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Locofy.aiLead Product Manager, AI
Aug. 2023 - Mar. 2024SingaporeLed the development of the flagship product Locofy Lightning.
Locofy.aiHead of Product, AI
Apr. 2023SingaporeLeading the development of our foundational Large Design Model to enable one-click design to code conversion
Neuron MobilitySenior Product Manager
Sep. 2022 - Aug. 2023Singapore
Neuron MobilityVehicle Product Manager
Aug. 2021 - Sep. 2022Singapore
MotionalTeam Lead - Strategic Projects
Apr. 2020 - Oct. 2021SingaporeEngineering Manager for the Autonomous Systems team that develops and executes end to end solutions for the Autonomous stack on mid-long term strategic projects across Perception, Planning and Machine Learning domains
AptivTechnical Program Manager
Oct. 2018 - May. 2020Singapore★Thought leadership ►Proposed and led the implementation of a proprietary Merged Point cloud sensor reader, managed the design and development across 2 major versions. Identified by the company as a key technology, patent pending.
►Led a team of engineers to completely overhaul the existing lidar pipeline by applying software development practices to improve modularity, readability and testability of the code. Achieved 80% code coverage, improved overall performance by 1.5x
►Led the integration of 2 perception teams (Nutonomy, Ottomatika) into a cohesive Aptiv team by implementing a task team structure. ★Execution ►Managing the development of a 25 person team across multiple sites to deliver state of the art perception stack for an Urban autonomous vehicle, incharge of overall roadmap and delivery of final product across 2 major programs
►Managed the transition and bringup of the entire perception stack from scratch for a new platform in a record 6 months.
nuTonomySenior Software Engineer
May. 2017 - Oct. 2018Singapore★Thought leadership
►Created a scalable process for detecting issues with sensor calibration, socialized and deployed the same across teams in Singapore and Boston, reducing autonomous car downtime by 15%
►Managing Scrum for a team of 15 members across 2 sites globally ★Software development
►Designed and ported a Support Vector Machine based classification module on the GPU for the lidar pipeline. Improved performance by 30x
►Developed a new occlusion modelling technique to improve tracking performance of pedestrians beyond the visible region
►Overhauled the GPU pipeline for lidar modules, improved performance by 2x and increased the stability of code
Airbus Group InnovationsScientist
Jul. 2014 - Apr. 2017Singapore► Heading a project to investigate development methodologies on the Altera’s FPGAs using the new C / OpenCL paradigm to capitalize on business opportunities in the upcoming technology
► Conducted a study to identify applications that can be accelerated for possible integration of above architecture in different business units of the Airbus Group
► Integrated face recognition and object tracking algorithms based on Compressive sensing techniques on board the AR Parrot drone.
Airbus Group InnovationsResearch Engineer
Sep. 2010 - Jul. 2014Singapore★ Research
► Developed a programming model based on efficient code partitioning for a Software Configurable Processor (SoC with embedded FPGA). Designed an algorithm for 'Automatic Detection and Classification of Mine like objects (ADAC)' as an example to demonstrate the performance improvement using unconventional architecture and exceeded customer requirements by 92%
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★ Product development & Project management
►Lead developer and project leader of a real-time, PC104 based system for ‘Autonomous Optical Tracking of Underwater Pipelines’, in which optimizations developed exceeded performance requirements by 38%
► Developed and integrated Linux device drivers for control of optical sensors and dimmable lights.
► Key client interface during multiple deployment trials of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Germany; Advised client on product enhancements including automatic illumination control and optimization of power supply ► Devised efficient methods for data collection required for algorithm development, reduced turnaround time by 6 months
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★ Business Development
► Played an instrumental role in the winning the customer pitch for the pipeline tracking project through showcase of technical expertise during project demonstration of the ADAC project
► Proposed an exploratory project on developing OpenCL applications/demonstrators on the Altera FPGAs to capitalize on the business opportunities in the upcoming segment for Airbus Group's business units
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★ Thought leadership
► Conceptualized partnership with leading universities in Singapore (NTU, SUTD) and guided bachelor students from SUTD to develop miniaturized power and signal PCBs for autonomous system payload
GAMBIT [Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab]Producer
Jun. 2009 - Aug. 2009Boston►Selected from a large pool of applicants by the Singapore Media Development Authority to represent the country at the MIT Game Lab
► Chosen to lead a team of 7 interns from cross functional disciplines to develop a game prototype - ‘Camaquen’
►Managed client expectations by negotiating realistic timelines and prioritizing activities in line with the team’s capability
► Showcased the game to some of the leading companies in the gaming industry including Ubisoft, EA Games, Lucas Arts as well as to the Singapore media.
Airbus Group InnovationsResearch Intern
Jan. 2009 - Jun. 2009SingaporeInvestigated and developed solutions which are hardware efficient and robust for the Stretch Software Configurable Processor (Instruction Set Extension based architecture). Based on the study, proposed a unique development model for applications on the same hardware to exploit the advantage of the unconventional architecture.
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