About

I went to school in Singapore, studied in Los Angeles and Boston, and have worked in Utah, Hong Kong and New York.

I studied cognitive science at UCLA because I wanted to know how minds judge what they know. That turned into three years of research, a master's in data science at Harvard, and then production machine learning at Pattern, where I have been since 2022. The question has stayed the same. The systems changed.

Leading people

Before college I served as a platoon commander in the Singapore Armed Forces, where I ran training for three batches of 60 recruits. Later, as president of the Utah Badminton Association, I started its beginners coaching program and was its head coach.

Badminton

I have played competitively since school, when my team in Singapore won national A-Division gold and silver. I still compete. Running a club taught me as much as playing: we grew regular court time by more than 40% and hosted a workshop with a two-time US Olympic team coach.

Expeditions

During college I spent 90 days on a sailing expedition across the Indian Ocean, from Singapore to South Africa, and trained as a wilderness EMT in Montana and the Indian Himalaya.

Languages

English, Mandarin and Malay. I have presented to advertisers in Mandarin.