About Edward

Edward is a management consultant, project manager, engineer and researcher with special interests in technology transformation, supply chain and manufacturing. He helps organisation big and small in growing their business through digital technology innovation and operations improvement. He held senior positions in business corporations and actively involved in consulting, project management, operations management and business development. Edward was conferred “Young Chinese Entrepreneur Merit Award” in 2002 by Asia Weekly Magazine Yazhou Zhoukan (Chinese entrepreneurs from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) and in 2008, a Justice of the Peace.

Edward lives mostly in Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and Taiwan but travel the globe for work. He speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Malay, Bahasa and basic Japanese (JLPT Level 4).

Below are summary of Edward's education, academic and professional experiences. Details o tfhe professional practice areas can be found in respective webpages, if interested to find out more.

Education

PhD (Business & IT), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (APA research scholarship)

MSc (Manufacturing Systems Engineering), University of Warwick UK

Grad Dip (Mechanical Eng) & Adv. Dip (Materials Eng), Engineering Council UK & TAR University College Malaysia

Professional Certification and Memberships

Member of the Australian Institute of the of Company Directors & Asia Academy of Management

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Registered European Engineer (EUR ING), Chartered Engineer (CEng) UK

Certified SAP ERP Logistics & APO consultant, Certified IBM business consultant

Member of the Association of Enterprise Architects.

Management Consulting - Business & Technology

Edward's consulting assignments span across diverse industries covering IT business applications implementation, supply chain management, process improvement, consulting business and practice development. Edward began his consulting career with a German software firm - SAP, at its' Waldorf development centre and later with ex-'Big Six' management consulting firms. He held senior roles with international management consulting firms including Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (now IBM Business Consulting). Edward is a certified SAP consultant and a certified IBM business consultant. Edward's expertise include:

Enterprise technology solutions delivery and systems integration - supply chain planning, enterprise resources and execution systems (e.g. SAP APO DP, SNP, PPDS, SAP R/2 RM, RV; R/3 SD, MM, WM, PP, QM, LES; Symix, RF technology, MES).
Supply chain strategy, logistics and business processes improvement.
Corporate and IT strategy planning and formulation.
Consulting business and practice development.

Project & Practice Management

Edward is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with Project Management Institute. As an experienced consultant, he held project management roles in leading, managing and quality controlling some business process improvement and IT assignments.

Supply Chain and Manufacturing

Edward is a registered European engineer (Eur Ing) with the European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI) and chartered engineer (CEng) with Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) UK. His engineering competencies include mechanical engineering, materials science, manufacturing, information, telecommunications and electronics. Edward was quality assurance engineer with a electronic manufacturing company and manufacturing systems manager with ABB Hong Kong where he was responsible for setting up production processes, procedures, policies and systems for new joint ventures in China.

Academic and Research

Edward was a part-time lecturer with Monash University KL campus (previously Sunway College) teaching supply and purchasing management. He researches and publishes extensively on business management issues including corporate & IT strategy, supply chain and business processes improvement. His doctorate research covers the realm of strategic alignment between business and IT. Other academic researches include improvement in production efficiencies and quality management practices.