Newly Minted Tech Leader Awards 2022 Winners

Tech Leader Awards 2022: Updated and Refreshed

The rebranded annual Tech Leader Awards – formerly known as the IT Leader Awards – celebrates the stalwarts of excellence and innovation within Singapore’s vibrant tech industry.

The rebranding signals a stronger and more inclusive recognition of individual, team and organisation contributions in our society’s digital transformation – comprising tech professionals, entrepreneurs and adopters of digital technologies across tech and non-tech sectors, the young and old, covering the past, present, and future.

This year, 17 outstanding individuals and teams were honoured for their achievements under four categories – Tech Leader of the Year, Hall of Fame, Digital Achievers (Individual/Team) and Future Leaders in Tech. The Awards were presented by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister of Communications and Information, Mr Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information, and Mr Lew Chuen Hong, Chief Executive of Infocomm Media Development Authority, accompanied by SCS President Mr Sam Liew.

The winners of Tech Leader Awards 2022, together with Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, Mr Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Communications and Information, Mr Lew Chuen Hong, Chief Executive of Infocomm Media Development Authority and Mr Sam Liew, SCS President.

TECH LEADER OF THE YEAR

CAECILIA CHU

CEO & Co-founder, YouTrip

Caecilia is the CEO and co-founder of YouTrip, a locally launched Southeast Asian financial technology company. Under her leadership, YouTrip received several accolades such as the Best Multi-Currency Mobile Wallet Provider at the Singapore Business Awards 2022 and ASEAN’s Best Startup of the Year at the Global Startup Awards 2019.

Combining her passions in finance and technology, Caecilia aims to nurture the future fintech workforce. She also chairs the Action Community for Entrepreneurship’s women founders sub-committee where she endeavours to raise female representation within the industry and inspire future women technology leaders.

HALL OF FAME

EDDIE CHAU

Co-founder & Chairman, V-Key

Eddie is a serial entrepreneur who has founded seven startups including e-Cop, Brandtology and Esseplore. His accomplishments over the past three decades distinguish him as an exemplary and well-seasoned figure in Singapore’s tech landscape, and a highly sought after mentor and advisor.

Besides his entrepreneurial feats, Eddie serves as a board member and advisor for non-profit and charity organisations, industry bodies, and Institutes of Higher Learning, including NUS School of Computing Industry Advisory Committee, Mount Alvernia Hospital and Tsao Foundation’s Technology Committee. He is also currently the Chairman of Singapore Standard Council’s Coordinating Committee for Cyber Security.

DIGITAL ACHIEVERS (TEAM)

Project: Digital Factory Project Leader: Koh Jin Hou, Director (Digital Factory), Enterprise IT Programme Centre, Defence Science and Technology Agency

Digital Factory was conceptualised as a scalable and sustainable approach to digital product development. A reference model that facilitates better and more cyber-safe product development, Digital Factory brought about the digital transformation of the Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Armed Forces with mobile applications Soldier Health and OneNS. Project: GPConnect for CCF and VacOps Project Leader: Sherry Du, Assistant Director, Digital & Integration Services, Software Engineering and Development, Integrated Health Information Systems

Initially an application used in GP clinics to support primary care services, IHiS’ GPConnect was selected as the national electronic medical record system to support more than 120 vaccination sites. Its integration with national healthcare systems, high resilience, scalability, and fast deployment contributed towards the processing of over 10.7 million vaccination doses as of endDecember 2021. Project: Patient Risk Profile Portal Project Leader: Sylvia Wong, Director, Digital & Integration Services, Digital Services and Solutions, Integrated Health Information Systems

The Patient Risk Profile Portal (PRPP) was introduced in April 2020 to frontline General Practitioners (GPs) as a one-stop portal for COVID-19 operations. Enhanced with 35 releases since launch, PRPP provides a common touchpoint for the GP community to manage COVID-related initiatives and facilitates timely and accurate data submission to Ministry of Health for over 1,400 clinics.

Project: Digital Port Ecosystem Project Leader: Koh Chin Yong, Director (IT) / Chief Information Officer, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

MPA developed four smart port initiatives: Singapore Maritime Data Hub; digitalPORT@SGTM; digitalOCEANSTM and digitalSHIPTM under the Digital Port Ecosystem programme to raise port efficiency and productivity. To date, the Maritime Data Hub for maritime-related datasets has supported over 50 million Application Programming Interface (API) calls from more than 80 organisations. Project: Vessel Height Measurement System 4 (VHMS 4) Project Leader: Angelina Lim, Project Director, NCS Engineering

Fully automated, the Vessel Height Measurement System 4 (VHMS 4) detects, tracks, and measures vessels’ height along the Johor Straits. Through automation and video analytics, VHMS 4 improved operational efficiencies by 95%, enhanced operational safety by up to 95% with its intelligent small vessel filtering algorithm and reduced repair time for key components.

Project: Intelligent Logistics Ecosystem (SmartBooking & iBOX) Project Leader: Sriram Ramanujam, Assistant Vice- President, PSA Singapore

PSA Singapore’s Intelligent Logistics Ecosystem, comprising SmartBooking and iBOX, facilitates smarter capacity management for better asset and resource optimisation, a more efficient logistics ecosystem and lower carbon footprint. SmartBooking is an integrated one-stop booking platform for container depots, terminals, hauliers, and logistics facilities while iBOX is a depot management solution that digitally connects the port with container depots. Project: Intelligent Water Management System (IWMS) Project Leader: Marcus Ng, Vice-President and Head of Software & Analytics, Mission Software & Services, ST Engineering

A joint project between PUB and ST Engineering, the Intelligent Water Management System (IWMS) integrates systems used to analyse data across the water loop, and applies insights to improve service delivery and engineering operations. Through providing PUB’s Joint Operations Centre quick access to important information, it enables prompt response to water-related incidents. Project: Operational Medical Networks Informatics Integrator (OMNII) Project Leader: Michelle Chung, Assistant Vice President of Emergency Response Systems, Mission Software & Services, ST Engineering

The Operational Medical Networks Informatics Integrator (OMNII) serves as a platform for pre-hospital emergency care stakeholders – the Singapore Civil Defence Force and hospitals’ emergency departments – to improve patient care management throughout the continuum of care. OMNII enables real-time system integration between SCDF and the hospital’s emergency department, and wireless relay of information between them.

DIGITAL ACHIEVERS (INDIVIDUAL)

CHONG KOK KEONG

CEO, Global eTrade Services

As the CEO of GeTS, Kok Keong is passionate about powering global trade at all levels and promoting Singapore’s standing in the global trade arena and trade connectivity. He contributes to the local community by rolling out innovative services to help local businesses cope with challenging market environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. His CALISTA Finance offering enables small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to secure loans via a fuss-free application process.

Under Kok Keong’s leadership, GeTS has received numerous industry awards, accolades and accreditations, including the APAC CIO Outlook 2019 Top 10 Logistics Technology Solutions Providers.

LEE SEIU KIN

Judge, Supreme Court of Singapore

Seiu Kin is a High Court Judge of Singapore with a focus on information technology cases (amongst others). He has been instrumental in advancing Singapore’s legal technology industry.

Amongst his contributions, Seiu Kin helped conceptualise and develop LawNet, a primary source of electronic legal research for the local sector today, and the Electronic Litigation System, a case-centric e-document system. Seiu Kin also takes a special interest in developing procedures and practices for online trials. In July 2020, he became the first High Court Judge to conduct a fully virtual trial – bearing testament to his passion in empowering the legal sector with technology.

TAN WEILIE

Founder, Schemes SG

Weilie is the founder and lead engineer of Schemes SG, a machine learning search platform that helps users find relevant social assistance schemes in Singapore. In 2013 and 2014, he also redesigned food-rationing operations in two rental estates, and enhanced the service model with a mobile app. This benefited 900 seniors and low-income households – giving them access to better customised food rations.

He also pilots assistive user interface designs and consults for non-profit organisations looking to innovate. Harnessing the power of technology for public good, Weilie actively gives back to the community via his innovative efforts.

WEN YONGGANG

Professor, Nanyang Technological University

Yonggang is a Professor and Alibaba-NTU President’s Chair in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University. He has been spearheading major research initiatives to help shape national research that promotes digital transformation of infrastructures and operations since 2018.

He was a key contributor to a Green Data Centre Technology Primer, and in 2021, was instrumental in setting up the S$23 million Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed. His work in green data centres and research has earned him several accolades, including nine innovation awards and seven service awards from IEEE and ACM.

FUTURE LEADERS IN TECH (INDIVIDUAL)

ALWIS LIM

Student, Singapore Polytechnic

Alwis is the chief executive of Cyber Youth Collective, a division of Cyber Youth Singapore. Passionate about digital education and empowering youths to explore technology safely and responsibly, Alwis led CYSummit’21, which enabled more than 500 youths across various educational backgrounds to explore and deepen their interest in cybersecurity. He is also the colead of ProjectDG, which seeks to educate underprivileged youths on cyber safety.

KRYSTAL LIM

Student, Temasek Polytechnic

Krystal founded the Singapore’s Girls in Tech Committee. Certified in Python, data science, machine learning, and blockchain, Krystal has also applied her skills in IMDA and GIC projects, and won the Best Trade Booth Award in the Junior Achievement Company of the Year Competition, and first runner-up at the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s PolyFintech100 Hackathon.

JOEL YAP

CTO, LevelUp

Joel is a serial entrepreneur. To date, Joel has founded three startups. He had participated in more than 20 hackathons and competitions, and served as a teaching assistant in data management, data visualisation and machine learning previously. In April 2022, Joel will begin a new chapter as a founder-in-residence at talent investor Entrepreneur First.

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