studies from Vanderbilt University, USA. He was trained as a primary school teacher at the National Institute of Education, Singapore, and have taught for a couple of years in an MOE school and other educational settings.

He uses behavioural and neuroimaging methods to investigate how children and adults learn and think about numerical and mathematical symbols, concepts and skills, as well as how and why individuals differ in their learning and competencies. In another line of work, he studies the relative effectiveness of various learning and instructional strategies (e.g., retrieval practice and use of worked examples) to inform how individual and classroom learning can be better structured to make knowledge stick.

Ruizhi's life is full of animals. He's studied fishes, pigs, and even crocodiles in Singaporean history.

Presently a Senior Analyst in the National Security Studies Programme at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), his job involves conducting research on episodes in Singapore's national security history for various government stakeholders.

Prior to joining RSIS, Ruizhi majored in History at the National University of Singapore, where he earned both his Master's and Bachelor's degrees. At NUS, he was also a Graduate Teaching Fellow, where he taught undergraduate modules on Asian and Singaporean history.

Ruizhi's explorations into different facets of Singapore's environmental history have appeared as short stories, essays, and articles in various publications.

In his free time, he likes to hang out with the community cats in his HDB estate.

Yu Chuan is an Architect and Lecturer in the School of Design and Environment at Ngee Ann Polytechnic since 2020. He teaches courses under the Diploma in Design, with a focus on Architecture and UX. Prior to joining academia, he worked in local award-winning firms RSP Architects Planners & Engineers, DP Architects and ONG&ONG. His portfolio includes a variety of architectural and master planning projects, such as Punggol Regional Sports Centre, One Pearl Bank Condominium, Great World City and the NUS Concept Master Plan. He graduated with a Master of Architecture from NUS as a BCA-Industry Scholar and is currently a member of BCA’s Future Leaders Network and Singapore Institute of Architects' Young Architects League. Yu Chuan is also a Saint and graduated from SAJC in 2008.

UpCognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies that helps their clients modernise technology, re-imagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world.

Cognizant has worked closely with large organisations to help them build stronger businesses. In today’s fast-changing technology landscape, they work with their clients to advance every aspect of how they serve their customers: digitising their products, services and customer experiences; automating their businesses; and modernising their technology infrastructures focusing on IoT, AI, software engineering and cloud— the technologies that are changing the nature of business.

With the growing demand for healthcare services and professionals in Singapore, these are exciting times to be in the healthcare sector. As a Healthcare Scholar, you will play an important role in shaping the future of the Singapore’s public healthcare. During the sharing, you will get the opportunity to hear from our scholar and scholarships officer and post your queries about the healthcare disciplines.

As COO, Ted oversees operational and administrative matters for Clifford Capital and supports the CEO in coordinating activities across business functions.

He has over 15 years’ experience in infrastructure financing and investment with roles at the Challenger-Mitsui Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund and Macquarie Group. Ted holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the London School of Economics and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Currently the HR Director for Front-End Manufacturing Singapore in STMicroelectronics, Kuo Yang partners closely with the Asia Pacific Front-End Manufacturing General Manager and is responsible for Front-End manufacturing workforce in Singapore.

Kuo Yang has over 10 years of experience in progressive leadership roles in the semiconductor industry, covering both Global and Asia region portfolios. Having operated through local and transversal responsibilities, he has built strong knowledge of the Manufacturing environment through his roles in both HR and Engineering.

Kuo Yang started his career as a Facilities engineer in a wafer fabrication plant before progressing into a career in HR where he had the opportunity to contribute and lead in several HR roles. Kuo Yang holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

About ST Microelectronics: At STMicroelectronics, we are 48,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. An independent device manufacturer, we work with more than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of the Internet of Things and 5G technology. ST is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2027.

Ching Sie is a trained in the field of Accountancy and has more than 15 years as a Chartered Public Accountant.

He started his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers as an external auditor after graduating from Nanyang Technological University and spent the next 7 years rising from an audit associate to an audit manager. At PwC, Ching Sie led audit engagements across retail, construction, insurance, shipping, energy and the fund management industries. On audit engagements, he was privileged to work with the Senior management of his audit clients and was exposed to various business operations in detail.

Leaving the professional sector after 7 years, Ching Sie joined various companies in the commercial sector and continued his career progression from Senior Finance Manager to his most recent role as the Regional Finance Director. In the commercial sector, Ching Sie led accountants in the finance departments of companies, in book-keeping, financial reporting, budgeting, tax reporting, managing external audits and regulatory compliance. In his last role as the Regional Finance Director, Ching Sie supported the Regional Chief Financial Officer in managing and over-seeing the Group’s regional finance function across 14 countries in the Asia Pacific Region. He was involved in financial analysis and planning, business process improvement, management of Client audits, group compliance and strategic planning.

Ching Sie left the corporate world in November 2021 to join his family business in the construction industry. In his current role, he manages operations and business development and is responsible for strategic planning to expand the business and keep it going for the next generation.

JunMin’s main role at Arts House Ltd is to support the Festival Director in the conceptualisation, organisation and implementation of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), an annual pinnacle performing arts event. Prior to joining AHL in 2017, she was with the programming team of Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay for a decade, where she led some of the centre’s key festivals and marquee programs such as Baybeats, Flipside and the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown. Over 16 years of experience in the arts has honed her sensibilities for designing and delivering a wide range of programs for different audiences. She’s grateful for the myriad opportunities to develop engaging original content with new and established artists as well as refining arts management processes.

Junmin loves a good pun and seeks out fellow horror-flick fans and karaoke fiends.

Design engineering at Dyson is all about solving problems other people ignore.

Not bound by the rules of conventional thinking, Dyson’s Research, Design and Development (RDD) people are dedicated to inventing and improving Dyson machines, and are relentlessly obsessed by performance and excited by the new.

We are growing fast, and our ambition is huge. Dyson is all about better ideas and new technologies.

So, join us to hear first-hand about what inventing the future is like at Dyson.

Randall is an experienced personal risk specialist and a composite insurance broker. His domain expertise spans life, medical, commercial, specialty lines and group insurance. Investment Advisory is jointly managed with his associate Raymund Ng, Financial Alliance; and he closely collaborates with Goh Seow Chee of Aequitas Advisory for the Single Family Office practice, Trusts and Estate Planning. His clientele are primarily individuals/families, Single Family Offices and businesses/corporates.

He is an adviser to The Radiation Society of Singapore on all insurance related matters with regards to the Radiation Protection Act, National Environmental Agency, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

He was responsible for Personal Lines - Private Client Services ( a division of Jardine Lloyd Thompson ) that provides advisory on personal risk management solutions to HNW clients that includes Global Health Risk Solutions, Valuables Risk Solutions, Danger Risk Solutions etc. He was also instrumental in establishing the business and operational framework for Personal Lines for the complete value chain, with strong relationships with underwriting partners and Private Banking channels.

Prior to JLT, he was a Senior Consultant with International Medical Insurance ( a subsidiary of the Raffles Medical Group ) with a focus on international medical insurance ( Bupa ) and employee benefits.

He was co-founder for iTransAct, a technology firm that implemented secure ( 3DES ) ePayments & Micro-Banking/Micro-Insurance solutions for financial institutions and mega merchants / e-retailers. Core competencies were in retail petroleum & retail automation.

Mandy is an experienced marketing professional with over 20 years of experience. She’s had the opportunity to manage global brands like Singapore Airlines, Singapore Tourism Board, BMW and Visa. A creative at heart, Mandy also started her own business designing customised dresses. A strong believer of talent development, she has built a second career pursing her passion for talent & organisational management.

Mandy leads all Career Development and Learning & Development initiatives for TBWA\SG and is drives the School Outreach and Internship Programmes.

Clara Lock has a decade of experience in journalism and content creation. She has written for The Straits Times, Her World, MINDEF and other organizations. She is the author of Stay Gold: An almost healthy boy in a mostly healthy world, a biography of her late best friend.

Mr Carlin Lee is an experienced practitioner and educator in the field of psychology. He graduated with a Master of Applied Psychology and has spent the last 12 years educating and counselling students of various disciplines in the tertiary level.

For his full time work, Carlin is currently managing a counselling team and oversees mental health initiatives at his workplace. He is also the current President of SG Psych Stuff, a society that focuses on helping students navigate their psychological training journey since 2011.

Wee Seng counts over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, across fab start up, process integration, technology development, yield improvement, manufacturing, equipment engineering, cost management and program management.

Helming the SSIA Secretariat team since 2018, Wee Seng has redefined the association’s strategic directions and operations, to better deliver its mission and vision. Embracing a holistic approach to driving business transformation in Singapore and the region, he concurrently sits on several Advisory Committees, such as in Singapore Polytechnic’s School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SEEE), the government and industry-backed Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP) platform, as well as ESG’s Smart Manufacturing Technical Committee (SMTC) and Environment and Resources Standards Technical Committee for Energy.

Wee Seng holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and a Masters (MSc) in Management of Technology from National University of Singapore.

Wee Seng counts over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, across various sectors. He is now the Executive Director of Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) and sits on several advisory committees.

With over 18 years of design experience across a broad range of high-profile, international projects in the hospitality, residential, cultural, commercial, education and healthcare sectors, Ai-Ling is the Founder and Principal Design of Studio MAKAL, and also registered with the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architect). After graduating from Manchester School of Architecture, Ai-Ling began her professional career as an architect in the UK. She then relocated to Singapore to assist the Broadway Malyan UK team in setting up their Singapore office in 2008. At Broadway Malyan Singapore, her flair and passion in design has put her in the position to lead design teams to notable success with several competition bids.

Prior to the founding of Studio MAKAL, Ai-Ling worked for 9 years with renowned architect Kerry Hill, where she honed her expertise in hospitality design. At Kerry Hill Architects, she led high profile hospitality and residential projects in China, India, Morocco, Vietnam and Malaysia. Her key completed project, The Lalu Qingdao won both the SIA and the Australian International Chapter awards in 2016.