DETAILS:
This edition of Tech Insights by TechNode, we focus on Hardware that’s changing our lives. How these Startups and brilliant minds integrated tech into conventional hardware to improve our daily interactions and operations. Come learn and be inspired by these amazing talents.
DATE & TIME:
11 July 2018, Wednesday
6pm – 8pm
LOCATION:
Found8, 128 Prinsep Street, Singapore 188655
AGENDA:
6.00pm: Registration
6.30pm: Panel discussion
7.15pm: Q&A
7.30pm: Networking
8.00pm: End of event
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Speakers’ profiles
Dr. Howard Tang
CFO & Director of IoT Department, Smart Animal Husbandry Care Pte Ltd
Howard graduated from NTU with a Ph.D. degree in IC Design under the Nanyang President Graduate Scholarship. He is a three times serial entrepreneur and currently the co-founder of Smart Animal Husbandry Care Pte. Ltd (SmartAHC). SmartAHC is an Agri-tech company focuses on optimizing the productivity of livestock ecosystem using Internet-of-Thing, Artificial Intelligent, and Computer Vision technology. SmartAHC currently has a total staff strength of 30, with offices at Singapore, Shanghai, and Chengdu. Its customer portfolio including corporatized farm, insurance company, and government regulators.
Mr Kelvin Ong
CEO, FocusTech Ventures
With over 15 years of experience in precision engineering & tech, Kelvin was the Executive Director of Focus-Tech Holding, leading shareholder of HDD component maker Seksun Group. He is also the CEO of FocusTech Ventures & founding partner of TNB Ventures, an early stage VC fund. An active angel investor & entrepreneur passionate about hardware, Kelvin went on to establish OneMaker Group to develop the regional maker ecosystem. Kelvin currently serves as Central Gap Fund Technical Advisor for National Research Foundation and Accredited Mentor Partner under Enterprise Singapore’s StartupSG Founder scheme.
Mr Justin Sim
Head of Engineering – SHADO Group
For more than 20 years, Justin owned and built a highly successful precision engineering firm providing strategic and operational solutions for multi-nationals in South East Asia. He has led design planning and project management of a wide variety of endeavors for clients in the Oil & Gas industries through to the Defense industry. His experiences include steel, aluminum, ceramic and many other state-of-the-art fabrications including carbon fiber and 3-D printing. With a strong interest in Green technology, he conceptualized and designed a flue gas CO2 digesting system for Sembcorp Power Generation company using Advance High Yield Farming techniques. He further pioneered a new Thermal Energy Storage System that achieved 30% improvement to overall power consumption. He joined QIQ as a technology founder and chief designer for the rapid charging electric bicycle before handing the product over to Witono. Today, he manages the development of Autonomous Shuttle and advanced logistic delivery robotic solutions for indoor and outdoor use. This includes managing a team of highly dedicated team of innovators and engineers to create multiple verticals and products in the space of green autonomous mobility.