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Career arc.

19+ years from civic and desktop systems to leading the technology behind a national news platform — hands-on the whole way.

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Nov 2023 – Present
Free Malaysia Today
Head of IT · joined as Senior Developer
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Head of IT since Nov 2024; joined as Senior Developer in Nov 2023. Own the technology behind a national news platform serving 8.5M monthly active users and 22M+ annual readers.
  • Re-architected rendering and caching with Next.js and Cloudflare: average load time improved from 4.2s to 1.3s, with Good Core Web Vitals across all metrics.
  • Drove the growth turnaround — +26% English page views, +184% Lifestyle page views, double-digit Business/Opinion growth — while cutting the cloud bill ~75% (RM45–60K → RM12–15K/month).
  • Led architecture and delivery of a CMS-decoupled GraphQL gateway (~700ms → <10ms reads) and YouTube-native Video CMS (RM0/month, ~RM500K/yr vendor path avoided).
  • Led data and automation work across the Chartbeat-to-MongoDB trending/related pipeline, WebSub event delivery (~80% less API quota, ~30-second updates), and AI-assisted workflows.
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Node · GraphQL · WordPress · MySQL · MongoDB · Cloudflare · GCP · Kubernetes
Sep 2021 – Jun 2023
Accenture
Multiple roles — Frontend Lead · Head of Technology · Webview Lead
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · client: Changi Airport (SG) · Accenture Song (BMW, Nike, Netflix) · Krungthai Bank (TH)
  • Changi Airport (Frontend Lead, Singapore): led frontend delivery for Aircraft Flow 360° (AWS Amplify + React) to surface flight-delay causes and predict turnaround delays, the Marketing eXperiment Platform, and staff roster scheduling.
  • Accenture Song (Head of Technology): 3D/virtual-world experiences for a 100B+ German car brand (Three.js), the Careerverse virtual career fair (React/Babylon, +20% participation), and WebAR digital-twin shopping for a global shoe brand (8thWall).
  • Krungthai Bank (Webview Lead, Bangkok): shipped the Paotang PayCard WebUI and PayBoon donation flows on Thailand's national e-wallet (Angular 14, across iOS / Android / Huawei).
React · Angular · TypeScript · AWS Amplify · AppSync · DynamoDB · Three.js · Babylon.js · WebAR · 8thWall
May 2020 – Jun 2021
IRIS Corporation Berhad
Senior Engineer
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · client: Identity, biometric & insurance systems (incl. a US$284B insurance client)
  • Launched ~80% faster, scalable Web APIs (ASP.NET Web API, EF Core) and modernized legacy modules for ~60% overall performance gains.
  • Built biometric and identity workflows — MYKAD capture, live-fingerprint verification and Active Directory authentication — for enterprise and government identity programs.
  • Drove clean-code practice (SOLID, DRY), Agile delivery and stakeholder engagement; cut feature-add time ~65%.
ASP.NET Core · C# · EF Core · React · Angular · SQL Server · Active Directory · biometrics
Jul 2019 – Feb 2020
Kerry Logistics
Senior Software Engineer
Penang, Malaysia · client: Kerry Logistics — Hong Kong team
  • Re-architected a legacy Warehouse Management System (C#, WPF, WCF) — solutions generated up to 20× faster after the rework.
  • Cut root-cause time ~35% by mapping XAML UI components to their SQL tables, working closely with the Hong Kong business team.
C# · WPF · XAML · WCF · SQL Server
Apr 2012 – Apr 2019
Custommedia
System Technologist
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · client: In-house products
  • Built the IoT Middleware platform over 7 years — MQTT machine-to-machine messaging and smart-object connectors enabling interoperability across devices, services and business systems.
  • Delivered configurable system interfaces with .NET, WPF, WCF and Angular; real-time event triggers and object-flow monitoring with real-world actuation.
  • Mentored juniors, ran code reviews and architecture, and moved the team toward Angular front-ends and .NET Web APIs.
.NET · C# · WPF · WCF · Web API · Angular · MQTT · Xamarin · SQL Server
Jan 2011 – Mar 2012
VNS Pvt. Ltd.
Web Developer
New Delhi, India
  • Integrated payment gateways (PayPal, Moneybookers, AlertPay, CITI Bank) and a Salesforce SOAP CRM into high-volume transactional PHP systems.
  • Ran SEO with the Facebook API and lifted traffic ~200%; won best-employee twice.
PHP · MySQL · Payment APIs · Salesforce SOAP
Mar 2008 – Dec 2010
GeoMapTech
Software Engineer
Gwalior, India
  • Built GIS land-records software for Kerala and Karnataka (ArcGIS, MapObjects) — including a Kannada-language kiosk for record and map printing.
  • Delivered the Birth & Death automation system for Municipal Corporation Bhilwara with full statistical reporting.
VB6 · ArcGIS · MapObjects · MS Access
Oct 2006 – Feb 2008
Apark Softwares
Software Engineer
Gwalior, India
  • Built RTO (transport office) licensing automation and the Edify school-management system with SMS notifications.
  • Built software for a TV news channel — remote program scheduling, animated logos and live-editable on-air marquee.
Visual Basic 6.0 · MS Access